Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative.
Annual National Symposium
TERN Annual Symposium, Melbourne, 29-30 March 2011
When: 29-30 March 2011
Where: The Treacy Centre, Melbourne
Theme: Sustaining Long-Term Ecosystem Research and Infrastructure (click here for program)
The objectives of this year’s symposium were:
- To present and assess how TERN will enable the successful development of a sustainable and collaborative long-term ecosystem research network for Australia.
The intended outcomes from the symposium were:
- 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
Keynote Speaker Presentations (video file)
Data Intensive Challenges in Biodiversity Conservation: a mulit-scale approach to estimating species distributions
Dr Steve Kelling
Director of Information Science
Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Innovations in Environment Research, Monitoring and Governance
Prof. Bill Dennison
Vice President for Science Application and Professor of Marine Science
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
PowerPoint Presentations all speakers
Photo Gallery
If you are in Adelaide on Tuesday 27 March, you might be interested in attending The ACEAS Great Debate as a prelude to the TERN Symposium.
Registration to the 3rd TERN Annual National Symposium is now open. Program and registration information are on the symposium webpage.
TERN's AusCover Facility is holding a Data Users Workshop in Brisbane on 8 March. Visit the web page for links to the program and information on how to register.
TERN's AusPlots Sub-Facility is holding a Field Method Training workshop at the Renmark and Calperum Station Supersite in South Australia, 4-9 March. Limited places available, so get in quick!
In our December newsletter the TERN Director summarises — and celebrates — the huge effort that has gone into creating the TERN network so far. We introduce you to the complex world of the Australian Supersite Network. At workshops in Adelaide and Perth, TERN facilities work with various collaborators; we invite you to get involved in TERN; and there's some wild talk. You'll have to read the newsletter to find out more.
New research supersite will tell woodlands climate story (media release)
What would it take to get you to share (both deposit and use) data in TERN facility portals? If this question interests you join our discussion on LinkedIn.
