Meeting goals
- 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.
This event will be attended by GBIF nodes and representatives of other relevant regional initiatives.
Agenda (subject to changes):
- July 8 (Wed): Opening address, GBIF general updates (morning), and GBIF Asia Nodes closed session (afternoon).
- July 9 (Thu): Symposium including Node and Publisher training, lectures, and educational sessions.
- July 10 (Fri): Field trip, with optional attendance for the remainder of the day.
Questions on the agenda please contact Node Manager Seok-Jun Son.