6th Annual Digital Data Conference, Field Museum

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Conference Resources

• Virtual Meeting Resources
• iDigBio's Code of Conduct
• Update your Zoom client for the latest security enhancements Versions of the Zoom client older than 5.0 will be required to update before users can join webinars in the Digital Data conference!
• Digital Data Presenter Guide
• Moderator Tech Support Document

Conference Registration

Registration will open February 1st. Visit Eventbrite to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/6th-annual-digital-data-in-biodiversity-research-conference-tickets-252120779037

Digital Data Conference Registration Fees*:

$100.00 for professionals

$50.00 for students.

Optional registration fees will support the digital format technology, the editing and publication of abstracts, and keeping the conference sustainable.

• Registration fees are optional but encouraged. When registering, those who wish not to make a financial contribution to the conference will have that option. Although registration is optional, your registration information, even if you opt out of the fee, will allow us to keep you updated about conference activities.

Abstract Submissions

You must register to submit an abstract. The abstract submission link will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email.

Abstract submission deadline: 22 April 2022

The conference will be structured to allow live presentations among different time zones. We are requesting recording of presentations to be posted on this wiki to ensure their availability to any time zone.

Oral Presentations

Each oral presentation will be presented live but pre-recorded presentations are additionally requested. Pre-recorded presentations will be posted on the wiki page as reference but also used as a backup in case of technical difficulties or absence. In the live sessions, an additional 5 minutes will be given for questions.
It is best to open all links to pre-recorded presentations and posters in a new tab. The easiest way to do this is to hold COMMAND (Mac) or Control (Windows) while simultaneously clicking the link. Click here to view last year’s agenda for example presentations

Digital Data Presenter Guide
Moderator Tech Support Document

Discussion Sessions

Discussion sessions can be between 30 and 75 minutes. The structure should be determined by the panelists. These may begin with a presentation or introduction followed by discussion or may be completely devoted to open discussion. No prerecording is required.

Conference Abstracts

• Plenary Abstracts
• Oral Presentation Abstracts
• Discussion Session Abstracts

Presenter Backgrounds

Featuring Field Museum exhibit photos

• Africa
• Ancient Forest
• Bears
• Condors
• Corals
• Gibbons
• Hyenas
• Manatees
• Mayapples
• Ocean Exhibit

Zoom Information

• Make sure you have upgraded your Zoom client.
• We suggest the desktop client or mobile app, which use less bandwidth than Zoom in your browser. See Zoom help for more: https://bit.ly/2RM0rzQ.
• Please use the Zoom Q&A feature if you have questions for the presenters. The chat function will only be used for discussion.
• When joining a session from the wiki, a quick “registration” will let you into the session. Please just “register” for the Zoom webinar sessions that you’re interested in attending.
• After you submit your information (in an effort to reduce bot/Zoombomber discovery), you’ll be taken directly to the webinar.
• You will not need to switch “rooms” if you’re hoping to join presentations in the same session (e.g. Concurrent Session 6), but you’ll need to switch to a different Zoom “room” if you want to jump from Concurrent Session 1 over to Concurrent Session 2.

Bioblitz

What biodiversity is in your backyard? How much biodiversity can the Digital Data Community document? We are taking advantage of the fact that we are virtual again this year by asking participants to document biodiversity in their gardens, yards, and neighborhoods all around the world. The 2022 Digital Data Conference BioBlitz will be conducted virtually from 23-26 May 2022. To participate, all you need is an account on iNaturalist, a smartphone, tablet, or a camera and computer.

