Report on OBI'07 at GE-BICH IV
The IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices (GE-BICH), Fourth Session, IOC Project Office for IODE Oostende, Belgium 27-30 January 2009 report noted that organisation of the OBI'07 conference was a perfect example of the collaboration between GE-BICH, OBIS, and ICES.
See page 9 of their GE-BICH IV report at http://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=101 for the following ...
Thank you to Gwenaëlle Moncoiffé, chair of the GE-BICH group.The second Ocean Biodiversity Informatics conference OBI’07 (the third in a series of conferences on biological or multidisciplinary oceanographic data management initiated and organised by IODE GE-BICH and OBIS Canada) was held on 2-4 October 2007 at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. The conference programme included sessions on: Visualization Tools; Habitat and Ecosystems; Species Names Management and Tools; Metadata Developments; Data Use and Analysis; New Data Systems; and Integrating Different Types of Data. The conference was attended by over 100 participants from all over the world and included researchers, data managers, and contractors from government, universities, and the private sector. Poster and presentations details are available from http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/OBI07. Proceedings have been published by Canada DFO (DFO 2008. Proceedings of a Conference on Ocean Biodiversity Informatics; 2-4 October 2007. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Proceed. Ser. 2008/024).
Report on OBI'07 at GE-BICH IV
