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TDWG 2014 opening talk: Chair's Welcome

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The opening talk of the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) 2014 Conference in Jonkoping, Sweden.

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Välkommen

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Welcome to TDWG!Theme: Applications and Data

Standards for Sustaining Biodiversity

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General information

• Registration• Posters• Get slides to your moderator• Meals• Banquet• Excursions

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Chair’s Welcome

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2014 Membership

121 Individuals16 Institutions

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Institutional Members

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2014 Executive Committee

Co-OptEamonn O Tuama

AsiaNozomi (James) Ytow

Li-Qiang Ji

EuropePeter DesmetHeimo Rainer

Latin AmericaAntonio Mauro Saraiva

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North AmericaBryan HeidornJames Macklin

OceaniaPaul FlemonsAaron Wilson

AfricaAlex Assase

Charles Kahindo

ChairCyndy Parr

TreasurerWilliam Ulate

SecretaryPatricia Mergen

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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