Conference Agenda

Monday, 23 May 2022

Day One - Block One
9:00AM - 12:00PM EDT / 13:00 - 16:00 UTC (see your local time here)
Plenary Session
Time	Room 1 Click Here view the Session Recording
9:00 - 9:30	Welcome - Julian Siggers, President and CEO, Field Museum Conference framing - Gil Nelson, Director, iDigBio Conference logistics - Jill Goodwin, Conference Manager, iDigBio
9:30 - 10:00	From research to policy: digitized specimens and digital data Charlotte Germain-Aubrey: Scientific Officer; Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Pre-recorded presentation
10:00 - 10:30	A new platform to mobilize natural history collections for tropical conservation Nigel C. A. Pitman: Mellon Senior Conservation Ecologist; Keller Science Action Center; Field Museum Pre-recorded Presentation
10:30 - 11:00	Break - Kumospace
Concurrent Sessions
Time	Room 1 Concurrent 1: Using digitized specimen records in conservation-related research, management, and policy Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 1, Room 1	Room 2 Concurrent 2: Crowdsourcing, community science, and public participation Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 1, Room 2	Room 3 Concurrent 3: Advances in machine learning & CT Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 1, Room 3
11:00 - 11:15	Assessing patterns of wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) invasion in preserved forestland in Athens County, Ohio, USA Ellen Oordt, University of Pittsburgh; Marion Andrews Holmes, University of Pittsburgh; Delaney Gibbs, The Athens Conservancy Pre-recorded presentation	Phenological timing and climate sensitivity changes across the native and introduced range of invasive plant species Rachel Reeb, University of Pittsburgh; Mason Heberling, Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Sara Kuebbing, Yale University Pre-recorded presentation
11:15 - 11:30	Untangling the biogeography of an uncommon species in a novel post-industrial habitat Marion Holmes, University of Pittsburgh; Amoi Campbell, Rice University; Jessica Poteet, University of Pittsburgh Pre-recorded presentation	Quantifying error in occurrence data: A framework for the use of citizen science and digitized herbarium data in plant families of the southeastern United States Elizabeth White, University of Florida; Rob Guralnick, University of Florida; Doug Soltis, University of Florida; Pam Soltis, University of Florida Pre-recorded presentation	Using computer vision in iNaturalist images to estimate flower-visiting frequency across insect diversity Bruno de Medeiros, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute & Field Museum Pre-recorded presentation
11:30 - 11:45	Creation and use of a database on Macrolepidoptera Asiia Mosiagina, Computer Ecological Center; Rashit Khabiboullin; Valerii Mosiagina Pre-recorded presentation	People-powered research and experiential learning: Unraveling hidden biodiversity Matt von Konrat, Field Museum; Melanie Pivarski, Roosevelt University; Thomas Campbell, Northeastern Illinois University; Ayesha Qazi-Lampert, Field Museum; Laura Trouille, Adler Planetarium/Zooniverse; Aimee Davis, Field Museum; Christine Christian, Roosevelt University; Pansy Nguyen, Connecticut College; Yarency Rodriguez, Field Museum; Gabriel Somarriba, University of Florida Pre-recorded presentation	Demonstration of the use of computational linguistics and machine learning to identify phenological anomalies described in the world’s biodiversity specimen records Austin Mast, Florida State University; Shubo Tian, Florida State University; Zhe He, Florida State University; Erica Krimmel, Florida State University; Fritz Pichardo-Marcano, Florida State University; Mikayla Buckley, Florida State University; Sophia Gomez, Florida State University; Ashley Hennessey, Florida State University; Allyson Horn, Florida State University; Olivia Howell, Florida State University Pre-recorded presentation
11:45 - 12:00	Occurrence data and biome evolution in subfamily Cercidoideae (Fabaceae) Charlotte Hagelstam-Renshaw, University of Montreal; Warren Cardinal-McTeague, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Ottawa Research and Development Centre; Anne Bruneau, Université de Montréal Pre-recorded presentation		Making BHL scientific illustrations searchable for non-scientists Mike Trizna, Smithsonian Institution Pre-recorded presentation

12:00 - 1:00PM EDT Visit Kumospace for opportunities to socialize

Day One - Block Two
1:00PM - 4:00PM EDT / 17:00 - 20:00 UTC (see your local time here)
Discussion Sessions
Time	Room 1
1:00 - 2:15	Discussion Session 1 Symposium: Extended specimen concept use cases Libby Ellwood, University of Florida; Gil Nelson, University of Florida; John Bates, Field Museum; Jorrit Poelen, GloBI; Makenzie Mabry, Florida Museum of Natural History; Jutta Buschbom, Statistical Genetics Live Recording of Discussion Session
2:15 - 2:30	Break - Kumospace
2:30 - 3:45	Discussion Session 2 Ensuring FAIR principles and open science through integration of biodiversity data Libby Ellwood, University of Florida; Anna Monfils, Central Michigan University; Andy Bentley, University of Kansas; Jyotsna Pandey, AIBS; Gil Nelson, iDigBio; Barbara Thiers, New York Botanical Garden Live Recording of Discussion Session

