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<p><b>Second Update: Inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity Research
Conference, 5-6 June 2017, Ann Arbor, Michigan.</b> Conference
sponsors include iDigBio, the University of Michigan Museum of
Zoology, the University of Michigan Herbarium, and the University
of Michigan Museum of Paleontology. The conference planning team
is here announcing two important program updates as well as
information about registration fees and deadlines.<br>
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<b>NEW CONTENT!</b><br>
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<b>Digital Data and the North American Nodes of the Global
Biodiversity Information Facility</b><br>
Leaders: Bob Hanner, Stinger Guala, James Macklin<br>
We are especially pleased to announce that the North American
Nodes of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) are
joining the conference program. GBIF (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gbif.org&d=CwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KLI3ZIrZRxwbUOxOwsDORsQaIFqM2PkLLHRtiihyrbo&s=2E60YTjhoPb7yNtSEzTpCLdMnPqsHTMrgm5-HGQdH2Q&e=">http://www.gbif.org</a>) serves as
the global aggregator of species occurrence data and succeeds
through the cooperation of a massive global network of regional
nodes and other collaborators. GBIF leaders will host an
afternoon, town hall style session that will clarify and discuss
the relationships, contributions, collaborations, and immediate
plans for cooperative work across the Canadian (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cbif.gc.ca_eng_home_-3Fid-3D1370403266262&d=CwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KLI3ZIrZRxwbUOxOwsDORsQaIFqM2PkLLHRtiihyrbo&s=P-5FMYEjM2wAwG149bjto_bmmcEQRKn4lDkG9Saaic4&e=">http://www.cbif.gc.ca/eng/home/?id=1370403266262</a>)
and US (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bison.usgs.gov_&d=CwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KLI3ZIrZRxwbUOxOwsDORsQaIFqM2PkLLHRtiihyrbo&s=bBA-zEaWJouZEXkYKML59-5eaZcEy_ka9Q3H08UpYaA&e=">https://bison.usgs.gov/</a>)
country nodes, the North American Node, and collaborators such as
the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.itis.gov&d=CwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KLI3ZIrZRxwbUOxOwsDORsQaIFqM2PkLLHRtiihyrbo&s=tBnQQZxQqBdsHEIdUxxPwPOuTT5AM5IkhKBZ7_nO9zs&e=">http://www.itis.gov</a>), the
ITIS/Species2000 Catalogue of Life (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.catalogueoflife.org&d=CwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KLI3ZIrZRxwbUOxOwsDORsQaIFqM2PkLLHRtiihyrbo&s=ec2ABiSthl-W8xsTwtkxNFn7E7dZC4flLw887OZeRCo&e=">http://www.catalogueoflife.org</a>)
and iDigBio (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org&d=CwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KLI3ZIrZRxwbUOxOwsDORsQaIFqM2PkLLHRtiihyrbo&s=WjVaJW2VNP1fyBCmE5IxE_9hDJdrgpCQiLkK9pc6M18&e=">https://www.idigbio.org</a>).
The use of GBIF data in biodiversity research will be featured.<br>
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<b>Automated species range map construction through aggregated
global museum records</b><br>
Leaders: Pascal Title and Alison Davis Rabosky<br>
This afternoon workshop will teach participants how use automated
pipelines in the R software environment to create, standardize,
quality check, and curate species range polygons for any
terrestrial vertebrate species that is represented in digitized
museum collections. We will explore batch processing for hundreds
to thousands of species at once, using tests of spatial
co-occurrence hypotheses as a framework for the ecological
questions that can be answered through these methods. We will also
examine the rapid generation of high quality figures demonstrating
a) range overlap, and b) diversity “heat maps” for both research
and teaching uses.<br>
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<b>Registration and abstract submission will open 15 January 2017.</b>
The registration fee for non-student professionals will be $50.00.
Student registration is $20.00. A list of hotels at various prices
will also be provided at the time registration opens. The deadline
for abstracts (with completed registration) will be 15 April. The
deadline for registration will be 15 May. The conference is capped
at 200 participants.</p>
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<p><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black">The planning team for the conference includes:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
Chris
Dick, Dan Fisher, Rich Rabeler, Alison Davis Rabosky, Dan
Rabosky, Adam
Rountrey, Cody Thompson, and Priscilla Tucker from the
University of Michigan,
and Gil Nelson, Larry Page, Pam Soltis, and Alex Thompson from
iDigBio.</span></p>
<p>A copy of the complete announcement is at:: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_content_second-2Dupdate-2Dinaugural-2Ddigital-2Ddata-2Dbiodiversity-2Dresearch-2Dconference-2D5-2D6-2Djune-2D2017-2Dann&d=CwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=KLI3ZIrZRxwbUOxOwsDORsQaIFqM2PkLLHRtiihyrbo&s=mjCLsvl2ce1NeIcvsHrwgM27oHO-F9uEoRUbjwqXb4o&e=">https://www.idigbio.org/content/second-update-inaugural-digital-data-biodiversity-research-conference-5-6-june-2017-ann</a>.<br>
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<p><span
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further information or to ensure that you are on the email list,
please contact
Gil Nelson at iDigBio (</span><a href="mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu"><span
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Gil Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor/Research
iDigBio Steering Committee
Integrated Digitized Biocollections
Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication
College of Communication and Information
Courtesy Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium
Florida State University
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu">gnelson@bio.fsu.edu</a></pre>
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