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We cordially invite you to take part in the III National Scientific Conference with international participation
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH
dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Russian academician Pavel Gorchakovskii
Ekaterinburg, Russia, 20—25 April, 2020
| Abstract submission will be | from December 15, 2019 until February 15, 2020 |
First announcement | Second announcement | Abstract template | Correspondence e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
| Registration
3 January 2020 is a centenary year of birth of the outstanding Ural botanist, academician Pavel Gorchakovskii. The III National Scientific Conference with international participation "Information Technologies in Biodiversity Research" is dedicated to this date, which will be held in the Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia. The purpose of the Conference is to discuss and share the experience in biodiversity informatics technologies for research and analysis of biodiversity.
Our Organizing Committee received about 200 applications. The Preliminary Conference Programme will be formed based on submitted abstracts and will be available online shortly after the abstract submission deadline. We encourage all applicants to confirm their in-person participation by 31 March 2020 via personal account in the Conference system. Please note that the final Conference Programme will include only confirmed participants.
THE CONFERENCE WILL INCLUDE SESSIONS ON THE FOLLOWING FIELDS
❖ Global biodiversity portals: data integration and data use for scientific research
❖ Biodiversity data mobilization in Russia: databases and information systems development experience
❖ Digitization of Russian natural history collections: current state and prospects
❖ Biodiversity of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and methods of their analyses
❖ GIS technologies application and remote sensing data use for biodiversity research.
PRELIMINARY TOPICS FOR PANEL DISCUSSIONS
"Citizen science projects for scientific biodiversity data gathering".
"Capacity enhancement in digital biodiversity data use for higher education".
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
| April 20, 2020, Monday | |
| 09.00–11.00 | Registration. |
| 11.00–13.00 | Conference Opening. Plenary session. |
| 13.00–14.30 | Lunch. |
| 14.30–18.00 | Session “Digitization of Russian natural history collections: current state and prospects”. |
| 18.00 | Ice-breaking session. |
| April 21, 2020, Tuesday | |
| 09.30–13.00 | Session “Global biodiversity portals: data integration and data use for scientific research”. |
| 13.00–14.30 | Lunch. |
| 14.30–17.00 | Session “Biodiversity data mobilization in Russia: databases and information systems development experience”. |
| 17.00–19.00 | Panel discussion “Capacity enhancement in digital biodiversity data use in higher education”. |
| April 22, Wednesday | |
| 09.00–18.00 | Field trip to the Natural Park “Bazhov Places” complimented by a visit to the Europe-Asia Border Monument. |
| April 23, 2020, Thursday | |
| 09.30–13.00 | Session “GIS technologies application and remote sensing data use for biodiversity research”. |
| 13.00–14.30 | Lunch. |
| 14.30–17.00 | Panel discussion “Citizen science projects for scientific biodiversity data gathering” |
| April 24, Friday | |
| 09.30–13.00 | Session “Biodiversity of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and methods of their analyses”. |
| 13.00–14.30 | Lunch. |
| 14.30–17.00 | Session “Biodiversity of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and methods of their analyses”. |
| 17.00–18.00 | Closing session. |
| 18.00–20.00 | Field trip to the Nature department of the Sverdlovsk Ural Museum, Ekaterinburg Historical Center. |
| April 25, 2020, Saturday | |
| 10.00–13.30 | Post-conference workshops (only in Russian). |
| 13.30–14.00 | Lunch. |
| 14.00–16.00 | Post-conference workshops (only in Russian). |
The post-conference workshops are planned on data publishing in GBIF and data analyses. The final topics will be available from December 15 on the Conference website.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Abstract submission is open from December 15, 2019 till February 15, 2020. Late abstract submissions will not be accepted, as we will need to prepare Conference. Abstracts will be submitted through your personal account in the Conference system, please refer to the template.
In-person participants will have the additional opportunity to publish extended abstracts in ARPHA Proceedings (ISSN 2683-0183) by PENSOFT. The publication fee is about 50 euros (not covered by the Regular registration fee). The author guidelines are available on by following the link: https://ap.pensoft.net/about#AuthorGuidelines.
REGISTRATION FEE
The regular registration fee is 1,500 rubles. Please be prepared to pay upon arrival at the Conference in cash. The regular registration fee covers attendance to the scientific sessions, coffee breaks, and abstract publishing.
Purchases to participate in ice-breaking session, field trip and extended abstracts publishing via PENSOFT will be made on-site.
VENUE
Registration, plenary, and conference sessions will be held at the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Ekaterinburg, Kuybysheva str., 48) of the Ural Federal University. The conference site is within easy walking distance of public transportation routes accessible by many local hotels.
The final Conference Programme, and practical information will be sent in the Third Call.
THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE OF THE CONFERENCE
| Chairman | |
| Vladimir Bolshakov — academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia | |
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Program Committee members |
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| Marc Cadotte | — prof., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
| Dag Endresen | — GBIF Norway, Oslo, Norway |
| Akobir Mirzorakhimov | — prof., Tajik National University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| Otso Ovaskainen | — prof., University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| Dmitry Schigel | — Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Oleg Borodin | — Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Science of Belarus, GBIF Belarus, Minsk, Belarus |
| Olga Baranova | — prof., Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Dmitri Geltman | — Sc. D., Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Gennady Rozenberg |
— Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of the Volga River Basin Ecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Toliatti, Russia |
| Varos Petrosyan | — Sc. D., Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Mikhail Kalyakin | — Sc. D., Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia |
| Alexey Seregin | — Sc. D., Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia |
| Sergei Saksonov | — prof., Institute of the Volga River Basin Ecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Togliatti, Russia |
| Maksim Safonov | — Sc. D., Orenburg State Pedagogical University, Orenburg, Russia |
| Vasilii Martynenko | — Sc. D., Ufa Institute of Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia |
| Viktor Mukhin | — prof., Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Denis Veselkin | — prof., Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Alyona Tretyakova | — prof., Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Mikhail Kniazev | — prof., Botanical Garden of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Vasilii Yakimov | — Sc. D., Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia |
| Sergei Yamalov | — Sc. D., South Ural Botanical Garden-Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia |
THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
| Chairman | |
| Alexander Germanenko — prof., Head of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| Secretaries | |
| Pavel Kondratkov | — Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| Natalya Ivanova | — Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS – the Branch of the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russi |
| Organizing Committee members |
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| Alyona Tretyakova | — Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Svetlana Zimnitskaia | — Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Evgeny Borovichov | — Institute of Industrial Problems of the North of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russia |
| Ivan Chadin | — Institute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia |
| Maxim Shashkov | — Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS – the Branch of the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia |
| Stepan Senator | — Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Togliatti, Russia |
| Natalia Zolotareva | — Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Elena Podgaevskaya |
— Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Andrei Zverev | — National Research Tomsk University, Tomsk, Russia |
| Daria Diarova | — Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Nadezhda Neustroeva | — Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Elena Zhuikova | — Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Victoria Yambusheva | — Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
ORGANIZERS
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Intsitute of Natural Sciences |
Institute of Mathematical Problems |
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Institute of Plant
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Ministry of Natural Resources |
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Supported by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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