4:00 - 4:30 PM EDT Visit Kumospace for opportunities to socialize

Day One - Block Three
4:30PM - 6:30PM EDT / 20:30 - 22:30 UTC (see your local time here)
Field Museum Behind the Scenes Tours
Time	Click Here to view the Session Recording
4:30 - 4:35	Welcome Petra Sierwald, Field Museum
4:35 - 4:55	Selections of Linne's works from the Rare Book Room and Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Gretchen Rings Pre-recorded Presentation
4:55 - 5:15	Fossil Invertebrates Paul Mayer
5:15 - 5:30	Critical Curation for a Critical Collection: Insights into miniature forests - the liverwort of the esteemed botanist R. M. Schuster - supported by the National Science Foundation Matt von Konrat Pre-recorded Presentation
5:30 - 5:45	Tiny, Irreplaceable Things: Preserving the Ruth Marshall Collection Drew Carhart Pre-recorded Presentation
5:45 - 6:00	Chicago Academy of Sciences Dawn Roberts Pre-recorded Presentation
6:00 - 6:15	Insects, Arachnids, and Myriapods of the FMNH Maureen Turcatel
6:15 - 6:30	Chicago Botanic Garden Patrick Herendeen Pre-recorded Presentation

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Day Two - Block One
9:00AM - 12:00PM EDT / 13:00 - 16:00 UTC (see your local time here)
Discussion Sessions
Time	Room 1 Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 2, Room 1
9:00 - 10:15	Discussion Session 3 Data quality discussion session Pam Soltis, University of Florida; Hong Cui, University of Arizona; Matt von Konrat, Field Museum; Katie Pearson, Symbiota; Mike Belitz, University of Florida; Jenn Yost, Symbiota and Cal Poly; Chris Wilson, iDigBio Session Google doc Live Session Recording - Part 1 Live Session Recording - Part 2
10:15 - 10:45	Break - Kumospace
10:45 – 11:30	Discussion Session 4 Biodiversity impact, data quality, and AI integrations of people-powered research with zooniverse Laura Trouille, The Adler Planetarium - Zooniverse Live Session Recording
11:30 - 12:15	Discussion Session 5 Frogs, flowers, & fossils in 3D: Digital imaging diverse natural history collections Annika Smith, University of Florida; Ed Stanley, University of Florida; Zach Randall, University of Florida Live Session Recording

