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2026 Spring Meeting

2026-04-13T13:32:14Z

Stefan Seifert: /* Participants */

= CETAF Information Science & Technology Commission - Spring 2026 Meeting =
'''Meise, May 21-22 2026'''
== Venue ==
Meise Botanic Garden 
Nieuwelaan 38 
1860 Meise, Belgium

The meeting will take place in the Bouchout Castle, room Musa. '''Please register your attendance in the form below.''' A couple of days in advance of the event, you will receive an entrance ticket that allows you to enter the botanic garden.

== Registration Form ==

https://forms.gle/gc2W8DiezxDGfWpB6

== Participants ==
* Anton Güntsch (FUB-BGBM, DE)
* Dominik Röpert (FUB-BGBM, DE)
* Maarten Trekels (MeiseBG, BE)
* Robert Cubey (RBGE, UK)
* Arianna Salili-James (NHM, UK)
* Stefan Seifert (SNSB, DE)

== Agenda ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2" | ------------------------------------------------------------ Day 1 - May 21 ------------------------------------------------------------
|-
| '''12:00 - 13:00''' || '''Arrival and lunch'''
|-
| 13:00 - 13:30 || Welcome, introduction of participants, agenda, logistics
|-
| 13:30 - 15:00 || Subgroup "Natural Science Collections & AI"
|-
| '''15:00 - 15:30''' || '''Coffee break'''
|-
| 15:30 - 17:00 || Subgroup "Collection Management Systems (CMS)"
|-
| 17:00 - 18:30 || Guided tour
|-
| '''18:30''' || '''End of day one'''
|-
| ''19:30 -'' || ''Dinner at '''To Be Announced''' (self paid)''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2" | ------------------------------------------------------------ Day 2 - May 22 ------------------------------------------------------------
|-
| 9:00 - 10:00 || Type specimen initiative
|-
| 10:00 - 10:30 || TETTRIs Experts and Services Marketplace (Alessio Glorioso & Laura Tilley)
|-
| 10:30 - 11:00 || placeholder
|-
| '''11:00 - 11:30''' || '''Coffee break'''
|-
| 11:30 - 12:30 || Presentations of ISTC-relevant projects and initiatives - Enhancing Earth Science specimen data (Laura Tilley) -
|-
| 12:30 - 13:00 || Funding opportunities
|-
| '''13:00''' || '''End of meeting and opportunity for a light lunch'''
|}

== Minutes ==
=== Day 1 ===
=== Day 2 ===

== Logistics ==
=== Directions ===
'''Arriving by bus'''

You can easily reach us by De Lijn buses. Line '''R50''' (Brussels-North - Meise - Londerzeel) stops right in front of the main entrance (stop Plantentuin Meise).

There is a bus service every 15 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays, and every 30 minutes on Sundays and public holidays. Plan your route here.

Payments can be made contactless on the bus, or you can download the De Lijn app and purchase your ticket(s) in advance. The app also offers (most of the time) live tracking of the bus, in case you are afraid of missing the bus stop.

For more information go to https://www.delijn.be.

'''Arriving by train'''

Take the train to Brussels-North or Londerzeel station.

Go to the NMBS website (https://www.belgiantrain.be/en) for the most recent travel information or use the NMBS app.

At the station, take bus R50, which will take you to the main entrance of the Botanic Garden.

'''Arriving by car'''

Meise Botanic Garden is situated along the A12 (Brussels-Antwerp). Take exit 3 Meise. Parking is available at the Empress Charlotte entrance.

The parking fee is €7. Exit tickets can be purchased at the following locations:

* at the ticketmachine in the parking lot
* at the ticketmachine on the Welcome Square
* at the ticket counter
* via contactless payment at the barrier upon exiting
Upon presentation of your parking ticket, you will receive a 3.5 euro discount in the Garden Shop (with a minimum purchase of 5 euros).

Short-term parking of up to 45 minutes is free. License plate recognition will automatically open the barrier when exiting within this time.

Our parking area offers 18 charging stations for electric vehicles, allowing you to conveniently recharge your car during your visit.

'''International visitors'''

From Brussels Airport we can be reached by a direct De Lijn bus connection (Zaventem-Merchtem line 21).

If you arrive by international train into Brussels-Midi, first take the train to Brussels-North where you will then take a direct bus connection (Line R50) to the main entrance of the Botanic Garden.

=== Hotels ===

Some suggestions of Hotels and BnBs are given here (will be updated later on). Using the bus to reach the botanic garden, you can also look for a hotel closer to the city center of Brussels (e.g. close to the 'Tour&Taxis' area).

