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<div class=""><b class="">Please join us September 22-23, 2021!</b></div>

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<div class=""><b class="">Visit the event's announcement page for agenda, registration, and additional information:

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https://www.idigbio.org/content/biodiversity-digitization-2021</a></b></div>

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<div>This full two-day virtual event will be co-sponsored by iDigBio, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and GBIF and will highlight the collective successes of mobilization and digitization efforts in the US and abroad.</div>

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<div>Topics will include:</div>

<div>Innovations: Strategy & Coordination (Plenary & Lightning Talks)</div>

<div>Digitization Spotlights (Poster Session)</div>

<div class="x_x_hv-current-cursor">Community (Plenary & Lightning Talks)</div>

<div>Natural History Collections in Grand Challenges (Plenary & Lightning Talks)</div>

<div>What's Next Partnerships, new data concepts (Plenary & Lightning Talks)</div>

<div>Looking to the Future of Digitization: Conference Wrap-Up (Panelist Discussion)</div>

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The event will follow the annual <a href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/2021-adbc-summit" title="https://www.idigbio.org/content/2021-adbc-summit" class="">

ADBC Summit</a> on September 21st.<br>

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