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---++Working Schedule 

---++ Themes / Topics
   * Names, Concepts & Identifiers: impact of Codes on technical standards, how systems/standards represent names & concepts
   * Citizen Science: how do we engage other interested users in our projects / processes?
   * Agrobiodiversity: issues related to agriculture and crop biodiversity (carrying over new theme from 2009)
   * Literature & Publications: electronic publications & the Codes, how systems like Plazi, BHL, others assist users
   * Hardware & Infrastructure: innovative solutions for managing biodiversity data, implications for smaller institutions
   
---+++ Sunday, September 26: Registration & Opening Reception
*6:00pm:* Registration and Opening Reception
   * Signup for Lightning Talks (held on Tuesday afternoon)

---+++ Monday, September 27: Plenary Day 1
*9:00am - 10:30am:* Opening
   * Welcome: Secretariat
   * Welcome: Local Committee
   * TDWG 101: An orientation to our world, what TDWG does, what standards in play

*10:30am - 11:00am:* Coffee Break
   * Signup for Lightning Talks

*11:00am - 12:30pm:* Topic: _Names & Concepts_ 

*12:30pm - 2:00pm:* Lunch
   * Voting for Lightning Talks

*2:00pm - 3:30pm:* Topic: _Citizen Science_

*3:30pm - 4:00pm:* Coffee Break
   * Voting for Lightning Talks

*4:00pm - 5:30pm:* Topic: _Agrobiodiversity_

*Announce selected Lightning Talks*

---+++ Tuesday, September 28: Plenary Day 2
*9:00am - 10:30am:* _Keynote_

*10:30am - 11:00am:* Coffee Break

*11:00am - 12:30pm:* Topic: _Literature & Publications_

*12:30pm - 1:30pm:* Lunch

*1:30pm - 3:00pm:* Topic: _Hardware & Infrastructure_

*3:00pm - 3:30pm:* Coffee Break 

*3:30pm - 5:00pm:* Lightning Talks: _Wild Ideas_

---+++ Wednesday, September 29: Breakout Day 1
*ALL DAY:* BioBlitz

*ALL DAY:* Parallel Working Groups

---+++ Thursday, September 30: Breakout Day 2
*ALL DAY:* BioBlitz: open lab

*ALL DAY:* Parallel Working Groups

*5:00pm - 6:00pm:* Poster Presentations

*6:00pm:* Reception
   * 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Cocktails
   * 7:00pm - 8:30pm: Lobster boil
   * 8:30pm+: after hours, offsite party continuation

---+++ Friday, October 1: Reports & TDWG Close
*9:00am - 10:30am:* Reports - BioBlitz & Working Groups

*10:30am - 11:00am:* Coffee Break

*11:00am - 12:30pm:* Reports & Close

*12:30pm - 1:30pm:* Lunch

-- Main.ChrisFreeland - 22 Apr 2010


---+++ Friday, October 1: Annual Biofinity Workshop, Speck Lecture Hall (free of charge except lodging; additional registration required)

*2:00pm - 2:45pm:*  Introductory Session - Overview of The Biofinity Project,
philosophy, technology model, business model, brief demo (Stephen Scott, D.Sc., Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Nebraska, USA; Ian Cottingham, M.S., Director, Computing Innovation Group, University of Nebraska, USA)

*2:45pm - 3:30pm:*  Biofinity Use Case 1 with live demo - Mary Liz Jameson, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Wichita State University, USA

*3:30pm - 4:00pm:*  Break

*4:00pm - 4:45pm:*  Biofinity Use Case 2 with live demo - Federico Ocampo, Ph.D., Laboratorio de Entomologia, Instituto de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas, Argentina

*4:45pm - 5:15pm:*  Discussion Forum - Planned features and needs of potential users 

*6:00pm - 7:00pm:*  Dinner 

*7:00pm - 9:00pm:*  Wine and Beer Mixer 

---+++ Saturday, October 2: Annual Biofinity Workshop Continues, Speck Lecture Hall

*8:00am - 9:00pm:*   Breakfast

*9:00am - 10:30pm:*  Tutorial and Demonstration - Setting up My Labs accounts,
using data entry tools

*10:30am - 11:00pm:* Break

*11:00am - 12:30pm:* Tutorial and Demonstration, Continued - Using analysis tools,
using mobile devices

*12:30pm - 1:30pm:*  Lunch

*1:30pm:*        Workshop ends

-- Main.StephenScott - 14 July 2010