IABIN PTN Training Workshop
August 18-19, 2009
City of Knowledge, Panama
Final Report (PDF)

During two days of comprehensive training lead by Dr. Antonio Saraiva (Coordinator, Agricultural Automation Lab
University of Sao Paulo Polytechnic School) and his team, participants from 16 countries learned how to organize and digitize pollinator data, pollinator-plant relationship data and pollinator expertise so that it is available to those who need it. Each participant learned to utilize the Pollinator Data Portal, the Pollinator Contacts Database, and the Pollinator Data Digitizer.  These projects and tools have been developed over the past three years by a multi-national IABIN team from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, the National Biological Information Infrastructure of the United States Geological Survey, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, and by the Pollinator Partnership in San Francisco, California. More information...

VI IABIN Council Meeting
July 14-16, 2009
Bayahibe, Dominican Republic

PTN Administrative Lead, Laurie Adams, presented a status report on the progress of the IABIN PTN at the VI IABIN Council meeting held in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic. Ms. Adams also participated in council discussions concerning the objectives of the meeting, which included evaluation and lessons learned in the 4.5 years of implementing the IABIN-GEF Project; IABIN 2010-2015 – What will IABIN be?; defining IABIN’s Niche in the Global Bioinformatics Community; defining IABIN’s mission and workplan for 2010-2015; identifying funding to implement main lines of work to achieve objectives; a review of current Stakeholders Roles and transition to their future roles; and a review and strengthening of plans for a GEF 2 follow up project.
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Public Symposium and Bombus Experts Workshop - The Status and Trends of Bumblebees in the North America
June 22-24, 2009
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA

IABIN Pollinators Thematic Network representatives Dr. Michael Ruggiero (Integrated Taxonomic Information System), Laurie Adams (Director, The Pollinator Partnership (P2)), and Elizabeth Sellers (Manager, NBII Pollinators Project) provided a briefing on the progress of the IABIN Pollinators Thematic Network at the Bombus Experts Workshop held in conjunction with a public symposium on the "Plight of the Bumble Bees". During the Bombus Experts Workshop, participants also discussed tools and design and implementation of effective monitoring protocols for bumble bees in North America.

e-Biosphere 09
International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics
June 1-3, 2009
Westminster, London, UK

PTN representative Dr. Antonio Saraiva presented a poster "IABIN Pollinators Thematic Network (PTN) - The Pollinator Information Network of the Americas"(! 4Mb PDF !) at the e-Biosphere 09 International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics. The e-Biosphere 09 conference was co-sponsored by the IABIN.

IABIN PTN Technical Meeting
July 21-22, 2008
Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Final Report (PDF)

IABIN PTN representatives, members of the IABIN Secretariat and PTN content grant recipients reviewed network development progress; further defined the network's content acquisition strategy; discussed options for network integration; and reviewed and evaluated network tools including the Pollinator Data Digitizer for pollinator specimen data and the Pollinator Contacts Database.

V IABIN Council Meeting
May 9-12, 2007
Punta del Este, Uruguay

The Pollinators Thematic Network report was presented to IABIN council members on the progress of Thematic Network (TN) development and on the 2007 Work Plan. For more information...

IABIN IT Experts Meeting and Executive Committee Meetings
June 11-15, 2006
Washington, D.C., USA

IABIN PTN representatives gave a presentation on the development of the newly initiated PTN and represented the PTN in technical discussions relating to IABIN information technology inplementations.