Date: Tuesday, 30th January 2024
Venue: KVAB (Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts), Palace of the Academies, Rue Ducale 1, 1000 Brussels
Theme: Taxonomy: The science behind species discovery
13:30-14:00 Registration & coffee
14:00-14:05 Welcome
Gert Verreet (Dept. Economy, Science and Innovation, Flemish Government)
14:05-14:15 Introduction: Importance of Taxonomy for biodiversity policy
Hendrik Segers (Institute of Natural Sciences; Coordinator & National Focal Point to the Convention on Biological Diversity)
14:15-15:30 Taxonomic data systems - current state and future perspectives
14:15-14:40 Taxonomy in the Digital Age - Opportunities to get the Job Done
Peter Schalk (Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Chair Board of Directors Stichting Catalogue of Life & Species 2000 ltd)
14:40-15:05 Metrics and insights from the World Register of Marine Species
Leen Vandepitte (Aphia/WoRMS coordinator, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ))
15:05-15:30 The Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (FADA): a taxonomic backbone for global biodiversity databases
Koen Martens (Institute of Natural Sciences, InfraFADA)
15:30-16:10 Coffee break
16:10-17:15 Practical use of taxonomy for biology, distribution and society
16:00-16:10 Combining taxonomic information, occurrences to highlight the importance of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Fanny Douvere (Head Marine Programme, UNESCO World Heritage Sites)
16:10-16:35 World Forest ID - Filling the science and data gap in global supply chains
Victor Deklerck (Director of Science, World Forest ID)
16:35 – 17:00Taxonomies as key instruments in science and conservation: some theoretical perspectives
Vincent Cuypers (UHasselt, KULeuven)
17:00-17:15 Closing remarks
17:15 Reception
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