Description of events

See also programme overview for a quick one-page overview of the events or go to the Venue page for more information about the location of the meeting venue.

Monday, 15 September 2014

Nodes Steering Group meeting

Time: 09:00-12:30
Venue: Mahogany room, India Habitat Centre

Meeting of the GBIF Nodes Steering Group. The meeting is open to members of the group only.

Budget Committee meeting

Time: 09:00-12:30
Venue: Chinar room, India Habitat Centre

Meeting of the GBIF Budget Committee. The meeting is open to members of the committee only.

Science Committee meeting

Time: 09:00-12:30
Venue: Willow room, India Habitat Centre

Meeting of the GBIF Science Committee. The meeting is open to members of the committee only.

Executive Committee meeting

Time: 13:30-17:00
Venue: Willow room, India Habitat Centre

Meeting of the GBIF Executive Committee. The meeting is open to members of the committee only.

Ice Breaker

Time: 19:30-
Venue: Magnolia Hall, India Habitat Centre

Welcome reception for Governing Board delegates, committee members and observers.

Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Governing Board meeting

Time: 09:00-17:00
Venue: Gulomhar room, India Habitat Centre

The first day of the official GBIF Governing Board meetings. Registration starts at 08:00.
For official Governing Board delegates and invited observers.

Hosted Dinner

Time: 19:30-
Venue: Jacaranda room, India Habitat Centre

Official dinner for Governing Board delegates, committee members and observers.

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

The GBIF Public Symposium 2014: Innovation and Impact through GBIF

Time: 09:00-17:00 + reception 17:00-18:00
Venue: Gulmohar room, India Habitat Centre

This full-day symposium will include contributions from a) GBIF Secretariat staff outlining achievements in the past 12 months, b) GBIF Participants reporting on recent projects and policy-relevant applications and c) researchers demonstrating innovative uses of data accessed through GBIF.

• Enhancing the global biodiversity information infrastructure
• GBIF recent and upcoming developments
• Questions and discussion
• National participation and using data for policy
• National data management services in Ireland
• GBIF Benin - progress and plans
• A species stocktake for UK overseas territories
• Capturing data on biodiversity concervation in Australia
• Panel discussion
• GBIF promoting excellence in biodiversity informatics
• Ebbe Nielsen Prize presentation: Selected innovations in biodiversity informatics
• The GBIF Young Researchers Award
• Using GBIF to research bat nectar corridors (2013 award)
• The 2014 award winners (messages)
• The Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
• GBIF supporting research for sustainable development
• Filling biodiversity knowledge gaps
• GBIF helping to underpin food security
• Biodiversity data and emerging infectious diseases
• Databases and invasion research: an ergonomic perspective
• Biodiversity and human innovation
• Wrap-up

The brochure for the symposium can be downloaded from http://www.gbif.org/resources/8789

The symposium is open to all Governing Board delegates and to the public and press but pre-registation is needed (registration closed on 8 September)). The symposium will be followed by a reception.

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Governing Board meeting

Time: 09:00-17:00
Venue: Gulmohar room, India Habitat Centre

Continuation of the official GBIF Governing Board meetings.
For official Governing Board delegates and invited observers.

Friday, 19 September 2014

Executive Committee meeting

Time: 09:00-12:00
Venue: Chinar room, India Habitat Centre

Meeting of the GBIF Executive Committee. The meeting is open to members of the committee only.