12:15 - 1:00PM EDT Visit Kumospace for opportunities to socialize

Day Two - Block Two
1:00PM - 4:00PM EDT / 17:00 - 20:00 UTC (see your local time here)
Plenary Session
Time	Room 1 Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 2, Room 1
1:00 - 1:30	Co-developing Indigenous Data Governance Protocols within Biological Collections Warren Cardinal-McTeague, Assistant Professor (incoming July 2022); Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Pre-recorded Presentation
1:30 - 2:00	Enhancing digitization towards its integration to Ecological niche models Marianna Simões, Researcher and Curator; Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Pre-recorded Presentation
2:00 - 2:15	Break
Concurrent Sessions
Time	Room 1 Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 2, Room 1	Room 2 Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 2, Room 2	Room 3 Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 2, Room 3
	Concurrent 1 cont.: Using digitized specimen records in conservation-related research, management, and policy	Concurrent 4: Enhancing research capacity: getting more from our data and making connections for extended specimens	Concurrent Session 5: Education & Inclusion
2:15 - 2:30	Bee species richness quantification and analysis in California's EPA-defined ecoregions Jared Miller, University of California Santa Barbara; Katja Seltmann, University of California Santa Barbara Pre-recorded presentation	Arctos entities: Greater than the sum of their parts Teresa Mayfield-Meyer, Arctos; Emily Braker, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History; Mariel Campbell, Museum of Southwestern Biology; Carla Cicero, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; Michelle Koo, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; Dusty McDonald, Arctos Pre-recorded presentation	Improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (IDEA) in digital natural history collections resources Molly Phillips, University of Florida; Adania Flemming, University of Florida; Alnycea Blackwell, University of Florida; Makenzie Mabry, University of Florida; Elizabeth Ellwood, University of Florida; Jaimi A. Gray, University of Florida; David C. Blackburn, University of Florida Live presentation
2:30 - 2:45	Reconstructing macroscale, historic butterfly ecologies in the understudied North American boreal and Arctic biomes from museum specimen data Vaughn Shirey, Georgetown University; Rassim Khelifa, University of British Columbia; Leithan M'Gonigle, Simon Fraser University; Laura Melissa Guzman, University of Southern California; Naresh Neupane, Georgetown University; Leslie Ries, Georgetown University Pre-recorded presentation	Inferring phenological onset and termination from herbarium specimens Isaac Park, University of California, Santa Barbara; Susan Mazer, University of California, Santa Barbara Recorded presentation	BLUE data network: biodiversity data acumen for the 21st century workforce Anna Monfils, Central Michigan University; University of Florida Pre-recorded presentation
2:45 - 3:00	Automated analytical workflows for animal tracking data help targeted conservation management in the Yellowstone-to-Yukon region Ashley Lohr, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Sarah Davidson, Ohio State University and Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior; Candace Vinciguerra, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Andrea Köelzsch, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior; Martin Wikelski, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior; Roland Kays, NC State University and North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Gil Bohrer, Ohio State University Pre-recorded presentation	Geographic and taxonomic occurrence R-based scrubbing (gatoRs): An R package and reproducible workflow for processing biodiversity data Natalie Patten, University of Florida; Michelle Gaynor, University of Florida; Douglas Soltis, University of Florida; Pamela Soltis, University of Florida Pre-recorded presentation	Engaging underrepresented communities with Symbiota portals: The case of Guatemala K. Samantha Orellana, Arizona State University; Edward Gilbert, Arizona State University; Nico Franz, Arizona State University; Katelin Pearson, Arizona State University; Lindsay Walker, Arizona State University; Laura Rocha Prado, Arizona State University; Jenn Yost, California Polytechnic State University; Greg Post, Arizona State University Pre-recorded presentation
3:00 - 3:15	A West Coast Estuarine Case Study: A Novel Predictive Approach to Monitor Estuarine Eutrophication Vedant Janapaty, Silver Creek High School Pre-recorded presentation	Further linking and leveraging of biological data: Zoos and natural history museums Allison Bogisch, The Memphis Zoo, Sinlan Poo, The Memphis Zoo; Steven Whitfield, Zoo Miami; Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History; Alexander Shepack, University of Notre Dame Pre-recorded presentation	SPNHC's natural history education resources Molly Phillips, University of Florida, Anna Monfils, Central Michigan University; Jennifer Bauer, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Leith, University of Wisconsin- Madison; Julia Robinson, Hefner Museum of Natural History; Jessa Waters, Sam Noble Museum Live presentation
3:15 - 3:30		Applying the digital extended specimen: building collections and integrating data Sara Hansen, Central Michigan University; Rachel Hackett, Michigan State University; Blake Cahill, Central Michigan University; David Cuthrell, Michigan State University; Michael Monfils, Michigan State University; Michael Belitz, University of Florida; Ryan Goebel, Central Michigan University; Logan Rowe, Michigan State University; Anna Monfils, Central Michigan University Pre-recorded presentation

3:30 - 4:30 PM EDT Visit Kumospace for opportunities to socialize

Day Two - Block Three
4:30PM - 6:30PM EDT / 20:30 - 22:30 UTC (see your local time here)
Field Museum Behind the Scenes Tours
Time	Click Here to view the Session Recording
4:30 - 4:35	Welcome Rüdiger Bieler, Field Museum
4:35 - 4:55	Extant Mammals of the FMNH Adam Ferguson
4:55 - 5:15	Fossil Vertebrate Collection William Simpson
5:15 - 5:30	Fishes and Amphibians & Reptiles Collections at FMNH Caleb McMahan
5:30 - 5:45	Organization and Digitization of the Invertebrate Collection Kalina Jakymec, Marty Pryzdia, Rüdiger Bieler Pre-recorded Presentation
5:45 - 6:00	Overview of Field Museum collections Deborah Bekken
6:00 - 6:30	Paleobotany collection at the Field Museum Fabiany Herrera

