The call for abstracts for the annual conference of #Biodiversity Information Standards @tdwg.org is now OPEN.
Submit oral presentations, lightning talks, or posters on #biodiversity #data standards and #informatics.
⏳Deadline: 20 May 2026
👉 See all the details here: biss.pensoft.net/news/1177
🚨 EXTENSION: #TDWG2026 Call for Sessions
🤖 You now have until 2 March to submit session proposals on "Research and Robot-ready #Biodiversity #Data Standards"
👇Full details below:
biss.pensoft.net/news/1092
@tdwg.org @gbifnorway.bsky.social
9 days left to submit a session proposal on the topic "Research and Robot-ready #Biodiversity #Data Standards?" for #tdwg2026
⏳ Deadline: 26 February 2026
👇Further details: bdj.pensoft.net/news/1091
Got an idea for "Research and Robot-ready Biodiversity Data Standards"? 🤖🧬
The call for sessions for #TDWG2026 is open!
⏳ Deadline: 26 February 2026
📖 More details: biss.pensoft.net/news/1092
@tdwg.org
Time to reflect on #LivingData2025! 👀 With 1,000+ participants and 4 days of discussions, debates, and inspiration, the conference was a milestone for the biodiversity data community.
We brought back 5 key takeaways on the future of biodiversity data: obis.org/2025/11/20/o...
Cc: @gkamp.bsky.social @jamesshelley.com @ricardosegovia.bsky.social @jonready.bsky.social @peterdesmet.com @tiagolubiana.bsky.social
🧐 Browse 89 (and counting!) abstracts presented at the #LivingData2025 conference by symposium!
👌 Last October, in Colombia, the joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org brought over 1,000 people from across the world under the theme "Unified information driving transformation"!
🙌 At #LivingData2025, our team presented the 2.0 version of our signature XML-first #ARPHA Writing Tool.
👉 Find more about its #biodiversity data features in the conference abstract made available via @biss.pensoft.net journal: doi.org/10.3897/biss...
📢 #ARPHA Writing Tool 2.0 is COMING SOON!
Cc: @svmering.bsky.social @mfnberlin.bsky.social @srivastavalab.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @botanistbriggs.bsky.social @gkamp.bsky.social
📢 45 extended #conference #abstracts already made publicly & permanently available in the #LivingData2025 conference collection in our #journal!
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
Cc: @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @scilifelab.se @rbgkew.bsky.social @nickynicolson.bsky.social @gbif.org @biodivlibrary.bsky.social @treiceratops.bsky.social @nicolekearney.bsky.social @bhl-au.bsky.social @coleopterasam.bsky.social @itineris-ri.bsky.social @shadia.bsky.social @apfuentes.bsky.social
🧐 Check out EXTENDED #abstracts presented at the #LivingData2025 conference at: biss.pensoft.net/articles for updates about initiatives & tech addressing #biodiversity #data mobilization, #CitizenScience, #FAIRdata initiatives & more! 👇
@tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
🤗 We were there at the #LivingData2025 conference too! 👉Find our highlights on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/28/t...
@tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
You can already check our #LivingData abstract in @biss.pensoft.net about the use of #Symbiota portals in Latin America 🌎 (slides in Spanish) biss.pensoft.net/article/1773.... One more abstract about our @guatemalaportal.bsky.social is in production. Stay tuned! 😁
Cc: @gkamp.bsky.social @sharifx.bsky.social @coleopterasam.bsky.social @nfranzme.bsky.social @kyletalksnature.bsky.social
🆕 11 extended #abstracts presented at last month's #LivingData2025 conference by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org are already live & organised by symposia!
📌 Keep tabs on the collection & subscribe for our Email newsletter: biss.pensoft.net to stay updated on future publications!
The presenters of #LivingData2025 will publish their extended abstracts in the Biodiversity Information Science and Standards journal.
It's a great way for conference contributions to remain permanently accessible and enjoy great reach and discoverability.
We're here, #LivingData2025!
Come visit us at booth 9 and our team, headed by Pensoft CEO Prof. Lyubomir Penev, will tell you all about our involvement in biodiversity-related #HorizonEU & #H2020 project as well as our commitment to #openaccess publishing!
Pier Luigi Buttigieg, author at RIO journal and @biss.pensoft.net focussed on omics and biodiversity standards, stopped by the @pensoft.net stand at #LivingData2025 - always great to meet like-minded scientists!
We met with Pierre Bonnet, author at RIO journal and @biss.pensoft.net, at #LivingData2025! He is also part of @mambo-project.eu, a Horizon Europe project dedicated to modernising biodiversity monitoring.
A very big smile by Lien Reyserhove, author at RIO journal and @biss.pensoft.net, as she visits the @pensoft.net booth at #LivingData2025!
Notice the @onestop-project.eu materials she is holding!
💡You might remember hearing about @mambo-project.eu-developed tools using AI, deep learning & #citizenscience to identify #species at past @tdwg.org conferences.
👉Check out those conference abstracts & more in @mambo-project.eu's #openscience collection in @riojournal.com at doi.org/10.3897/rio....
Cc: @gkamp.bsky.social
📢 This year, @tdwg.org joins @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org to organise the #LivingData2025 in Bogotá, Colombia!
👌Presenters might be confirmed, but they ALL get the chance to have their EXTENDED ABSTRACTS permanently discoverable in the 2025 #conference #collection in our #journal!
👇See:
The recording of yesterday’s “Community Help Desk for the Darwin Core Public Review”, hosted by Erica Krimmel
and Deb Paul, is now up on YouTube. The video is a brief (13 mins) overview of “how and why” the public review of maintenance changes is managed.
youtu.be/--4mmMxpCAM?...
🎉 OBIS just hit 141 million occurrence records!
Thanks to the relentless work of the 6,000+ contributors of the OBIS Community, we can power marine science and support conservation.
The best part?
All this data is fully accessible to all.
obis.org
🚨 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for #LivingData2025, the conference bringing together @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org and @geobon.org in Bogotá.
Join us at this event dedicated to advancing data standards, community engagement, and biodiversity monitoring.
Register ➡️ livingdata2025.com/registration...