2025 Spring Meeting
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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, DE)
- Dominik Röpert (FUB-BGBM, DE)
- David Fichtmüller (FUB-BGBM, DE)
- Quentin Groom (Meise Botanic Garden, BE)
- Mathias Dillen (Meise Botanic Garden, BE)
- Maarten Trekels (Meise Botanic Garden, BE)
- Jiri Frank (NM, CZ)
- Adam Cironis (NM, CZ)
- Wouter Addink (Naturalis, NL)
- Dagmar Triebel (SNSB, DE)
- Stefan Seifert (SNSB, DE)
- Sabine von Mering (MfN, DE)
- Caitlin Thorn (MfN, DE)
- Jonas Grieb (SGN, DE)
- Claus Weiland (SGN, DE)
- Anke Penzlin (SGN, DE)
- André De Mûelenaere (Africamuseum, BE)
- Franck Theeten (Africamuseum, BE)
- Björn Quast (LIB, Bonn, DE)
- Birgit Rach (LIB, Bonn, DE)
- Cristina Garilao (LIB, Hamburg, DE)
- Laura Tilley (CETAF, BE)
- Ana Casino (CETAF, BE)
- Glorioso Alessio (CETAF, BE)
- Nicky Nicolson (Kew, UK)
- Arianna Salili-James (NHM, UK)
- Theary Ung (MNHN, Paris, FR)
- Laurent Gohy (ULiège, BE) - first day
Draft Agenda
| ------------------------------------------------------------ Day 1 - April 7 ------------------------------------------------------------ | |
|---|---|
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Arrival and lunch |
| 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 - Introduction of the new subgroup - Presentations of CMS-related activities in CETAF collections * Frank Theeten * Maarten Trekels * Stefan Seifert * Jonas Grieb * Dominik Röpert - Discussion of possible activities of the CMS subgroup and structuring of the collaboration |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 - 17:00 | AI Subgroup - Introduction of the new subgroup - Examples of currently ongoing initiatives - Discussion of possible activities of the CMS subgroup and structuring of the collaboration |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Establishment of a new Center for Knowledge Literacy and Biodiversity Informatics at the LIB (Peter Grobe) |
| 17:30 | End of day one |
| 19:00 - | Dinner at Tuscolo, Gerhard-von-Are-Straße 8, 53111 Bonn (self paid) |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ Day 2 - April 8 ------------------------------------------------------------ | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Type specimen initiative |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Guided tour |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 - 12:20 | Misc presentations (projects, initiatives, ideas, ...): - Indexing of research expeditions and linking to semantic entities (Sabine von Mering) - Enhancing geological specimen data (Laura Tilley) - Update on MAS development in DiSSCo (Wouter Addink) - Exsiccata series in botanical and mycological collections: Part of a shared history - IndExs demo (Dagmar Triebel) |
| 12:20 - 12:45 | Funding opportunities |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | AOB |
| 13:00 | End of meeting (and packet lunch) |
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
