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Conference Program

At A Glance

Pre-Conference Events
Saturday, 7 November 2009 Sunday, 8 November 2009 Monday, 9 November 2009
Workshop on Project Planning and Grant Proposal Writing
(Organized by CBOL/UNAM/iBOL/GTI) 		Short Course on barcoding protocols
(Organized by CBOL/UNAM/iBOL/GTI)
Morning
Short course on data management in BOLD, GenBank, and BOLI Data Portal
Workshop on Barcoding Invasive Species
(organized by CONABIO)
 
Plant Working Group Meeting: TreeBoL and GrassBoL Plant Working Group meeting Afternoon
Barcoding of Life: Society and Technology Dynamics - Global and National Perspectives
(Symposium organized by the IDRC)

*Workshop Document 1 (pdf) *Workshop Document 2 (pdf) *Workshop Document 3 (pdf)
Data Analysis Working Group (DAWG)
Advanced BOLD Workshop
Protist Barcoding Initiative


Opening Reception, Ex Hacienda de Tlalpan
     
Conference Schedule
Click on the dates or sessions to view the detailed agenda, or click here to download the full program (with speakers).
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 Wednesday, 11 November 2009 Thursday, 12 November 2009
Session 1: Welcome and Introduction Session 3: Case Studies: Impacts of barcode data in research areas beyond taxonomy Session 5: Case Studies of Applications
Session 2: Planning Meso-American barcoding activities: lessons learned from 2004-2009 Session 4: Informatics and Data Analysis Session 6: Barcoding and Next Generation Sequencing Technologies
     
Technical Sessions A and B

Plant Working Group
Marine Barcoding
Fish-BOL
Barcoding Pathogens, Vectors and Parasites
All Birds Barcoding Initiatve and Vertebrates
Barcoding Species for Quarantine/Plant Protection

 

 Technical Sessions C and D
Plant Working Group
Barcoding the Trees of Africa
Fish-BOL
Insects/Terrestrial Arthropods
Fungi/Algae/Protists/New Groups
Large-Scale Initiatives
Barcoding Databases, Protocols and Education
Data Analysis Working Group
BeeBOL

Closing Reception

 Technical Sessions E and F
Meso-American Symposium
Canadian Network
Business Meeting

 
Download Sessions A and B (pdf) Download Sessions C and D (pdf) Sessions E and F (coming soon)

 

Friday, 13 November 2009

The Barcode of Life in Latin America: Opportunities, Challenges and Results
Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica and University of Pennsylvania, USA

Event open to the public, followed by a reception and opening of a DNA barcoding exhibit.

 

11:00 am
Theater of the Museum of Science UNIVERSUM
Centro Cultural Universitario
Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, DF


El Código de Barras de la Vida en Latinoamérica: la oportunidad, el reto, y el resultado
Daniel Janzen y Winnie Hallwachs, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica y University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Event open to the public, followed by a reception and opening of a DNA barcoding exhibit.

 

13 Noviembre, 11 horas
Teatro del Museo de Ciencias UNIVERSUM
Centro Cultural Universitario
Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, DF

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Photos from the conference can now be found online.

Inquiries can be sent to inquiries.dnabarcodes2009@si.edu .