IDigBio Summit 2016
| Digitizing the Past and Present for the Future | |
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Join the leading researchers and professionals striving to digitize Natural History Collections in the U.S.! The annual ADBC Summit brings together representatives from TCNs, iDigBio, and partner initiatives related to NSF's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections program. The Summit inspires collaboration and focuses on discussions of shared goals, challenges, and opportunities.
"Meeting so many people, hearing the details of what is going on, was invaluable. The 'networking' part of the Summit was really the highlight, and I thought the fairly rapid presentations by quite a lot of people, with a balance of breakout groups greatly facilitated that."
"I've been to all of the Summits and I hope to go to many more. This is singularly the best opportunity for me to network with collections people across taxa and to talk about stuff I care a lot about. It was a very positive event and I learned a ton as always."
"I greatly enjoyed the Summit! And I wish that I'd had the opportunity to attend, or to gain this level of knowledge in some other way, before starting my first TCN involvement. It would have greatly helped!"
General Information
When: November 1-3, 2016
Where: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Venue: TechTown located inside the Chattanooga Lifestyle Center
Area Information
Dining Options
There are a large number of restaurants in downtown Chattanooga within walking distance of TechTown and the hotels.
Ground Transportation
The Chattanooga Airport (CHA) is about 20 minutes from downtown (where TechTown and the hotels are located). We strongly encourage ride-sharing to and from the airport. Rental cars are not normally reimbursed by iDigBio.
Remote Access
To the extent possible, the Summit sessions will be broadcast and recorded using Adobe Connect.
- Read the iDigBio Web Conferencing Wiki Page
- Get connected:
- Go to https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/summit6/
- Choose Enter as Guest
- Type your First and Last Name in the box provided
- Click Enter Room
Summit Program
We are creating a PDF version of the iDigBio Summit VI program, which will be made available as the event date approaches.
- All invited participants to the Summit (including iDigBio personnel) must complete the Registration Form and supply the following information for the program:
- Name, institution, role, affiliation, etc.
- Head-shot photo
- Brief biography
- Each TCN will have a 1-2 page overview in the program. The default source of information will be the TCN wiki pages. Topics we prefer to see covered are:
- Overview, goals
- Techniques, workflows
- Data management
- Open access of data
- Research use of data
- Management of the network, oversight, processes
Agenda
The Summit agenda is currently being finalized. Notes from the planning stages for the Summit and agenda are included on the Discussion page.
Each TCN will be giving a 5-minute, 5-slide lightning presentation that covers the following topics (1 topic per slide):
- Progress in digitization efforts (this needs to be backed up by statistics/numbers; progress against what was planned)
- Data management of & open access to data via iDigBio (data publication, How much of their data does iDigBio have to date?)
- Research uses of data
- Management & oversight of the network (What about network sustainability?)
- What have you learned that can be shared with other TCNs? (This should address both issues around digitization and broader impact activities.)
Monday, October 31, 2016 – Travel Day
| When | Activity |
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| Daytime | TRAVEL DAY FOR:
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| Evening | Dinner on your own |
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 – Travel Day / Business Meetings / Orientation
| When | Corridor or Other | Main Space | Cultural Arts | Kilobytes | Robotics | Studio | Lounge |
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| Daytime | TRAVEL DAY FOR ALL OTHER PARTICIPANTS | ||||||
| Morning | Breakfast on your own | ||||||
| 8:00-8:30 | Summit Check-in | ||||||
| 8:30-10:00 | LepNet TCN Kickoff Meeting | Open meeting space | |||||
| 10:00-10:15 | Break | ||||||
| 10:15-11:30 | LepNet TCN Kickoff Meeting (continued) | Open meeting space | |||||
| 11:30-1:00 | Lunch on your own | External Advisory Board meeting with iDigBio Leadership | Open meeting space | ||||
| 1:00-3:00 | LepNet TCN Kickoff Meeting (continued) | NSCA Board Meeting | Open meeting space | ||||
| 3:00-3:15 | Break | ||||||
| 3:15-5:00 | iDigBio Orientation Session | External Advisory Board meeting to finalize discussion | Open meeting space | ||||
| 5:00 | Adjourn | ||||||
| Evening | Dinner on your own | ||||||
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 – Summit Day 1
| When | Corridor or Other | Main Space | Cultural Arts | Kilobytes | Robotics | Studio | Lounge | ||||||||
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| Morning | Breakfast on your own | ||||||||||||||
| 8:00-8:30 | Summit Check-in | ||||||||||||||
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome
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Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 9:00-9:30 | National Digitization Effort - Talks
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Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 9:30-9:50 | National Digitization Effort - Questions, Answers, & Discussion | Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 9:50-9:55 | Transition | ||||||||||||||
| 9:55-10:10 | 2011 TCNs - Lightning Talks (5 minutes, 5 slides each)
