-Open to all participants to the UN Biodiversity Conference -
The Global Taxonomy Initiative Forum
"Removing taxonomic impediment for all citizens"
Symposium and round-table discussion on 16 November 2018
Location: CEPA Fair Building, Sharm El Sheikh International Congress Center, Um Marikha Bay, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Expert Kiosk locates at the left side of WGII (the Summit) exit, before exhibition area
Organizers: ASEAN Center for Biodiversity, Consortium of European Taxonomic Facility, Global Biodiversity Information Facilities, International Barcode of Life (BIOSCAN), Nature & Science Foundation of Egypt, World Federation for Culture Collections, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, with financial support of the Japan Biodiversity Fund.
Documents
- Information for participants : to be discussed at the Round-table (14:00-17:00)
- Comment submission sheet (no later than 16 Nov 2018 5 p.m. in Egypt time)
- Information on the CETAF Bratislava Declaration on the CBD 2050 Vision
- Joint statement from CETAF and GBIF
GTI Forum live stream> https://www.cbd.int/webcast/gti-live
Provisional agenda | ||||
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Symposium (9:30 -12:30) | ||||
Opening | Alexander Shestakov | Director of SSSF, SCBD | ||
Keynote speech:Removing taxonomic impediment for all citizens | Carlos Manuel Rodriguez | Minister of the Environment and Energy, Cost Rica | ||
BioAlfa - Costa Rica, to become the world's first taxonomically bioliterate country by its citizens (Remote live presentation via Internet) | Daniel H. Janzen | University of Pennsylvania, USA | ||
CETAF Natural History Collections – A Collaborative Project | Hendrik Segers | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium | ||
Informatics in support of the post-2020 framework for biodiversity | Tim Hirsch | Deputy Director, Global Biodiversity Information Facility | ||
| Coffee break | ||||
A good practice approach to taxonomic capacity building in South East Asia | Filiberto Pollisco Jr. | ASEAN Center for Biodiversity | ||
The GTI-DNA-tech training workshops 2018 - immediate outcomes and sustainable plans developed by the trained trainers | Jemilat Ibrahim, Mouna Rifi and Tatsiana Lipinskaya | The GTI-DNA-tech trainers in Nigeria, Tunisia and Belarus | ||
Taxonomic capacity development in Egypt and North Africa | Samy Zalat | Nature & Science Foundation, Egypt | ||
BIOSCAN: A large scale DNA-based biodiversity analysis in support of post 2020 global biodiversity framework | Mehrdad Hajibabaei | University of Guelph, Canada | ||
Panel discussion | ||||
Lunch break / one-on-one consultation (12:30 - 14:00) | ||||
Round-table discussion (14:00- 17:00) | ||||
Group 1: Innovative capacity development in taxonomy Group 2: Biodiversity, climate change and application of taxonomic knowledge Group 3: Ecosystem restoration and application of taxonomic knowledge Group 4: Regulatory framework and application of taxonomic knowledge Group 5: Citizen science and participatory conservation Group 6: Sustainable project development in taxonomy | ||||
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The Expert Kiosk on Taxonomy and Invasive Alien Species
Poster sessions of the GTI- DNA-tech and Partner Organizations : 17- 29 November 2018
Expert desk for technical and scientific consultation: 17 - 24 November 2018
Expert Kiosk locates at the left side of WGII (the Summit) exit, before exhibition area
Photos provided by Tatsiana Lipinskaya (Belarus), Jemilat Ibrahim (Nigeria), Ayşe Yıldız (Turkey), Junko Shimura (SCBD)
