TDWG 2014 opening talk: Chair's Welcome
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Välkommen
Welcome to TDWG!Theme: Applications and Data
Standards for Sustaining Biodiversity
General information
• Registration• Posters• Get slides to your moderator• Meals• Banquet• Excursions
Chair’s Welcome
2014 Membership
121 Individuals16 Institutions
Institutional Members
2014 Executive Committee
Co-OptEamonn O Tuama
AsiaNozomi (James) Ytow
Li-Qiang Ji
EuropePeter DesmetHeimo Rainer
Latin AmericaAntonio Mauro Saraiva
<vacant>
North AmericaBryan HeidornJames Macklin
OceaniaPaul FlemonsAaron Wilson
AfricaAlex Assase
Charles Kahindo
ChairCyndy Parr
TreasurerWilliam Ulate
SecretaryPatricia Mergen
Latest developments
• Web site upgrade in progress• Prior standards now on GitHub
https://github.com/tdwg/prior-standards• Approved new Interest Groups• Approved some Darwin Core issues• Changing officer terms and elections
Come to Friday’s business meeting for more details
Nominations
• All offices are open, anybody can nominate• Nominations on SurveyMonkey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7JP3HF6• Nominations close during this week• Voting by SurveyMonkey• Eligible members will receive email with link to
the ballot, one vote per member, one vote per chosen institutional delegate (x 5)• Voting ends one week after the meeting• Results of the vote will be announced by email
Program
Program is online at mobot.org/tdwg
Program changes at mobot.org/tdwg
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Program highlights
• 3 pre-meeting activities• 10 Symposia• 5 Contributed paper sessions• 100+ Talks• 27 Posters• 6 Workshops• 6 Interest Groups/Task Groups
Joint African grants for travel Mwanga Mwanga Ithe, DR Congo TUESDAY C03
Digitization at the herbarium of LwiroPapy Miankeba Nsevolo, DR Congo TUESDAY C02
Edible insects and food security Samuel Christian Tsakem , Cameroon POSTER
Abundance and habitat use of gorillasTantely Raminosoa , Madagascar TUESDAY C02
Identifying new botanical inventory zones Fatima Parker, South Africa TUESDAY C03
Mobilizing biodiversity info for science and policyVictor Mose, Kenya WEDNESDAY C05
Database tools for decision supportProsper Karame, Rwanda TUESDAY C03
Bioinformatics for sustainable natural resources Jargy Kambale Soheranda, DR Congo POSTER (can’t attend) Sustainable conservation of fish and fisheries
Special sessions
MONDAY pm Newcomers chatWEDNESDAY pm Free afternoonTHURSDAY am Lightning talk sessionTHURSDAY pm W03 brief talks
+ computer demosTHURSDAY pm Conveners meeting with ExecFRIDAY am Business meetingFRIDAY am Reports from convenersFRIDAY am Preview of next meeting
History - Places
1985 Geneva Switzerland1986 Pittsburgh USA1987 Edinburgh Scotland1988 St Louis USA1989 Las Palmas Gran Canaria1990 Delphi Greece1991 Canberra Australia1992 Xalapa Mexico1993 Washington USA1994 Paris France1995 Madrid Spain1996 Toronto Canada1997 Taipei Taiwan1998 Reading England
1999 Harvard USA2000 Frankfurt Germany2001 Sydney Australia2002 Campinas Brazil2003 Lisbon Portugal2004 Christchurch New Zealand2005 St Petersburg Russia2006 St Louis USA2007 Bratislava Slovakia2008 Fremantle Australia2009 Montpellier France2010 Woods Hole USA2011 New Orleans USA2012 Beijing China2013 Florence Italy
Nairobi, KenyaPresentation on Friday
Hank BartProgram Chair
Lucy WaruingiLocal Host
2015 Meeting
Tack: Thanks
Jonkoping photo credits CC BYAnton Broberg Holm, Zdenko Zivkovic
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