Biodiversity Knowledge Management Forum - Sydney, November 2001 - some changes

[Karen Wilson]

BIODIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FORUM - Sydney, November 2001

We have had to change some of our plans for the Biodiversity Knowledge Management Forum here in Sydney in early November, unfortunately, because of the recent horrific events elsewhere. 
The Catalogue of Life workshop and Species 2000 meetings have been postponed, tentatively to early March 2002, in the week before the GBIF meetings in Canberra. 
However, support has been strong for us to continue with other parts of the BioForum in November, so we are doing that (subject, of course, to no further hostile activities). 
As well as the planned TDWG conference and IOPI, etc. meetings, we are now also planning a 1-day regional workshop tentatively entitled 'Bioinformatics and the GTI in Asia-Oceania' as partial replacement for the CofL workshop, on 8th November.  
Details of these changes are on the BioForum website at http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/bioforum/. 

Email Karen Wilson or relevant conveners of meetings if you want further information. Those planning to take part in the various activities, could you please return the appropriate registration form soon so that we have an indication of numbers for catering, field trips, etc.

Karen Wilson
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
Mrs Macquaries Road
SYDNEY  NSW 2000,  AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61-2-9231 8137
Fax: +61-2-9251 7231
Email: karen.wilson at rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au