The 24th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board and associated events toook place in Helsinki, Finland, on 24-29 September 2017. The agenda included:
| 24-25 September | Global Nodes meeting |
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| 25 September | Governance committee meetings |
| 26-27 September | Governing Board meeting, including Public Session |
| 28 September | National seminar: Finnish Biodiversity Information for the Benefit of Society |
Governing Board election results
- Chair, Governing Board: Tanya Abrahamse, South Africa
- 2nd Vice Chair, Governing Board: Mark Graham, Canada
- Chair, Budget Committee: Peter Schalk, Netherlands
- 1st Vice-Chair, Budget Committee: Liam Lysaght, Ireland
- 2nd Vice-Chair, Budget Committee: Joanne Daly, Australia
- Chair, Science Committee: Thomas M. Orrell, United States
- 2nd Vice-Chair, Science Committee: Anders G. Finstad, Norway
- 3rd Vice-Chair, Science Committee: Philippe Grandcolas, France
GB24 Public Session
On 26 September, much of the day was allocated to the 2017 Public Session, which focused on GBIF's progress towards the goals outlined in the 2017-2021 Strategic Plan and Implementation Plan.
The session agenda was organized to address each of these five goals, with GBIF Secretariat staff and selected Participants providing progress updates, outlining plans for the 2018 Work Programme, and, where possible, allowing for discussion in plenary.
Our sincere thanks to iDigBio for providing staff time and expertise to record the public session.
Strategic Plan Goal 1
Adobe Connect recording (Part 1 of 3)
- Overview
Tim Hirsch, GBIF Secretariat (presentation) - The Living Atlases collaboration
Anne-Sophie Archambeau, GBIF France (presentation) - GBIF’s training approach
Laura Russell, GBIF Secretariat (presentation) - Coordinating projects under BID: the Biodiversity Information for Development programme
Jean Ganglo, GBIF Benin (presentation) - Telling the GBIF story
Dairo Escobar, SiB Colombia
Video: 'La biblioteca de la vida' on YouTube or Vimeo)
Strategic Plan Goals 2-4
Adobe Connect recording (Part 2 of 3)
- Overview and update
Donald Hobern, GBIF Secretariat (presentation) - Catalogue of Life Plus
Olaf Bánki, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre (presentation) - Filling data gaps and meeting research needs in Asia
Maofang Luo, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Visiting Scientist, GBIF Secretariat (presentation) - Sampling-event data
Anders Gravbrøt Finstad, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | GBIF Science Committee (presentation) - Mobilizing data from literature
Donat Agosti, Plazi (presentation)
Strategic Plan Goal 5
Adobe Connect recording (Part 3 of 3)
- Introduction to new GBIF.org
Kyle Copas, GBIF Secretariat (presentation) - Improved data discovery on GBIF.org
Laura Russell, GBIF Secretariat (presentation) - Documenting research uses of GBIF-mediated data
Tim Hirsch, GBIF Secretariat (presentation) - GBIF review process
Donald Hobern, GBIF Secretariat - 2017 Awards: Ebbe Nielsen Challenge | Young Researchers Award
Kyle Copas, GBIF Secretariat
