2011 National Dataversity Workshop: Shared Data, Linked Systems
Monday 25 July 2011
9:00AM - 5:00PM
LINZ Level 11
Lambton House
160 Lambton Quay
Wellington
No fee. Lunch and morning and afternoon tea provided (but not dinner, sorry).
Thanks to our Sponsors
This Workshop is possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors:
Venue kindly sponsored by NZ Geospatial Office.
Proceedings
The following documents are available.
- Workshop Report
- Presentation Slides:
Purpose
This workshop aims to provide awareness, ideas, contacts and collaborations that will help you find cost-effective ways to improve biodata management. It will address biodata standards and management frameworks, modular and interoperable shared systems, and national systems and services.
Partipants from all sectors involved with biodiversity and biosecurity data management are invited to participate.
Participate
To register or find out more, please email Dan Randow, Dataversity Facilitator.
To keep informed about biodata trends in New Zealand join Dataversity Public Discussion.
Programme
Subject to confirmation.
9:00 Introductions
9:30 Biodata Project Updates
- Sector-wide Biodata Initiatives
- All-of-Government Data Initiatives
- NZGO — geodata.govt.nz, the SDI Cookbook
- Nadia Webster, DIA — NZGOAL, data.govt.nz, Mix'n'Mash, Open Government Data.
- Landcare Research Biodata Projects
- Nick Spencer — NVS, NZOR, NZBRN...
- NIWA Biodata Projects
- FBIS, Community Environmental Monitoring framework, Taxonomic Reference Service, Marine Biosecurity Portal.
- Ministry for the Environment
- Karl Majorhazi — LCDB III
Brief discussion.
10:30 Morning Tea
11:00 Biodata Project Update
- DOC Biodata Projects
- Ana Cotter — NHMS.
- Monitoring Standards Framework
- Tim Park
- 11:20 IRIS
- Derek Postlewaight
- EBoP System Projects
- Jim Fretwell — EBoP/AC Biodiversity system.
- Jim Fretwell and Pedro Jensen — EBoP/GW Biosecurity system.
- Environment Waikato Biodata Work
- Derek Phyn
- Auckland Council's BioMap
- Holly Cox and Jack Craw
- NZ Plant Conservation Network
- John Sawyer — data holdings, data capture for native plants and weeds, national phenology recording system, and flora mapping system.
- Biodata Management Framework
- Dan Randow
Brief discussion.
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Work Sessions
Parallel workshops to progress areas of common interest.
- Shared standards, processes and protocols.
- Collaborative system development.
- National infrastructure
Reports back, discussion.
15:00 Afternoon Tea
15:30 Address from the Dataversity Steering Team
- James Lambie, Steering Team Chair — steering team membership, links with related organisations, activities and plans.
15:40 Emerging Opportunities
Where to Next? Things are moving ahead quickly. How can we ride this wave to we push biodata management forward even faster? Can we find new ways to solve old problems, or cunning ways to exploit new opportunities?
16:30 Actions & Closing
17:00 Break
19:00 Dinner
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