Tools for identifying biodiversity: progress and problems
Paris, 2010-09-20 to 22
Tools for identifying biodiversity: progress and problems
In occasion of the UN International Year of Biodiversity, three large European projects dedicated to biodiversity and/or biological identification: KeyToNature, EDIT (European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy), and STERNA (Semantic Web-based Thematic European Reference Network Application) are organising a joint international congress entitled “Tools for identifying biodiversity: Progress and Problems”.
The Congress will take place at the National Muséum of Natural History (MNHN) in Paris in the "Grand Amphithéatre", 57, rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris.
The correct identification of organisms is fundamental not only for the assessment and the conservation of biodiversity, but also in agriculture, forestry, the food and pharmaceutical industries, forensic biology, and in the broad field of formal and informal education at all levels. In the last decades, important advances have taken place in the way identification is carried out, from molecular and biochemical methods of rapid identification to the development of interactive identification systems based on morpho-anatomical data.
This congress provides an overview of recent advances in this field. It stimulates integration of existing methods and systems, fosters communication amongst different research groups, and lays the foundations for integrated projects in the next decade.
A call for papers is expected to be published soon.
Stay informed and register your participation by visiting [www.bioidentify.eu] [1]
Download the poster of the event - A3 format [2].
Download the flyer of the event - A4 format folded [3].