'''Hotels'''

Thermae Hotel (**), Wolvertemsesteenweg 92, 1850 Grimbergen

Hotel Ibis Brussels Expo (**), Romeinse Steenweg 572, 1853 Strombeek-Bever

Holliday Inn Garden Court Brussels Expo (***), Keizerin Charlottelaan 6, 1020 Laken

Alfa Rijckendael Hotel (***), Luitberg 1, 1853 Strombeek-Bever

https://www.booking.com

'''Bed & Breakfasts'''

Sterckxhof, Kardinaal Sterckxlaan 17, 1860 Meise

Time to Escape, Humbeekstraat 29A, 1860 Meise

Het Lavershuis, Zavelberg 32, 1780 Wemmel

Green Cottage, Smidsestraat 14, 1785 Brussegem

't Verreveld, Heerbaan 132, 1840 Londerzeel

Members

2026-02-24T07:59:31Z

Stefan Seifert: add SNSB

== Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany ==
* Anton Güntsch
* Dominik Röpert

== Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium ==
* Quentin Groom
* Mathias Dillen
* Maarten Trekels

== Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, Munich, Germany ==
* Stefan Seifert

2025 Spring Meeting

2025-03-17T20:09:02Z

Stefan Seifert: /* Participants */

= CETAF Information Science & Technology Commission - Spring 2025 Meeting =
'''Bonn, April 7-8 2025'''
== Venue ==
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change 
Museum Koenig 
Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
(First floor, on the right. Please follow the signs!)

== Participants ==
* Anton Güntsch (FUB-BGBM)
* Dominik Röpert (FUB-BGBM)
* David Fichtmüller (FUB-BGBM)
* Quentin Groom (Meise Botanic Garden)
* Jiri Frank (NM, CZ)
* Adam Cironis (NM, CZ)
* Dagmar Triebel (SNSB, DE)
* Stefan Seifert (SNSB, DE)

== Draft Agenda ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2" | ------------------------------------------------------------ Day 1 - April 7 ------------------------------------------------------------
|-
| 13:00 - 13:30 || Welcome, introduction of participants, agenda, logistics
|-
| 13:30 - 14:00 || The new ISTC Wiki and future ISTC documentation
|-
| 14:00 - 15:15 || CMS Subgroup
|-
| '''15:15 - 15:45''' || '''Coffee break'''
|-
| 15:45 - 17:00 || AI Subgroup
|-
| 17:00 - 18:00 || Guided Tour
|-
| '''18:00''' || '''End of day one'''
|-
| ''19:00 -'' || ''Dinner at Phoenicia Lounge, Clemens-August-Str. 34, 53115 Bonn''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2" | ------------------------------------------------------------ Day 2 - April 8 ------------------------------------------------------------
|-
| 9:00 - 10:30 || Type specimen initiative
|-
| 10:30 - 11:00 || Misc presentations (projects, initiatives, ideas, ...): - Establishment of a new Center for Knowledge Literacy and Biodiversity Informatics at the LIB (Peter Grobe) - Exsiccata series in botanical collections: Part of a shared history - [http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de/ IndExs] demo (Dagmar Triebel)
|-
| '''11:00 - 11:30''' || '''Coffee break'''
|-
| 11:30 - 12:00 || Misc presentations (projects, initiatives, ideas, ...): - Indexing of research expeditions and linking to semantic entities (Sabine von Mering)
|-
| 12:00 - 12:30 || Funding opportunities
|-
| 12:30 - 13:00 || AOB
|-
| '''13:00''' || '''End of meeting'''
|}

== Logistics ==
=== ===
=== Hotels ===
* ACHAT Sternhotel Bonn, Markt 8, 53111 Bonn, 90€
* IntercityHotel Bonn, Quantiusstraße 22, 53115 Bonn, 100€
* Hotel Motel One, Am Hauptbahnhof 12, and Berliner Freiheit 36, 53111 Bonn, 100€
* Hotel Kurfürstenhof, Baumschulallee 20, 53115 Bonn, 90€
* Beethoven Hotel Dreesen, Bonngasse 17, Zentrum, 53111 Bonn, 90€
* My Südstadt Bonn, Kaiserstraße 221, 53113 Bonn, 90€> (very close to Museum Koenig, but rooms are very noisy towards Kaiserstraße)
* For those who like it unusual: BaseCamp Hostel Bonn, In d. Raste 1, 53129 Bonn, 70€

Hotels on a map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/c6P5W2taKKTZD8HJ6