SPNHC & TDWG Joint Conference - "Enhancing Local Capacity, Elevating Global Standards"

SPNHC & TDWG Joint Conference (Hybrid)
 

"Enhancing Local Capacity, Elevating Global Standards."
Where: Okinawa Convention Center (Hybrid)
When: 2-6 September 2024

• The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) is an international organization devoted to the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections.

• Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) develops and maintains data standards that support the integration of primary biodiversity information across disciplines, organizations, and nations. Its annual conference has become a preeminent forum for advancing biodiversity informatics.

SPNHC and TDWG first met jointly in 2018 (Dunedin, New Zealand). The joint conference was widely viewed as beneficial to both organizations and something we should do periodically. TDWG last met in Asia in 2012 (Beijing), and SPNHC has never met in Asia. By holding our second joint meeting in Okinawa, Japan, our organizations welcome new participants from across Asia. Please join us and meet your colleagues from around the world!

Calls for organized sessions and individual contributions

We invite you to submit a proposal for an organized session or workshop at SPNHC-TDWG 2024 that reflects the work that SPNHC and TDWG do and the ways that collections and standards contribute to our understanding and documentation of biodiversity. Organized sessions can be symposia, panel discussions, lightning sessions, and other formats in which the primary purpose is to convey information and engage the SPNHC-TDWG audience.  

We strongly encourage you to submit proposals that fit the conference theme: Enhancing Local Capacity, Elevating Global Standards.

Sessions may be open or closed to presentation submissions; we highly encourage diversity and inclusivity and session ideas not explored during previous SPNHC or TDWG conferences. Session proposers will be responsible for soliciting and coordinating presentations, reviewing, approving and ordering abstracts for the session, and moderating the proposed session(s). At least one session organizer must be present, in-person, at the meeting. Every symposium must have an abstract that will be published on the conference website. Session organizers and all presenters, must be registered for the conference.

Please note that we are limited in our ability to accommodate workshops during the conference this year. If you wish to host a workshop, please contact the conference organizers for more information.

Calls for abstracts will be announced in early March, 2024.

If your proposal is accepted, your session title and description will be posted on the SPNHC-TDWG 2024 conference website.

Submission (hard) deadline:  16 February 2024 (Close of Business in your time zone)

Please contact the conference organizers with any questions.

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Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)

Historically known as the Taxonomic Databases Working Group, today’s Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is a not-for-profit, scientific and educational association formed to establish international collaboration among the creators, managers and users of biodiversity information and to promote the wider and more effective dissemination and sharing of knowledge about the world’s heritage of biological organisms.

To achieve its goals, TDWG:

• Develops, ratifies and promotes standards and guidelines for the recording and exchange of data about organisms
• Acts as a forum for discussing all aspects of biodiversity information management through meetings, online discussions, and publications

See the About section to learn how TDWG operates and how you can participate. Active Interest Groups are described under Community.