October 21-25, 2013 Durham, North Carolina
Participants:
| Name | Affiliation |
| Paul Barber | UC Los Angeles |
| Chris Bird | Texas A&M University |
| Matthew Cheung | Biomatters |
| Eric Crandall | UC Santa Cruz/NOAA |
| John Deck | University of California at Berkeley |
| Iria Fernandez | University of the Ryukyus |
| Michelle R. Gaither | California Academy of Sciences |
| Steve Karl | University of Hawaii |
| Ben Morris | University of North Carolina |
| Cynthia Riginos | University of Queensland |
| Pablo Saenz-Agudelo | KAUST |
| Elizabeth Sbrocco | NESCent |
| Rob Toonen | University of Hawaii |
| Sophie von der Heyden | Stellenbosch University |
Agenda
DAY 1 – Monday October 21
8:15 am Shuttle leaves hotel
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
9:00 am – 9:45 am Welcome from the NESCent Staff
9:45 am – 10:45 am Introduction to meeting activities, brief round of participant introductions
Demonstration of wiki editing – Cynthia
Open discussion, all participants:
Developing the framework for Indo-Pacific Cooperation
Discussion Chair: Cynthia Riginos
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Continuation of “Developing a framework for cooperation” discussion:
Approve specific ground-rules for network participation and co-authorship
Discussion Chair: Cynthia Riginos
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Introduction to Eco-Informatics: Databases, Identifiers and Schemas, Oh My!
John Deck – (fake title, but we’ll need an intro to basic concepts from John)
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Open discussion
“Structure for a shared Indo-Pacific genetic database”
(Show what we have developed so far, ask for input?)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Welcome Reception with NESCent Community (First Meeting Only)
5:00 pm Shuttle from NESCent to hotel / dinner
Day 2 – Tuesday October 22
8:30 am Shuttle leaves from hotel
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
ALL DAY Workshop:
I. Develop a shared databasing protocol for future field collections and laboratory work for network members
II. Develop a protocol for uploading diverse existing datasets into a shared database.
III. Develop a protocol for extracting population genetic data from published (but otherwise unavailable) datasets.
(The three workshop goals can be spread out among 2 days as necessary)
Karen Cranston (NESCent) to meet with informatics folks at some point (afternoon most likely: 90-120 min)
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
5:00 pm Shuttle from NESCent to Marriott Hotel / Dinner
Day 3 – Wednesday October 23
8:15 am Shuttle leaves from hotel
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
Morning – continuation of workshop topics
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Framework for a Research Coordination Network Proposal
(to be refined at future meetings, Proposal due August 1, 2014) and ideas for long-term network sustainability
Discussion Chair: Rob Toonen
5:00 pm Shuttle from NESCent to Marriott Hotel / Dinner
Day 4 – Thursday October 24
8:15 am Shuttle leaves from hotel
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
9:00 am – 10:45 am Open discussion, all participants:
Multi-species approaches to big questions in the Indo-Pacific
Discussion Chair: Eric Crandall
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Continuation of “Multi-species approaches to big questions in the Indo-Pacific”
Write down list of topics, form ~3 breakout groups
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Breakout groups around 3 potential topics. Task: what data and analyses are needed?
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Continuation of breakout group discussions
5:00 pm Shuttle from NESCent to hotel / dinner
Day 5 – Friday October 25
8:15 am Shuttle leaves from hotel
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
9:00 am – 10:30 am Conclusions of “Multi-species approaches to big questions in the Indo-Pacific”
Assign tasks for publications
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Databasing workshop wrap-up. Organize and assign tasks for up-coming “data-thons”
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch, Departures, etc