July 14-18, 2014 Durham, North Carolina
Participants:
| Name | Affiliation |
| Michael Berumen | KAUST |
| Chris Bird | Texas A&M |
| Eric Crandall | University of Hawaii |
| John Deck | UC Berkeley |
| Michelle R. Gaither | University of Durham |
| John Horne | University of Algarve, Portugal |
| Steve Karl | University of Hawaii |
| Marc Kochzius | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| Libby Liggins | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Hawis Madduppa | Bogor Agricultural University |
| Monica Mwale | South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity |
| Cynthia Riginos | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Elizabeth Sbrocco | NESCent |
| Rob Toonen | University of Hawaii |
| Gert Worheide | Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München |
Agenda
Day 1 – Monday July 14
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
9:00 am – 9:30 am Welcome from the NESCent Staff
9:30 am – 9:45 am Brief round of participant introductions
9:45 – 10:45 am Where we stand: Progress Reports
Overview, Community Guidelines: Cynthia Riginos, Eric Crandall, Rob Toonen
Field Information Management System: John Deck
Indo-Pacific Database – Preliminary Analyses: Michelle Gaither, Chris Bird, Libby Liggins
Research Coordination Network Proposal: Eric Crandall
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Open Discussion, all participants –
Developing a framework for Indo-Pacific Cooperation – Education and outreach in developing Indo-Pacific countries
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Continuation of “Developing a framework for cooperation” discussion:
Network coordination and management, coordination with other initiatives
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break with Nescent postdocs
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Continuation of “Developing a framework for cooperation”
Day 2 – Tuesday July 15
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
9:00-10:45 Continuation of “Developing a framework for cooperation” discussion
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Small Groups: RCN Writing and Editing, Data formatting, alignment
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Group Discussion: Interfacing with the database –
Developing workflows for data validation, cleaning and querying
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break
3:30-5:00pm Geographic interface with NESCent staff
Day 3 – Wednesday July 18
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
9:00-10:45 Open discussion
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Small Groups: RCN Writing and Editing, Data formatting, alignment
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm RCN writing continuted
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break
3:30-5:00pm Small Group work continued
Day 4 – Thursday July 17
9-10:30 Small groups – focus on the following:
Genetic diversity – frame the question/selling points, find papers and try to write 1 paragraph summary – led by Gert
Structure – select groupings (barriers/boundaries) to test, find papers and try to write 1 paragraph summary – led by Brian
Statistics of diversity and differentiation – identify the useful ones – summarize – led by Chris
Map spatial data – Elizabeth & Libby
10:45 Come back as full group and report findings. Discuss.
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Full group: brainstorm/discuss network sustainability, other funding opportunities
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Brainstorm and allocate future tasks
7 pm – Dinner at Parizade. Next door to Local 22.
Day 5 – Friday July 18
9-10:15 Small group discussions
10:15 am – 12:00 pm Small Groups:
Population Genetic Analyses/Data Cleaning/Paper Writing
RCN writing and editing
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 5:00 pm Free time for further discussions/work as needed, and or early departure
Ad hoc departures to airport