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Greetings Everyone,<br>
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Do you collect, curate, mobilize bio / geo / living collections
data? Have you been to a TDWG Conference yet? Please share widely
that we look forward to a lot of participation this year from the
collections community. The Biodiversity Information Standards
Conference TDWG2021 runs from 18 - 22 Oct 2021. <br>
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Have a peek at some of our upcoming talks in our Conference journal:
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://biss.pensoft.net/collection/293/">Biodiversity
Information Science and Standards.</a><br>
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If the cost of registration is a barrier to participation in this
conference, please contact <a href="mailto:conf-organizers@tdwg.org">conf-organizers@tdwg.org</a>.
Generous support means we can help. Please take this opportunity to
add your voice and your student's and collaborator's voices and
expertise to this <i>international</i> community. <a href="https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2021/#registration">Register
soon</a>. Please share this opportunity in your departments
(computer science, data visualization, information science, ecology,
science policy, science communication, etc). Thank you!<br>
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Our conference brings together those who create data, those who help
us store, manage, share, publish, track, and <b>use</b>
biodiversity data of all sorts -- all made possible by the use of
data standards and methods developed by <a href="https://www.tdwg.org/community/#interest-group">TDWG
Interest and Working Groups</a>.<br>
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Please see the exciting <a href="https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2021/session-list/">line-up
of events at #TDWG2021</a>. We hope you'll join us in October at
the intersection of biodiversity information standards with data
collection, management, publishing, outreach, and of course,
research, and program development use! Special discounts are in
place for students, post-docs, participants from developing nations,
and anyone who needs financial assistance in order to attend.<br>
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Just a little over 4 weeks -- looking forward to seeing you there!<br>
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Best,<br>
Debbie, et al from the TDWG Steering and Program Committees<br>
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- Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison
- Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois
-- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Chair 2021-2022
-- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment
-- Species File Group and Events <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://speciesfilegroup.org">https://speciesfilegroup.org</a></pre>
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