Call for Organized Sessions

Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG), Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Group of Earth Sciences Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) and the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) joint conference in 2025 will be a hybrid meeting, hosted in Bogotá, Colombia, October 21-24, 2025.

Essential early information has been posted on the Datos Vivos/Living Data 2025 conference website. Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.

We invite you to submit a proposal for an organized session at Datos Vivos/Living Data 2025 that reflects the work that GBIF, GEO BON, OBIS and TDWG do and the ways that monitoring and observation of the natural world and data standards and mobilization contribute to policy making and our understanding and documentation of bio- and geodiversity. Organized sessions can be symposia, panel discussions, lightning sessions, and other formats in which the primary purpose is to convey information and engage the audience.

Session proposals will only be considered if they fit one or more of the conference themes:

• All sessions will be open to abstract submissions, although session organizers can request a closed session, to be granted at the discretion of the conference organizers. We highly encourage diversity, inclusivity and session ideas not explored during previous GBIF, GEO BON, OBIS or TDWG meetings.
• Session organizers will be responsible for soliciting and coordinating presentations, reviewing, approving and ordering abstracts for the session, and moderating the proposed session(s).
• At least two session organizers must be present in-person at the meeting.
• Every symposium must have an abstract that will be published on the conference website.
• Session organizers and all presenters, must be registered for the conference.
• Submission deadline: 12 February 2025 (Close of Business in your time zone)
• Calls for abstracts will be announced in early March, 2025.
• Limited ability to accommodate workshops this year. Contact conference organizers for workshop inquiries.