2010 North America Regional Nodes Meeting

The GBIF North American Regional Nodes Meeting was held on 11-12 August 2010 at the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Canada. Hosting partners and sponsors included The Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO), the Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF), Canada's Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership (FBIP), the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), and the secretariat of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The 31 workshop participants included GBIF Nodes representatives from Canada and United States, and from 9 (out of 14) of the international organisations headquartered in Canada or United States that are GBIF ex officio (CBD) or Associate Participant (CBOL, EOL, IABIN, ISIS, ITIS, NatureServe, OBIS, SPNHC). Additional observers and potential data publishers from Canada were also present. Two Program Officers (ECAT, Nodes) from the GBIF secretariat participated in the workshop. Annex 9.1 provides a detailed list of workshop participants)