The 12th annual FishBase symposium entitled, Big Old Data and Shiny New Insights: Using FishBase for Research, will be held in Vancouver, Canada on 8 September 2014 at the Beaty Biodiversity Museums Allan Yap Theatre of the University of British Columbia (UBC). Those who are interested to participate may register here: https://eventbrite/e/big-old-data-and-shiny-new-insights-using-fishbase-for-research-tickets-12297057831 The symposium is a joint event between the Sea Around Us, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, The Nereus Program, and the FishBase Information and Research Group, INc. (FIN) based in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. It’s being held in tandem with the FishBase Consortium Annual Meeting with support from the French Consulate in Vancouver. “The symposium is really about putting the value where its worth and telling people that hey, FishBase is used in research, and therefore merits continued support,” said Dr. Maria Lourdes D. Palomares, the Consortium’s vice-chair and Sea Around Us senior researcher. Invited speakers, consist of FishBase users, collaborators or educators, will talk about the importance of FishBase in big data research meta-analyses. “We are extracting new knowledge, some of which were instrumental in shifting paradigms in the fish biology and fisheries world, out of this huge accumulation of data,” Palomares said. FishBase is an online information system on all fishes in the world that has been active for 25 years. For more information on the symposium, its schedule and speakers, visit the Facebook page or the event page. Read more: beatymuseum.ubc.ca/content/fishbase-symposium#sthash.uvtjVpNv.dpuf
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:16:42 +0000
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