[TABD] EDIT Conference "Information in the age of biodiversity loss"

[Blanca Huertas]

> Dear EDIT Team Leaders & colleagues,
>
> We are happy to announce the EDIT year 5 event.
>
> 17.-19 January 2011
>
> MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE, PARIS.
>
> The highlight of this event will be the Scientific Conference 
> *"Information in the age of biodiversity loss" * which will be held 
> on the Tuesday 18th. The conference will focus on the input and 
> innovation from EDIT in the constitution and use of taxonomic 
> information. It will show what the EDIT initiative has brought these 
> past 5 years to serve the community & science in general, and 
> indicate paths to the future.
>   The Scientific Conference will be preceded by a press and policy 
> day, and followed by a series of side events, workshops and meetings.
>   The program of the event can be found on the EDIT website here (it 
> is being continuously updated) .
>     - Day 1 (17th January) Policy day (http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/node/814
> )
>     - Day 2 (18th January): Science Conference: (http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/node/812
>  <http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/node/812> )
>     - Day 3 (19th January): Side events (http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/node/813
>  <http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/node/813> )
>
> We still have a few available slots for posters. Should you be 
> interested in presenting one, please contact Jesper Schmidt <mailto:jbschmidt at snm.ku.dk 
> > .
>
> Regarding funding: EDIT will provided support for a number of 
> participants per institution to cover travel & accommodation.
>
> Registration and more detailed logistical information will follow 
> shortly.
>
> We certainly hope to see you there !
>
> With kind regards,
> Jesper Birkedal Schmidt, M.Sc.
> Communication Officer
> EDIT, European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
> Natural History Museum of Denmark
> University of Copenhagen
> Universitetsparken 15, 3. sal syd
> 2100 København Ø
> Tel. +45 3532 1125
> E-mail: jbschmidt at snm.ku.dk <mailto:jbschmidt at snm.ku.dk>