Structuring the biodiversity informatics community at the European level and beyond

Biodiversity Informatics Horizons 2013

Welcome, Introduction & Scope

Why are we here? The vision. The outcomes we hope for.

Co-chairs:

Alex Hardisty Dave Roberts Alberto Basset

Welcome from theSponsoring projects Supporting projects

Italia

Eva AlonsoChristos ArvanitidisRosa M BadiaAlberto BassetPalma BlondaDonatella CastelliAlastair Culham Frank Oliver GlöcknerGregor HagedornAlex Hardisty

Jörg HoletschekYde de JongJacco KonijnWouter LosNikos ManouselisMatthias ObstDave RobertsSoraya SierraAaike De WeverAnna-Maria Wremp

Thanks to the Programme Committee

for practically organising everything for the event

Thanks also to

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR

andSapienza Università di Roma

for offering their premises and supporting this event

Social media during the conference

h2020.myspecies.info – for coordinating consortia.Add your organisation. Put your project ideas there.

#BIH13

Rules

For speakers For allTimekeeping! The bell

• To organise ourselves and coordinate better– Another step in

the process– It’s a journey

Why are we here?

Decadal View Whitepaper

March – Oct. 2012

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Global Biodiversity Informatics Conf.

July 2012

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Brussels RoadmapWorkshop, March

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160+

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• Decadal View– Getting the basics right– The next steps– New tools– Human interface

• Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook– The right culture– The data we need– Make data fit for purpose– From data to science and policy

The visionAn infrastructure to allow the available data to be brought into a coordinated coupled modelling environment able to address questions relating to our use of the natural environment that captures the ‘variety, distinctiveness and complexity of all life on Earth’.

Outstanding: Organisation, coordination and a step-by-steproadmap for getting there

Structuring bottom-up and top-down interactions and cooperating across the community is now a critical activity

– Biodiversity and ecosystem services are crucial for a sustainable planet, and thus for mankind.

– Research Infrastructures based on informatics are fundamental to understanding ecosystem complexity.

• Bottom-up actions– Cooperation & commitment of projects (internationally)– Define infrastructure development with realistic business plans– Specify what is required and lobby from policy support

• Top-down actions– Concerted action of RI management and GEO BON orchestration– G8+5 priority for e-Infrastructures and Environmental

Infrastructures– Facilitation by the European Commission

Promoteinteraction

Based on a slide from W.Los

A commonly-shared, sustainable e-Infrastructure that reliably serves science and society alike

• Invited speakers will: – Review challenging areas and promising technologies– Consider pathways to sustainable implementation – Propose how to change the community culture

• Discussions will focus on:– Exploring opportunities for international cooperation that lead towards a

sustainable global infrastructure– Working together towards building a more sustainable future

• Demonstration and training activities– Provided by some of the FP7 projects associated with the conference – Delegates will see first-hand some of the new and exciting building blocks

that will come together to deliver the infrastructure vision

• Networking opportunities throughout the conference

Structuring the biodiversity informatics community at the European level and beyond

Outcomes from BIH2013

• One-to-one networking across the community

• Up-to-date knowledge of challenges we face

• Strong ideas and consensus on how to sustain the work we are doing

• Greater commitment to coordinate

• A springboard to form and coordinate consortia to bid for Horizon 2020 funding.