The Asia nodes meeting will aim to:
- Strengthen the Asia GBIF community
- Provide a forum for GBIF nodes in Asia and the GBIF Secretariat to share latest updates and best practices
- Explore opportunities for synergies between existing and/or upcoming related regional initiatives and the GBIF network, e.g., through support of, or participation in any related training efforts; encouraging data sharing through other related regional programmes; identifying possible data flows that could encourage use of the data being mobilized through GBIF, etc.
- Showcase the relevance of GBIF data across a broad range of use cases.
Audience:
This event will be a hybrid event organized for representatives of:
• GBIF nodes in Asia
• Relevant regional initiatives and regional networks
• Biodiversity data holders and users
Agenda (subject to changes):
28 August 2024 - GBIF Asia Nodes meeting - Day 1
Time | Session | Speakers |
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9.00 - 10.00 | Welcome address and opening remarks by representatives of the meeting host Welcome address and introduction to the scope and objectives of the meeting, Asia regional representatives GBIF Secretariat introduction and general updates |
Director of National Science Library, CAS Zheping Xu, Asia Regional Representative Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Asia Deputy Regional Representative GBIF Executive Secretary Joe Miller Maheva Bagard Laursen, GBIF Secretariat |
10.30 - 11.30 | Strengthening regional collaborations: AP BON OBIS IUCN Asia regional office CBD Regional support centre IPBES |
AP BON Representative: Alice C. Hughes, PI School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong OBIS Representative IUCN Asia Regional Office representative Nanjing Institute of Environmental Studies representative ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity representative IPBES representative |
11.30 – 12.00 | Open data for research and decision making | Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS |
12.00 - 12.30 | Strengthening regional collaborations - Panel discussion | Facilitators: Zheping Xu, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, and Maheva Bagard Laursen Panel members: Nodes and speakers |
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch | |
13.30 - 14.15 | GBIF Secretariat - Technical updates and Q&A: GRSciColl The Data model |
Lily Shrestha, GBIF Asia support team Matthew Blissett, GBIF Secretariat |
14:15 | Start of closed session for GBIF Asia Nodes | |
14.15– 15.00 | Korea Timor Leste Cambodia Chinese Taipei |
Korea GBIF node representative Timor-Leste GBIF node representative Cambodia GBIF node representative Chinese Taipei GBIF node representative |
15.00 - 15.30 | Tea / Coffee break | |
15.30 - 16.30 | Chinese Academy of Sciences ASEAN Center for Biodiversity East Asia Biodiversity Conservation Network International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development World Federation for Cultures Collections CAS GBIF node representative |
Chinese Academy of Sciences ASEAN Center for Biodiversity East Asia Biodiversity Conservation Network International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development World Federation for Cultures Collections CAS GBIF node representative |
16.30 - 17.00 | GBIF Asia: Discussions on status and priorities | Representatives from all nodes |
17.00– 17.30 | Group Photo and Tour around of National Science Library |
29 August 2024 - GBIF Asia Nodes meeting - Day 2
Time | Session | Speakers |
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9.00 - 9.50 | Developing the GBIF community of practice in Asia | Melissa Liu, GBIF Asia support team Lily Shrestha, GBIF Asia support team Chihjen Ko, GBIF Asia support team Vijay Barve, GBIF Asia support team |
9:50-10:30 | Introduction to best practices and tools for biodiversity data management and publishing | Facilitators: GBIF Asia support team |
10.30 - 11.00 | Tea / Coffee break | |
11.00 - 11.30 | Relevance of GBIF data | GigaScience Press Nanjing Forestry University Mokpo National University & Seoul National University |
11:30-12:00 | GBIF Asia: Discussions on status and priorities | Facilitator: Keping Ma, HoD of GBIF CAS |
12:00-12:30 | Wrap up and summary of key points | Keping Ma, HoD of GBIF CAS GBIF Executive Secretary Joe Miller |
12.30 - 13.30 | Meeting close & Lunch | |
13:30-17:00 | Tour around of National Botanic Garden and Plant Research Data Center in Institute of Botany CAS | Biodiversity Committee Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Contact Zheping Xu Nodes regional representative for Asia for any further information on the agenda.
Questions on the logistics please contact Tian Jiang or Xuejuan Chen