Thursday 17 March, 2011

TERN 2011 Annual Symposium

The 2011 TERN Annual Symposium "Sustaining Long-Term Ecosystem Research and Infrastructure" will be held on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 March at The Treacy Centre 126 The Avenue, Parkville in Melbourne.

Ecosystem scientists, researchers and policymakers are invited to attend to discuss how TERN will enable the successful development of a sustainable and collaborative long-term ecosystem research network for Australia.

A copy of the program for the Symposium is available here.

The intended outcomes from the symposium are:

• Constructive critical assessment of the proposed TERN Strategic Plan, its principles, mechanisms, funding sources and governance, and capacity to achieve a sustainable and collaborative long-term ecosystem research network for Australia.
• To impart an understanding of the underlying principles of participating in TERN, and the capability it will provide through its facility portals and the Australian Ecosystems Portal.
• Recognition that the funding and rewards system for ecosystem science and research in Australia needs to be changed to include publication, use and citation of a data set(s) as measures of research output and impact.

The Annual Symposium offers an excellent opportunity for you to network with your colleagues and to catch up with the latest on TERN’s facility, data management and linkage activities. This event also provides a forum for exploring what you can contribute to TERN, and how TERN can add value to your research.

The cost to attend the TERN Symposium is $110.00 (inc.GST) per person per day. The cost to attend the TERN Symposium Dinner is $65.00 (inc. GST) per person.

Should you wish to register your interest to attend, please complete the online application form by clicking here.

If you have any questions about the Symposium, please contact the TERN office telephone 07 3346 7021 or email tern@uq.edu.au.

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Keynote Speakers

Two keynote speakers, who have successfully integrated long term ecosystem research into science and management will travel from the United States to present at the symposium.

Dr Steve Kelling, Director of Information Science, Cornell University Lab of Ornithology will present on "Data Intensive Challenges in Biodiversity Conservation: a multi-scale approach to estimating species distributions".

Prof. Bill Dennison, Vice President for Science Application and Professor, University of Maryland Centre of Environmental Science will speak about "Innovations in Environment Research, Monitorining and Governance".

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TERN Facility Portals

Learn about TERN's context within the research data environment and the vision of the TERN portals.

Portal demonstrations will be given by Facility Directors and Technical Liaisons.

Contribute to open floor discussion on the rationale, contribution, dimension and work to be done on TERN data.

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Materials from the Symposium

Videos, presentations and discussion papers from the symposium will be available on the TERN website after the event.

The presentations, ideas and views discussed at the TERN symposium will be used to provide sustainable long-term ecosystem research and infrastructure.

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