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Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 10:10-10:25 | 2011 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion | Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 10:25-10:55 | Break | ||||||||||||||
| 10:55-11:15 | 2012 TCNs - Lightning Talks (5 minutes, 5 slides each)
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Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 11:15-11:35 | 2012 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion | Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 11:35-11:40 | Transition | ||||||||||||||
| 11:40-11:55 | 2013 TCNs - Lightning Talks (5 minutes, 5 slides each)
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Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 11:55-12:10 | 2013 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion | Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 12:10-1:15 | Lunch on your own | ||||||||||||||
| 1:15-1:30 | 2014 TCNs - Lightning Talks (5 minutes, 5 slides each)
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Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 1:30-1:45 | 2014 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion | Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 1:45-1:50 | Transition | ||||||||||||||
| 1:50-2:00 | 2015 TCNs - Lightning Talks (5 minutes, 5 slides each)
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Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 2:00-2:10 | 2015 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion | Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 2:10-2:15 | Transition | ||||||||||||||
| 2:15-2:30 | 2016 TCNs - Lightning Talks (5 minutes, 5 slides each)
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Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 2:30-2:45 | 2016 TCNs - Questions, Answers, & Discussion | Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 2:45-3:15 | Break | ||||||||||||||
| 3:15-3:45 | Overview of Working & Interest Groups | Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 3:45-4:00 | Day 1 wrap-up - Questions, Answers, & Discussion | Open meeting space | |||||||||||||
| 4:00-5:00 | Meeting rooms open for TCN meetings, working/interest group meetings, Q&A, etc. | Meeting of the Symbiota Working Group | Meeting of paleo TCNs | Meeting of Specify users | |||||||||||
| 5:00 | Adjourn | ||||||||||||||
| 7:00-10:00 | Evening program at the Tennessee Aquarium (cash bar and heavy hors d'oeuvres provided)
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Thursday, November 3, 2016 – Summit Day 2
| When | Corridor or Other | Main Space | Cultural Arts | Kilobytes | Robotics | Studio | Lounge | |
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| Morning | Breakfast on your own | |||||||
| 8:00-8:30 | Arrival | |||||||
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome
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Open meeting space | ||||||
| 9:00-9:30 | Inspiration & Collaboration - talks
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Open meeting space | ||||||
| 9:30-10:15 | Open Room Discussion - Concentrating on our priorities for the next five years: Where do we go from here? What does our future look like? What are our common goals? What is most important for us to concentrate on? | Open meeting space | ||||||
| 10:15-10:30 | Break | |||||||
| 10:30-11:45 | Expanding your audience - Citizen Science and Outreach
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Sustainability of TCNs: Funding, PENs, etc.
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What to digitize next? Data gaps, establishing goals, etc.
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Data Quality: Data submission, standards, attribution, etc.
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Open meeting space | |||
| 11:45-12:00 | All groups write up their summaries in bullet-point format: Summary Powerpoint | |||||||
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch on your own | iDigBio meeting with NSF | Open meeting space | |||||
| 1:00-2:15 | Tools and skills to use the iDigBio data services to address research use
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Effectively managing your digitization project
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Data quality and use - research applications; maximize value/use
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Outreach - identify stakeholders; foster awareness; broadening participation
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Open meeting space | |||
| 2:15-2:30 | All groups write up their summaries in bullet-point format: Summary Powerpoint | |||||||
| 2:30-2:45 | Break | |||||||
| 2:45-4:00 | Attribution and citation
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Sustainability of the National Digitization Effort
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Extending data schemas
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Educational resources - digitization; biodiversity informatics
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Open meeting space | |||
| 4:00-4:15 | All groups write up their summaries in bullet-point format: Summary Powerpoint | |||||||
| 4:15-4:30 | Break | |||||||
| 4:30-5:00 | Summit wrap-up (open Room Discussion) - Bringing it all together: What did we learn? Where do we go from here? How do we work together to achieve our common goals? What are our action items? | Open meeting space | ||||||
| 5:00 | Adjourn | |||||||
| Evening | Dinner on your own | |||||||
Friday, November 4, 2016 – Travel Day
| When | Activity |
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| Daytime | TRAVEL DAY FOR EVERYONE |
Report
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Photos
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Recordings
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