EU BON KickOff meeting
The European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON) presents an innovative approach towards integration of biodiversity information systems from on-ground to remote sensing data, for addressing policy and information needs in a timely and customized manner. EU BON will provide integration between social networks of science and policy and technological networks of interoperating IT infrastructures, resulting in a new open-access platform for sharing biodiversity data and tools, and greatly advance biodiversity knowledge in Europe.
The EU BON project which is coordinated by the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (Germany) has started on 1st December and will continue for 4.5 years.
The EU BON KickOff meeting will be held in Berlin from 13-15 February 2013. The KickOff will be preceded by a Symposium "Nature and governance: biodiversity data, science and policy interface” from 11-12 February in Berlin with high-ranking speakers.
Main topics will be:
- What (data) policy needs?
- The future of biodiversity information: new ways for generating, managing, and integrating biodiversity data.
- How new approaches/ models can link scales and disciplines.
- Broadening the base and opening up: new ways to engage the public and stakeholders in biodiversity monitoring and assessments.
Please register for the Symposium and the EU BON KickOff on this website: http://www.symposium.eubon.eu/