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Day Three - Block One
9:00AM - 12:00PM EDT / 13:00 - 16:00 UTC (see your local time here)
Discussion Sessions
Time	Room 1
9:00 - 10:00	Discussion Session 6 Cost effective 3D digitization using photogrammetry Anne Kort, Indiana University Bloomington, Gary Motz, Indiana University Bloomington; Adam Rountrey, University of Michigan" Session Google doc Live Session Recording
10:00 - 10:30	Break
10:30 – 11:45	Discussion session 7 Workshop: Research tools in Symbiota-based biodiversity specimen data portals Katie Pearson, Arizona State University; Laura Rocha Prado, Arizona State University; Lindsay Walker, Arizona State University Workshop Links Here Live Session Recording

12:00 - 1:00PM EDT Visit Kumospace for opportunities to socialize

Day Three - Block Two
1:00PM - 3:30PM EDT / 17:00 - 19:30 UTC (see your local time here)
Plenary Session
Time	Room 1 Click Here to View the Session Recording
1:00 - 1:30	Support Options for Digitized Data at the National Science Foundation Steven Ellis: Program Officer; Division of Biological Infrastructure, Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO), National Science Foundation
1:30 - 2:00	Future Discovery Across Digitized Collections Data Will Require Human-Machine Partnerships Paula Mabee: Chief Scientist and Observatory Director; National Ecological Observatory Network
2:00 - 2:15	Break
Concurrent Sessions
Time	Room 1 Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 3, Room 1	Room 2 Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 3, Room 2	Room 3 Click Here to Join Zoom for Day 3, Room 3
	Concurrent 6: Data gaps and challenges	Concurrent 7: Enhancing & advancing quality of digitized data	Concurrent 8: Securing specimens and data
2:15 - 2:30	Time lags in biodiversity data processing create the illusion of an invasion slow-down Kelsey Brock, University of Wyoming Pre-recorded presentation	Specimen databases and authority files – two tightly linked approaches to documenting global biodiversity Rüdiger Bieler, Field Museum Pre-recorded Presentation	Safeguarding our specimens – Phase 2: Digitization of the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum Herbarium Colleen Filipek, Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University; Karly Tumminello, Patrick Salazar, Noreen Hussain Pre-recorded presentation
2:30 – 2:45	Retrieving and managing large datasets from REFLORA and other databases to obtain information about taxa occurring in the campos rupestres Maria Beatriz de Souza Cortez, University of Florida; Gustavo Shimizu; Vijay Barve; Matt Gitzendanner, University of Florida; Robert Guralnick, University of Florida; Douglas Soltis, University of Florida; Pamela Soltis, University of Florida Pre-recorded presentation	Specify 7: Meeting Accessibility Standards and other New Developments Max Patiiuk, Specify Collections Consortium Pre-recorded presentation	The importance of institutional support for information and technology infrastructure to facilitate creation and mobilization of digital data Janeen Jones, Field Museum; Sharon Grant, Field Museum; Kate Webbink, Field Museum, Pete Herbst, Field Museum Pre-recorded presentation
2:45 - 3:00	Fossil assemblage slabs and other digitization issues with fossil invertebrate collections Paul Mayer, Field Museum; Jessica Utrup, Yale Peabody Museum Pre-recorded presentation	The Digital Data Revolution and our view of the Cretaceous World Juliet Hook, Natural History Museum of LA County (LACM); Austin Hendy, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Michelle Jimenez, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Nicole McGee, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Pre-recorded presentation	HerbUX: a prototype virtual workbench to easily access, sort, and visualize digital plant collections Patrick Rashleigh, Brown University Library; Rebecca Kartzinel, Brown University Herbarium, Brown University; Tim Whitfeld, Bell Museum Herbarium, University of Minnesota Pre-recorded Presentation