[Taxacom] Abstract Deadline for TDWG 2016 on 6 September

[Kampmeier, Gail E]

Hola!

For those who need a reminder and/or were thinking about coming to the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) meeting in Costa Rica this December  http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.tdwg.org_conference2016_&d=CwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=dcUvap8p35KB6gSuuAeNKiPFUQTLzBHzu-nrsIqoCsI&m=4pefJDSicp7p_emzdICqALLipKFfetFofeYObuQ4h6Y&s=QK5VuVHUEZatmAGsyruTm1YLVMXRLyQdef6hLmeRMB4&e=>, it’s time to get serious about writing up your abstract. The due date is 6 September for invited speakers in symposia as well as for contributed oral and poster presentations.  The body of the abstract should be 400 words or less; see https://mbgserv18.mobot.org/ocs/index.php/tdwg/tdwg2016/schedConf/cfp<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mbgserv18.mobot.org_ocs_index.php_tdwg_tdwg2016_schedConf_cfp&d=CwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=dcUvap8p35KB6gSuuAeNKiPFUQTLzBHzu-nrsIqoCsI&m=4pefJDSicp7p_emzdICqALLipKFfetFofeYObuQ4h6Y&s=_3ZvMfInH7nbWwg7eq2cF5yC42ua6g771BH39Fj3D2o&e=> for more information.

Currently 13 symposia (three symposia combined recently under the banner of Semantics for Biodiversity Science - An Interoperability Frontier), 7 workshops, and 10 Interest/Task Groups are planning to meet at TDWG this year. For information about registration, see http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/#c1807<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.tdwg.org_conference2016_-23c1807&d=CwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=dcUvap8p35KB6gSuuAeNKiPFUQTLzBHzu-nrsIqoCsI&m=4pefJDSicp7p_emzdICqALLipKFfetFofeYObuQ4h6Y&s=28j47K6PB78Rc87Jm_EpacApBBCvebB7eIy-KR4PXKo&e=>

And don’t forget about the pre-conference Software Carpentry Workshop, which will be taught by Matthew Collins, Deb Paul, and Dimitrios Koureas 3-4 December http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/#c1862<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.tdwg.org_conference2016_-23c1862&d=CwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=dcUvap8p35KB6gSuuAeNKiPFUQTLzBHzu-nrsIqoCsI&m=4pefJDSicp7p_emzdICqALLipKFfetFofeYObuQ4h6Y&s=GeWKR3GYVDFCSfSs0skvFCYPKVci1UpxGeZ5rqVh0T8&e=> At $100 ($50 for students), this is not to be missed. Space is limited, so sign up soon!

The conference website also features information about hotels http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/hotels/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.tdwg.org_conference2016_hotels_&d=CwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=dcUvap8p35KB6gSuuAeNKiPFUQTLzBHzu-nrsIqoCsI&m=4pefJDSicp7p_emzdICqALLipKFfetFofeYObuQ4h6Y&s=7a7rcpMENfEE-u44d9uRMK-2497kr5pS-vdwdwdIEls&e=> with special rates negotiated for TDWG2016 and post-conference excursions or BioCursos http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/excursions/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.tdwg.org_conference2016_excursions_&d=CwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=dcUvap8p35KB6gSuuAeNKiPFUQTLzBHzu-nrsIqoCsI&m=4pefJDSicp7p_emzdICqALLipKFfetFofeYObuQ4h6Y&s=QjTR2B895mjtEkS1wxfdK9yg6UoNxWkeWzeC43EKxPs&e=> through OTS (Organization for Tropical Studies).

Hasta pronto en Costa Rica!

Gail & Erick

P.S. Please pass the word to other interested networks

Gail Kampmeier
Erick Mata
Program co-chairs TDWG 2016
conference[at]tdwg[dot]org