Tuesday, 13th of February 2024 - GA, Cambridge

Presenter

8:45-9:00

Registration

9:00-9:05

Welcome from the PO

TBC

9:05-10:30

Executive Board: Work progress and final steps

• Introduction by the Coordinator

• Work progress:

  • 2-3 General slides at Pillar level

  • 10 Slides report at WP level

Coordinator, Pillar & WP leaders

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30

Executive Board Part 2

• Work progress (continuation)

• Preparation and instructions for the final official reporting

Pillar & WP leaders

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-15:15

Demo: BKH and tools developed under the project (5 min per service) - slides or live demo (5min per presentation

15:15-15:30

Summary presentation for the overall project by the Coordinator (main achievements towards objectives)

15:30-16:00

Coffee break and Group photo

16:00-18:00

RIs landscape and gaps, towards the future beyond BiCIKL

• Presentation of policy briefs/recommendations

• Opinions from the Advisory Board

• Short presentation on interesting calls and proposals (BiCIKL+, BMD and others)

• Discussion of ideas for future projects and collaborations to continue the efforts under the BiCIKL and biodiversity data domain

B.Barov, D. Agosti

AB members

Wednesday, 14th of February 2024 - GA, Cambridge

Presenter

9:00-11:00

General introduction of TNA (10 min)

Presentations of open call projects and their results (as an introduction to the TNA/VA workshop) - 10 min presentation + 2 min Q&A per project

BiCIKL Leads (TNA)

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

11.30-13:00

General introduction of VA (10 min)

Presentation of VA services (as an introduction to the TNA/VA workshop) - 8 min presentation per VA provider

VA partners

13:00-14:00

Lunch break 

Wednesday, 14th of February 2024 - TNA, Cambridge

Presenter

14:00-15:30

TNA (Open discussion + breakout groups)

How would you measure TNA impact?

• On users

• On service providers

(KPI template analysis)

Lessons learnt as providers:

• what works

• addressing challenges

• pitfalls to avoid

• improving future services

• Recommendations for funders and for service providers

Physilia Chua + all TNA/VA RIs

15:40-16:10 

Coffee break

16:10-17:45

VA (Open discussion + breakout groups)

How would you measure VA impact?

• On users

• On service providers

(existing KPI template analysis + improvement)

Lessons learnt as providers::

• what works

• addressing challenges

• pitfalls to avoid

• improving future services

• Recommendations for funders and for service providers

Physilia Chua + all TNA/VA RIs

17:45-18:00

Wrap up meeting

• Follow up plan

• AOB

Physilia Chua + all TNA/VA RIs

20:00

Official dinner

Thursday, 15th of February 2024 - Open event, EMBL campus + Cambridge - Biodiversity Data Integration - genomics and beyond

Presenter

8:45-9:00

Registration

9:00-9:15

Welcome

Guy Cochrane,  EMBL-EBI

ELIXIR representative

9:15-09:35

BiCIKL project overview and main achievements 

Lyubomir Penev, Pensoft Publishers

09:35-9:55

GBIF’s collaborative eDNA and phylogenetic roadmap: an update

Joe Miller, GBIF

9:55-10:15

Molecular data linking for biodiversity research 

Joana Pauperio, EMBL-EBI

10:15-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-11:00

ELIXIR Biodiversity Community - TBC

Rob Waterhouse, SIB

Tony Gabaldon,  BSC

Josie Burgin, EMBL-EBI

11:00-11:15

ELIXIR Plant Community - TBC

Cyril Pommier, Kristina Gruden, Sebastian Beier

ELIXIR

11:15-11:30

Biodiversity Information Standards - integration between genomics and biodiversity standards - TBC

Pier Luigi, Raissa Meier (Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration / GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research)

11:30-11:45

Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE)

Dimitris Koureas, Naturalis

11:45-12:30

Discussion: The future of integration between biodiversity and genomics data 

Panel discussion

(TBC)

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Tour around campus

16:00

Bus departs to Cambridge