Coming events

The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is organizing a data mobilization workshop to address capacity needs and to promote data publication in the region. Based on theGBIF Biodiversity Data Mobilization curriculum , this workshop trains data holders in project planning, data capture, data management and data publication, with a focus [...]

The IBC 2024 XX International Botanical Congress in Madrid will address the following main topics:
* Systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography and evolution * Ecology, environment and global change, including invasive species and plant-animal interactions * Biodiversity and conservation * Structure, physiology and development, including Evo-Devo * Genetics, genomics and [...]

The Congress merges the traditions of the participating societies: the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB); the American Society of Naturalists (ASN); the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB); and the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE). The sextennial Congress takes the place of the ESEB and Evolution Meetings [...]

The theme of ICOM12 is “Bridging gaps in form, function and diversity”.
Alongside showcasing some of the most exciting and cutting-edge mycorrhizal research, the conference will address this theme through conversation, culture, gastronomy, and fun.
The plenary themes are supported by parallel sessions that will cover topics such as: Mycorrhizas [...]

This year’s meeting will emphasize the society’s mission of supporting ecologists throughout their careers. The emphasis recognizes the need for us to continually invest in all the people who advance the science and practice of ecology. Among many aspects of professional development, we are planning programming and invite contributions that [...]

This August session of the Technical Support Hour for Nodes, we will show you how to publish data on GBIF via theregistry API . This is particularly relevant for data providers who wish to automate the publishing process. The Data Product team will go through everything you need to know [...]

The main aims of the International Mycological Congress are to:
* Engage the youth
* Facilitate face-to-face meetings
* Organize hands-on workshops in mycology
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Organized every two years, the ISME symposia are the largest not-for-profit international meetings addressing the wide range of topics in Microbial Ecology. With an average delegate number of 2200 people representing over 50 countries worldwide we are truly international.
The next meeting, ISME19, will be held in Cape Town, South [...]

Join us for an update on the Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl).
In this community call, we will discuss the progress of the GRSciColl roadmap implementation and gather input on integrating institutional survey outputs into GRSciColl.
Agenda:
* Update on the latest GRSciColl developments * Discuss [...]

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The Asia nodes meeting will aim to:
* 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, [...]

The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections SPNHC is an international organization devoted to the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections.
Biodiversity Information Standards TDWG develops and maintains data standards that support the integration of primary biodiversity information across disciplines, organizations, and nations. Its [...]

Join GBIF Secretariat at the following sessions during the 9th International Barcode of Life Conference —or seek us out elsewhere during the conference.
Monday, 2 September 2024: 14:00-15:30 Maximize your impact by getting your metabarcoding data on GBIF.org ITV - Instituto Tecnológico Vale - Venue 2
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GBIF and the new data model serve for barcoding/metabarcoding data storage and use
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Utilizing cloud computing services can enable big data queries that are slow or impractical on a local machine. Public datasets containingsnapshots of all GBIF-mediated occurrence data are shared each month on the Microsoft Planetary Computer (Azure), as an Amazon AWS Open Dataset, and on a public Google GCS [...]

The 31st meeting of the GBIF Governing Board and associated events will take place in Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal, on 30 September - 4 October 2024.
30 September - GBIF committee meetings 01 October - Governing Board meeting Day 1 02 October - Symposium 03 October [...]

The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
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This two-day symposium is jointly organized by GBIF and by theInstitute of Zoology of Republic of Kazakhstan with the support from the Scientific Society Tethys and Kazakhstan Programme Committee for the UNESCO Program "Man and the Biosphere " (MAB).
Meeting goals
* Raise awareness of [...]

The International Conference on Research Infrastructures is the major professional forum for the global research infrastructure community. ICRI 2024 will bring together policymakers, research institution leaders, facility operators, users and researchers, to discuss pressing topics of interest, trends and challenges facing research infrastructures around the world.
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IPBES 11 will be preceded by regional consultations and a Stakeholder Day on 9 December 2024. Further information on these events will follow in due course.
At IPBES 11, the Plenary will consider, among other items, the thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health (nexus assessment), [...]

Expanding on the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative 's previous events (GSBI), the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference in Victoria, Canada will convene the world’s leading experts in this interdisciplinary field of soil biodiversity science to present and discuss recent advances addressing the urgency of meeting global challenges which link to [...]