[Pasig-discuss] 2014 VIVO Conference Update: Keynote Speakers Announced

[Carol Minton Morris]

July 24, 2014

*Read it online: http://bit.ly/1kYvIpz <http://bit.ly/1kYvIpz>*

*The 2014 VIVO Conference is about People*
Join us at the annual VIVO Conference in Austin to connect with colleagues,
new and old. This year's conference will continue the tradition of bringing
together conference attendees with dynamic speakers.

VIVO is happy to announce this year's keynote speakers:
• Carole Goble <https://www.etouches.com/ehome/80403/195259/>: Full
Professor in the School of Computer Science, at the University of Manchester
• Peter Fox <https://www.etouches.com/ehome/80403/195259/>: Tetherless
World Constellation Chair, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and
Computer Science, and Director of the Information Technology and Web
Science Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Along with these insightful keynote presentations, invited speakers include:
• Dr. Paolo Ciccarese <https://www.etouches.com/ehome/80403/203214/>:
Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School; Assistant in
Neuroscience at Massachusetts General Hospital; Senior Information
Scientist, MGH Biomedical Informatics Core; Co-chair of the W3C Open
Annotation Community Group
• Katy Börner <https://www.etouches.com/ehome/80403/203214/>: Professor of
Information Science, Indiana University
• Elaine Collier <https://www.etouches.com/ehome/80403/203214/>: Senior
Advisor to the Director, National Center for Advancing Translational
Sciences

*Come Meet The New VIVO Project Director*
The VIVO team is proud to introduce Layne Johnson as the VIVO Project
Director under Duraspace. Layne began this role on May 1, and is working
full-time to help us bring VIVO to the next level. Layne will be attending
the VIVO conference, and is looking forward to meeting members of the VIVO
community.

*VIVO is about LEARNING*
And here are just a few topics
<https://www.eiseverywhere.com/file_uploads/07961b5bdd87c5ea4251eacd23d5cad4_USETHISVIVOSESSIONLIST.pdf>
you
will see presented at this year's conference:
• Creating Dynamic Micro Portals within VIVO
• Enriching Researcher Profiles with Altmetric Data
• Bringing Together Cancer Researchers in India and South Asia with VIVO
• New Tools for VIVO Developers
...And much more <http://www.vivoconference.org/>

*Experience the City of Austin*
This year's conference will be held in the exciting city of Austin at the
Hyatt Regency. Located on the shore of Lady Bird Lake within walking
distance to city attractions, this venue provides guests with the perfect
balance of city excitement in a tranquil environment as the bridge from the
hotel leads guests over the lake and right into the heart of Austin.
Experience all that Austin has to offer by catching a show at a live music
venue and enjoying a world-class meal at one of Austin's many restaurants.

*Online Registration is Still Open*
There is still time to register online
<https://www.etouches.com/ehome/80403/register/>. Don't miss out!

*About VIVO*
VIVO (http://vivoweb.org) is an open source, open ontology, open process
platform for hosting information about the interests, activities and
accomplishments of scientists and scholars. VIVO supports open development
and integration of science and scholarship through simple, standard
semantic web! technologies. VIVO was originally funded by Cornell
University and the National Institutes of Health (U24 RR029822) and is
currently a community-supported incubator project under the DuraSpace
umbrella.

*How Does DuraSpace Help?*
The DuraSpace (http://duraspace.org) organization is an independent
501(c)(3) not-for-profit providing leadership and innovation for open
technologies that promote durable, persistent access and discovery of
digital data. Our values are expressed in our organizational byline,
"Committed to our digital future."

DuraSpace works collaboratively with organizations that use VIVO to advance
the design, development and sustainability of the project. As a non-profit,
DuraSpace provides technical leadership, sustainability planning,
fundraising, community development, marketing and communications,
collaborations and strategic partnerships, and administration.

-- 
Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
Director of Marketing and Communications
cmmorris at DuraSpace.org
Skype: carolmintonmorris
607 592-3135
Twitter at DuraSpace <http://twitter.com/duraspace>
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http://DuraSpace.org
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