The full schedule of presentations and registration links for the virtual 
meeting of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Interest Group on Agriculture Data 
on 26th-28th May 2020 is available. Details in the mail below.


There is a Semantics session on 26th May which might be of interest to those 
working in AgriGIS.


For those interested in Agrisemantics the following resources might be of 
interest.


GODAN Action’s Agrisemantics Map of Data Standards is at 
https://vest.agrisemantics.org


GODAN Action involves the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United 
Nations (FAO), Wageningen UR, the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural 
Cooperation (CTA), the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), AgroKnow, 
the Land Portal, the Open Data Institute (ODI), AidData, the Institute of 
Development Studies (IDS).


A survey of semantic web technology for agriculture paper might be of interest. 
Details at

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214317318302580


Recordings of panel discussion on Agrisemantics at Semantic Web Applications 
and Tools for Health Care and Life Sciences 2019 are at


http://www.swat4ls.org/workshops/edinburgh2019/agrisemantics/

https://www.godan.info/news/agrisemantics-health-care-and-life-sciences


Best wishes,


Suchith



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From: Ilkay Holt <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 at 09:02
Subject: [godanalumni] IGAD Online Meeting. 26 to 28 May 2020. Registration is 
now open
To: Alumni Group - GODAN Action Open Data Management Online Course 
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-apologies for crossposting-
IGAD Online Meeting. 26 to 28 May 2020. Registration is now open

INTEREST GROUP ON AGRICULTURAL DATA (IGAD) ONLINE MEETING

26 to 28 May 2020

The Research Data Alliance (RDA)<https://www.rd-alliance.org/> Interest Group 
on Agricultural Data (IGAD) <http://aims.fao.org/igad> meeting focusing on 
IGAD/RDA : Sharing Experiences and Creating Digital 
Dialogues<https://www.rd-alliance.org/sites/default/files/Interest_Group_in_Agricultural_Data_(IGAD)_Pre-Meeting_P14.pdf>,
 which was set to be held in Rome (Italy) in April 2020 will now take place as 
a virtual meeting from May 26 to 28.  The virtual meeting will provide an 
online platform to continue to build upon collaborations, knowledge sharing and 
developing innovations with activities including panel sessions, group 
discussions and presentations.

Registration

The registration is now open. The full schedule of presentations and 
registration links for the virtual meeting are available at 
https://bit.ly/2AzocoO . Each day has one or two sessions - one in the morning 
and another one in the afternoon Central European Summer Time (CEST) - with 60 
to 90 minutes of presentations. There are  individual registration links for 
each virtual session. Interested participants are encouraged to register for 
multiple sessions based on interests and needs.

The virtual event will include the following sessions:

  *   Semantics. 16:00 to 17:30 CEST. Register: 
https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElceusrj4pGtR430zk9vm23vwM2nfQD1LM
  *   Europe/Asia. 10:00 to 11:45 CEST. Register:  
https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpc-Ctpj4jHN2aUsyLuGWEHixvTrsYKoU2
  *   Americas (draft, last details will follow this afternoon) 16:00  to 17:30 
CEST. Registration: 
https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqfumqpzIuE9xmwRWaQ-Hb1mawXqU7Yy16
  *   Africa. 10:00 to 11:30 CEST. Register: 
https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqf-uvpjwiHtd1ENYEeV0U1s8_Iaa852rA
  *   Closure session. 16:00 to 17:00 CEST. Register: 
https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtcOGqpzMqHN0WIXfhJ3WkfGCCXbI4Jo5c

If you have any comments or suggestions please write to us at 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>.

About IGAD

One of IGAD’s main roles is to serve as a platform that leads to the creation 
of domain-specific Working Groups. To date, successful Working Groups (WGs) 
have been formed under IGAD, these are: Wheat Data Interoperability, Rice Data 
Interoperability, AgriSemantics and Capacity Development for Agricultural Data 
WGs. The groups play a key role in delivering Research Data Alliance’s (RDA) 
recommendations and good practices with regard to Agricultural Data 
Interoperability. Formed in 2013, since its inception the Interest Group on 
Agricultural Data (IGAD) has grown in community strength to over 200 members, 
becoming one of the RDA’s most prominent Thematic Groups.



Co-chairs of the Interest Group on Agriculture Data (IGAD), for the IGAD Task 
Force 2020:
Patricia Rocha Bello Bertin (EMBRAPA, Brazil)
Cynthia Parr (National Agricultural Library. USDA Agricultural Research 
Service, US)
Imma Subirats Coll (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 
Italy)

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