IDigBio Summit 2015

The annual iDigBio Summit is a meeting of representatives from TCNs, iDigBio, and other activities related to the U.S. National Science Foundation's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program. The Summit focuses on discussions of shared goals, challenges, opportunities, and collaboration.

Digitizing the Past and Present for the Future
Quick Links
Announcement
Agenda-at-a-Glance
Biblio Entries
Summit Report

General Information

When: November 4-6, 2015
Where: Hilton Arlington, Arlington, Virginia

Remote Access

To the extent possible, the Summit sessions will be broadcast and recorded using Adobe Connect, and the meeting hosts will monitor the chat to address questions/concerns. To connect, go to https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/summit5/ and choose Enter as Guest, type your first and last name, and then click Enter Room. Remote participants are encouraged to visit the iDigBio Web Conferencing Wiki prior to connecting.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. We encourage all Summit participants to make use of the Metro when travelling in and around D.C. Some useful Metro links: Metrorail Frequency, Trip Planner, and Metrorail Fares.

• Metrorail Pocket Guide
• DIRECTIONS from Reagan National Airport to the Hilton Arlington
• DIRECTIONS from the Hilton Arlington and the United States Botanic Garden.

Area Restaurants

The following is a map of the restaurants in the vicinity of the Hilton Arlington: https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurants+near+hilton+arlington/@38.8813204,-77.1123815,16z/data=!3m1!4b1

Hilton Arlington Meeting Space Floor Plan

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Please be advised that some items may shift around as we finalize the agenda. Thank you for your understanding!

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Travel Day for Microfungi TCN, EPICC TCN, iDigBio EAB, and iDigBio Planning Team
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm	Summit Check-In Informal Welcome Gathering in Lounge Dinner on Your Own
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Business Meetings; Travel Day for All Other Attendees
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast (provided) Summit Check-In
8:30am
9:00am			MiCC TCN Meeting	GBIF Task Force Meeting
9:30am					iDigBio EAB Meeting
10:00am
10:30am	Break (provided)
11:00am			MiCC TCN Meeting (continued)	GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm	Lunch (provided)
1:00pm
1:30pm				GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
		Welcome to iDigBio for New TCNs
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm	Break (provided)
3:30pm		Introduction to Project Management		GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued)
4:00pm
		Questions & Answers
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm	Summit Check-In
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm	Informal Welcome Gathering in Lounge Dinner on Your Own
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Thursday, November 5, 2015

iDigBio Summit Day 1
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast (provided) Summit Check-In		Poster Setup
8:30am
9:00am		iDigBio Welcome (David Jennings) NSF Welcome (James Olds) NSF ADBC Program (Roland Roberts) iDigBio: Overview (Larry Page) iDigBio: Advancing Research (Pam Soltis) iDigBio: Education & Outreach (Bruce MacFadden) iDigBio: Enabling Digitization (Greg Riccardi) iDigBio: Cyberinfrastructure (Jose Fortes) MiCC TCN EPICC TCN
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am
	Break (provided)
11:00am
		GLI TCN InvertEBase TCN SERNEC TCN FIC TCN VACS TCN MHC TCN
11:30am
12:00pm
	Group Photo
12:30pm	Lunch (provided)
1:00pm
1:30pm		Data Management (Kevin Love / Alex Thompson)	Education & Outreach (Molly Phillips / Bruce MacFadden)	iDigBio Resources (Joanna McCaffrey / David Jennings) [1]	Ad hoc discussion
2:00pm
2:30pm
	Break (provided)		Poster Session: iDigBio Working Groups & Interest Groups
3:00pm
3:30pm
		Research Tool Development (Pam Soltis)	iDigSTEAM Workshop (Anne Basham)	Project Management (David Jennings / Joanna McCaffrey)	Ad hoc discussion
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm		DAY 1 WRAP-UP - Breakout Group Summaries
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm	Reception at the United States Botanic Garden
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Friday, November 6, 2015

iDigBio Summit Day 2
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast (provided)
8:30am
9:00am		Orientation to the Day (David Jennings) BCoN (Robert Gropp) NEVP TCN Paleoniches TCN MaCC TCN SCAN TCN (Neil Cobb) InvertNet TCN TTD TCN LBCC TCN
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am	Break (provided)
11:00am		BISON/ITIS/EcoINFORMA (Stinger Guala) GBIF Task Force (Siro Masinde) ALA/CSIRO (John LaSalle) CRIA (Dora Canhos) NSII (Zheping XU) Canadensys (David Shorthouse) NatureServe (Mary Klein)
11:30am
12:00pm
	Lunch (provided)
12:30pm
1:00pm
		Citizen Science (Austin Mast / Libby Ellwood / Betty Dunckel)	Sustainability (Larry Page / Mary Klein)	Symbiota Users (Neil Cobb)	Ad hoc discussion
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm	Break (provided)		Poster Session: iDigBio Working Groups & Interest Groups
3:00pm
3:30pm		Data Use in Research & Education (Pam Soltis / Molly Phillips / Bruce MacFadden)	Attribution (Shelley James / Gil Nelson)	Collaboration & Communication (Deb Paul)	Ad hoc discussion
4:00pm
4:30pm
		DAY 2 WRAP-UP - Breakout Group Summaries
5:00pm
		SUMMIT WRAP-UP
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm	Dinner on your own
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Travel Day for All Attendees
Time	Pre-Function Space / Other	Gallery I-II	Gallery III	Picasso and DaVinci	Matisse
8:00am	Breakfast on your own
8:30am
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm	Check-out