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<span style="word-break:break-word;font-size:14px">The BIOFAIR Data Network project is wrapping up with our final public event, "Open Mic for Data!," on <strong>October 30th at 11:00 AM ET.</strong> Join BCoN to listen to some lightning talks about ongoing data integration projects and discuss new approaches to integrating biological and environmental data. This is an opportunity to share ideas, connect with potential collaborators, and help shape the future of FAIR data.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px"><span style="word-break:break-word;font-size:14px"><strong>Date</strong>: October 30, 2025</span><br><span style="word-break:break-word;font-size:14px"><strong>Time</strong>: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Eastern / 10:00-11:30 AM Central / 8:00-9:30 AM Pacific</span><br>
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</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#555;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px"><strong>The program will feature the following lightning talks:</strong></p><ul style="line-height:1.5"><li><em>Macrostrat as an integration point for biological and geochemical data</em> - Shanan Peters, University of Wisconsin-Madison</li><li><em>A taxonomic name is the key to the knowledge about a specimen</em> - Donat Agosti, Plazi
</li><li><em>The use of Wikidata for recording identifiers for Collecting Expedition for Open Linked Data</em> - Robert Cubey, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh</li><li><em>Community science can bring together natural history collections and historical survey data</em> - Randy Singer, Augusta University</li><li><em>Integrating ancient environmental DNA with the Neotoma Paleoecology Database</em> - Jack Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison</li><li>
<em>Exploring Wikibase as a platform for the Sherwin Carlquist Extended Specimen Network</em> - Jason Best, Botanical Research Institute of Texas</li><li><em>Eco-evolutionary analyses of Global South biodiversity need better data</em> - Israel Borokini, Montana State University, Bozeman</li><li><em>FAIRy: Upstream, Cross-Repo Submission-Readiness Checks (GEO/Zenodo)</em> - Jennifer Slotnick, Datadabra</li><li>
<em>ZooMu Network Data Updates</em> - Amanda Mazza, Duke University Lemur Center</li><li><em>Building the culture of data stewardship: an ocean data case study</em> - Rachael Blake, Intertidal Agency</li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table class="m_3174072475142981038row-content m_3174072475142981038stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-radius:0;color:#000;width:600px;margin:0 auto" width="600"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3174072475142981038column" width="100%" style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top"><table class="m_3174072475142981038social_block" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center"><table class="m_3174072475142981038social-table" width="72px" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="display:inline-block"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 2px 0 2px"><a href="https://t.congressweb.com/l/?ZVOHOEHCPJDQOHH" target="_blank"><img src="https://app-rsrc.getbee.io/public/resources/social-networks-icon-sets/t-outline-circle-color/twitter@2x.png" width="32" height="auto" alt="Twitter" title="Twitter" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0"></a></td><td style="padding:0 2px 0 2px"><a href="https://t.congressweb.com/l/?ZVOHOEHCPJUVSZV" target="_blank"><img src="https://app-rsrc.getbee.io/public/resources/social-networks-icon-sets/t-outline-circle-color/website@2x.png" width="32" height="auto" alt="Web Site" title="Web Site" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div>
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