[Sigbioinform-l] Conference Announcement

[Richard Hill]

[Forwarded by request.  Dick Hill]

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

Metadiversity III:  Global Access for Biodiversity Through Integrated
Systems
March 31-April 1, 2003
Doubletree Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
Attendance Fee:  $175.00

Later this month, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
of USGS and NFAIS will be jointly hosting "MetaDiversity III: Global Access
for Biodiversity Through Integrated Systems" in the city of Philadelphia,
PA.

This working meeting is expected to build on the findings from the
MetaDiversity II meeting held in June 2001, which focused on identifying
information needs of users in the biodiversity community (see
http://www.nfais.org/MetaDiversity2.asp.)  The MetaDiversity III meeting
will focus on the actual technologies and processes required for integrating
multiple information resources into a fully interoperable network for
researchers.

The specific dates are March 31- April 1, 2003 and the venue for the event
is the Doubletree Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Further details
regarding the program, speakers and associated fees can be found at:
http://www.nfais.org/EventDetails.asp?EventID=12.   However, confirmed
speakers include representatives from the following organizations:

American Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Expert Centre for Taxonomic Identification, University of Amsterdam
Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute
GBIF
Openly Informatics
Spatial Metadata Consulting
University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Pennsylvania

A room block has been reserved for the attendees of the conference at the
Doubletree Hotel, Philadelphia, PA at an attractive rate of $119.00 per
night. This room block does expire on Friday, March 7, 2003. Make
reservations now by calling 1-800-222-8733 or contact the Doubletree
directly at 215-893-1600.  Please specify that you are part of the NFAIS
meeting when you make your reservation.

This meeting is being held under Cooperative Agreement 02HQAGO111 between
the U.S. Geological Survey & NFAIS.

We anticipate that you will find this event to be of value to your work in
this field and look forward to seeing your name again on our list of
registered attendees.

For more information or if you have any questions, please contact:

Jill O'Neill
Director, Planning & Communication
NFAIS
voice: 215-893-1561
fax: 215-893-1564
jilloneill at nfais.org

Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD  20910
FAX: (301) 495-0810
PHONE: (301) 495-0900

http://www.asis.org