Panel Discussion: TOWARD HORIZON 2020 CONSORTIA Closing remarks at Biodiversity Informatics Horizons conference, Rome 6 September 2013

1. Structuring the biodiversity informatics community at the European level and beyond
Panel Discussion: TOWARD HORIZON 2020 CONSORTIA
Our goal, sine qua non, is to deliver predictive modelling

2. Structuring the biodiversity informatics community at the European level and beyond
Panel Discussion: TOWARD HORIZON 2020 CONSORTIA
We need :
Clarity of vision, greater focus on end-goals;
Good, simple tools with syntactic operability;
Community identity;
Links!

3. Structuring the biodiversity informatics community at the European level and beyond
Panel Discussion: TOWARD HORIZON 2020 CONSORTIA
We have a lot of data. Now we need to show that
those data are actually useful.
So, what questions can these data address?
Stop mobilising just any data. Invert the system
and direct what data are to be recovered by the
question that is being addressed. This will also
dictate the quality level.

4. Structuring the biodiversity informatics community at the European level and beyond
Panel Discussion: TOWARD HORIZON 2020 CONSORTIA
3 key words: integration, cooperation, promotion.
Integration, we have a number of directions like the virtual lab, and attention to data
other than species data and the tools that can utilise the.
Cooperation: if you want to model the whole biosphere you need data from over the
whole world, not just Europe. The gap areas (Russia, China, Brazil) must be closed.
Promotion: Europe should develop its leadership in this area. There are really only two
different users: scientists & decision makers (effectively CBD and IPBES). If we
satisfy these two, then everyone else should be able to get what they need.
Thanks to Kepping Ma

5. Structuring the biodiversity informatics community at the European level and beyond
Panel Discussion: TOWARD HORIZON 2020 CONSORTIA
Our goal, sine qua non, is to deliver predictive modelling