Latest updates:
29 October 2004
Most of us are now back from our travels and the TDWG 2004 web site will be progressively updated with information about the subgroup sessions held 16/17th October and downloads of Presented Papers.
- Presented Papers (downloadable) added Please visit the link Presented Papers
Authors: please send an electronic version of your paper or poster to me as soon as possible, at this address:
A.Rissone@nhm.ac.uk (with TDWG 2004 Papers in the Subject line)
16 October 2004
- Provisional Venue set for TDWG 2005! Please visit the link TDWG 2005
- TDWG Committee for 2005 Please visit the linkTDWG Committee 2005
- TDWG 2004 a great success! Highlights:
At least 115 delegates from 86 organisations in 26 countries attended the Meeting. The Plenary sessions are over and the subgroup sessions are now in progress. At the final business meeting of the Plenary there was general agreement that this had been one of the most successful TDWG meetings ever, and probably the most exciting at a high technical level. Chairman Stan Blum praised the standard of presentations and discussion, and thanked all delegates for their contributions. He said he is really pleased about work done to start to bring DiGIR and BioCASe together and was impressed by some of the things introduced during the UBIF session. There is now a firm framework for the establishment of a Steering Committee to coordinate the expanded subgroups and efforts to bring the various strands of TDWG activities together. Stan described changes in the way subgroups will be expected to work. A "charter" will be posted on the web site. There will also be a new web site archive.
New sub/interest groups:
- Collections Descriptions
- Observations
- Images
- Bibliographic References & Taxonomic Literature
12 October 2004
- Full Schedule of Papers updated (major update). Please visit the link Schedule of Papers
- Details of daily transport updated (important!) Please visit the link Information Pack
11 October 2004
- Full Schedule of Papers updated . Please visit the link Schedule of Papers
9 October 2004
- Full Schedule of Papers available . Please visit the link Schedule of Papers
1 October 2004
- Full Information Pack available. Please visit the link Information Pack
The Taxonomic Databases Working Group Annual Meeting 2004 has been confirmed as scheduled for the week of 11-18 October 2004, hosted by Landcare Research, in Christchurch, New Zealand, immediately following the Global Biodiversity Information Framework (GBIF) Governing Board Autumn Meeting (to be held in Wellington, New Zealand, 4-8 October 2004).
The main themes of the meeting will be the Biological Collections Data, Structure of Descriptive Data (SDD) and Taxonomic Names, to coincide with anticipated developments in those areas, and new topics Imaging and Observation.
The meeting will be held in association with the Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAR) and Herbarium Information Systems Committee (HISCOM) meetings, also to be held in New Zealand following the TDWG meeting.
Important changes to the overall schedule: the amount of interest this Meeting has generated means that a large number of topics need to be included in the main sessions. To accommodate this it has been necessary to reduce the time allotted to the Introduction to TDWG and to re-order the sequence of events. The latest draft Schedule can be found here: Provisional Programme Schedule
Further details will be added on this site when available.
The Taxonomic Databases Working Group Executive would like to express its thanks for other offers to host the Annual Meetings in 2004 - 2007. Provisional plans for 2005 to 2007 will be posted as appropriate.
Previous updates:
30 September 2004
- Getting to the Venue. Please visit the link Getting to the Venue
27 September 2004
- Brief details of the Banquet now available. Please visit the link Banquet
- Draft schedule for presentation of papers posted
24 September 2004
- Complete details of the informal Field Trips now available. Please visit the link Field Trip
There is a deadline of 11:00 GMT on 2 October for registration for the Field Trip. Please Register formally for the Meeting and Field Trip as soon as possible.
22 September 2004
- Broadband Internet access confirmed in guest rooms at the Heritage Hotel
The Heritage Hotel has confirmed that pay-as-you-go Broadband Internet access will be available in guest bedrooms. Charges as follows (at today's tourist rates):
Time $ NZ $US $AU GBP Euro 1 minute 0.66 0.45 0.63 0.26 0.36 24-hr unlimited 33.00 22.30 31.35 12.87 18.15
20 September 2004
- The online registration site for TDWG 2004 is now available at:
https://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=16339
Thank you to all who pre-Registered. It has helped us a lot with out planning! Please note that you must now register formally on the Registration Site (see URL above) and pay the Registration Fee by one of the methods shown there.Multiple attendees can be registered and paid in a single transaction. Registrations can be partially filled out, saved, and completed later. If you registered last year, address and contact information can be re-used or updated. If you plan to attend, please register as soon as you can (by 1 October if possible), and check the boxes for the sessions you intend to join.
Special Note: the Banquet takes a lot or organisation on the part of the local organiser. Please help us by booking (and paying) your Banquet ticket at the time you register, rather than leaving it until you arrive in New Zealand.
Costs:
TDWG Individual Member Registration: TDWG Institutional Member Registration
(first 3 registrations only):Non-member Registration and
additional Institutional Members :Banquet (optional):
13 September 2004
- Draft Meeting Schedule updated
- Call for Papers - now closed
9 September 2004
- Final Call for Papers - Deadline for submission of Abstracts is midnight 12 September
31 August 2004
- New information added for possible Student Support (see Associated Information (was Associated Meetings))
24 August 2004
- Call for Papers - Deadline for submission of Abstracts extended
29 July 2004
- Associated Meetings page added
- KE EMu User Group Meeting
Meeting organisers and owners of relevant web site links may submit details for inclusion (see TDWG disclaimer on the page).
22 July 2004
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21 July 2004
- Call for Papers (important update)
Please click on the "Call for Papers" link on the sidebar - New Zealand Travel/Accommodation Page updated (important update)
- Reminder: hotel block booking expires on 31 July. After this space and discount rates are subject to availability.
- Warning: many flights to New Zealand are full or nearly full, especially between Sydney and Christchurch. October is the start of the main tourist season in New Zealand.
9 July 2004
- Accommodation Page updated (important update)
with time-limited hotel reservation information and a link to our Travel Consultants at BTI New Zealand
5 July 2004
- Accommodation Page updated (important update)
29 June 2004
- Accommodation Page updated (minor update)
- Minutes (unadopted) of the TDWG 2003 Annual Meeting added
18 June 2004
- Accommodation Page updated
- New Field Trip Page added
10 June 2004
- Provisional Programme Schedule added
11 May 2004
- Travel Page updated, with detailed information on the discounted international travel offer from British Airways
29 April 2004
- Meeting schedule - possible changes notified
- List of Pre-Registered delegates updated
- Travel Page added, with important information for international travel
2 March 2004
- Meeting dates confirmed
- List of Pre-Registered delegates updated
- Accommodation page added (not much information yet - we're working on it!)
- First draft of TDWG 2004 site loaded