Terrestrial Parasite Tracker Workshop: Best Practices and Standardization of Digital Data Capture

General Information

When: February 24-25, 2020 (Travel: February 23rd & 26th)
Where: The Field Museum; Chicago, IL
Organizers: Jen Zaspel, Petra Sierwald, Kat Sullivan, Jill Goodwin, Gil Nelson
Expected number of participants: 30

Overview

This invited two-day TCN workshop will focus on i) project management, ii) best practices, and iii) workflow development. The developers of TPT's primary imaging system (i.e., Macroscopic Solutions) will additionally provide hands-on image training demonstrations using Macropod Systems.

Logistic Information

Airport: O'Hare International Airport
Airport transportation: hotel shuttle, taxi, uber, lyft
Workshop hotel:
Workshop venue: The Field Museum
Invited participant support: Lodging, flight and per diem expenses reimbursed.

Agenda

Details of agenda will be updated and finalized at a later point, however we anticipate using the format below.

February 23
TIME
5:00-5:30	Group Dinner
February 24
TIME
8:00-8:30	Check in, coffee, breakfast
8:30-10:15	Speakers
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-12:30	Speakers
12:30-1:30	Lunch (provided)
1:30-5:00	Breakout group discussion
February 25
TIME
8:00-8:30	Coffee, breakfast
8:30-10:15	Speakers
10:15-10:30	Coffee break
10:30-12:30	Speakers
12:30-1:30	Lunch (provided)
1:30-3:30	Breakout group discussion
3:30-5:00	Gather concluding perspectives/ Wrap up