[Nhcoll-l] Call for abstracts for DemoCamp at SPNHC 2023

[Jason Best]

Greetings,
I'm writing to you to encourage members of this community to consider submitting an abstract to the DemoCamp Symposium at the upcoming SPNHC conference. If you have a software project/product that you'd like to share and demonstrate for the natural history collections community, this is the time and place to do it! The deadline for submission is 6 February, 2023 so you still have a couple of weeks to put together your abstract.

The call for abstracts and other details are available here: https://spnhc.org/spnhc-2023-call-for-abstracts/

The abstract for the DemoCamp symposium is below. Thank you for considering a submission!

Regards,
Jason

DemoCamp - A live demonstration of software and applications relevant to the management, analysis, dissemination, and use of natural history collections.
Computer software is an increasingly critical component of natural history collections. Ongoing efforts to digitize natural history collections will eventually culminate in a comprehensive digital record of biodiversity preserved and represented in natural history collections worldwide. This significant expansion of digital collections will further cement the important role of software in the management, analysis, and dissemination of natural history collections.
Since its debut at SPNHC 2009, DemoCamp has provided a venue for software developers, biodiversity informaticians, digitization managers, and collection managers to convene and share innovative approaches for the use of technology to enhance the management and use of natural history collections.
The format of DemoCamp dictates that software be demonstrated “live, without a net” and forbids the use of slideshows. Each presenter is allotted time for demonstrating the software as well as questions from the audience. This format ensures that only functional software is presented and that the audience sees all the details of the features and functionality of the software.

Jason Best
Director of Biodiversity Informatics
Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas
1700 University Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76107

817-332-4441 ext. 230
http://www.fwbg.org

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