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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are pleased to announce that registration for Biodiversity Summit 2020 opens 3 February, 12:00 a.m. at:
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.eventbrite.com_e_biodiversity-2Dsummit-2D2020-2Dtickets-2D85264844445&d=DwQFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=-DeN3HZj0Hb0vKtqmNM6xJyvWlG-EW6_J4YBXE1_ai4&m=WoWx6AzXTS5-VNaZunIQF0yHnFYZP-Ws2-Hhf6WejSg&s=sEupWCqKE1Z07_z--9CSUt9X1Q3txkJ31qD4bhFSGt8&e=">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biodiversity-summit-2020-tickets-85264844445</a>.
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information and to stay abreast of conference planning see:
</span><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/biodiversity-summit-2020"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.idigbio.org/content/biodiversity-summit-2020</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
<b>Registration is free, but all participants must register and display credentials.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">iDigBio, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Smithsonian, GBIF, and TDWG are pleased to distribute this call for abstracts for Biodiversity Summit 2020, to be held in Alexandria,
VA USA, 20-25 September 2020. This is a joint conference with three days of pre-conference meetings (20-22 September) and 3 days of plenaries and concurrent sessions. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are being solicited for 24-25 September. Oral
presentation sessions will be 15 minutes each. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please select the preferred conference theme and whether your abstract is for an oral or poster presentation within that theme.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Posters may be portrait or landscape in format and cannot exceed 2 feet (61 cm) on the short side and 4 feet (122 cm) on the long side.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline for abstract submission is 31 March 2020. There will be no extensions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please strive to limit your abstract submission to 3500 characters (inclusive of spaces) for the combination of title, authors, affiliations, body, and references. Available
conference space coupled with the conference planning team’s preference for accommodating all submitters may limit the number of accepted oral presentations for any single presenter. Oral session proposers might be requested to convert to a poster session
if space proves critical. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There are ten broad themes for the conference. Please be prepared to select the theme that best fits your abstract. Conference organizers will make every effort to accommodate
your preferred theme. In cases where logistics make this impossible, we will strive to place your presentation into the most appropriate alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">1. Digitization, data mobilization, and use
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2. Advances in digitization protocols, techniques, and tools
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">3. Uses of biodiversity data in education and outreach
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">4. Impacts of data science on biodiversity informatics
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">5. Big data and the biodiversity sciences
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">6. Human diversity and inclusion in the biodiversity sciences
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">7. Tools and techniques for data analysis and visualization
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">8. The future of biodiversity informatics
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">9. Broadening international collaboration
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">10. Advances in biodiversity data standards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk31290490"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">We will use Pensoft’s ARPHA online publishing platform for abstract submission to Biodiversity Science and Standards (BISS)
(</span></a><a href="https://biss.pensoft.net/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">https://biss.pensoft.net/</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">),
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">an innovative open access journal for the professional publishing of abstracts</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.
Instructions for Abstract Submission using ARPHA are available at </span></span><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/8/8a/2020_Instructions_for_Abstract_Submission.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/8/8a/2020_Instructions_for_Abstract_Submission.pdf</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Using</span> BISS will allow us to publish your abstract online at a stable URL. You can see published abstract collections (</span><a href="https://biss.pensoft.net/collections"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490">https://biss.pensoft.net/collections</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490">)
or look for Biodiversity Summit 2020 (</span><a href="https://biss.pensoft.net/collection/181/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490">https://biss.pensoft.net/collection/181/</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490">)
when it comes online. You will be able to link your presentations (slides or posters) to your abstracts following the conference. Sign up for email notifications of newly published BISS content at
</span><a href="https://pensoft.net/profile/alerts/edit"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490">https://pensoft.net/profile/alerts/edit</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31290490">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please Note: Registration is free. But, you must register for the conference for your abstract to be reviewed.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F;background:white">iDigBio, GBIF, NMNH, and TDWG value the diversity of views, expertise, opinions, backgrounds, and experiences reflected among our partners and
the broader biodiversity sciences community. Biodiversity Summit 2020 is committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all conference participants. Participants will be expected to follow<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></strong></span><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-code-conduct"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">iDigBio’s
Code of Conduct</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">:
</span></b></span> <a href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-code-conduct">https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-code-conduct</a>.<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Gil Nelson PhD, Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Florida Museum of Natural History</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">University of Florida</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray"><a href="mailto:gnelson@floridamuseum.ufl.edu">gnelson@floridamuseum.ufl.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Courtesy Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Department of Biological Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Florida State University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray"><a href="mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu">gnelson@bio.fsu.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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