ABS Support Team for Academia, National Institute of Genetics will hold ”ABS International Symposium “Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and Genetic Resources Information in Japan” on Thursday, 20 February.
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■ Date：Thursday, 20 February, 2025
■ Time：14:00-16:00 (Doors open 13:30)
■Venue：Hitotsubashi Hall Middle Conference Room 1＆2 (Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
■ Details & registration (Japanese only)：https://idenshigen.jp/2025/01/24/20250220/
■ Language：English
** Programme **
14:00-14:05 Opening remarks
14:05-14:30 Joe Miller（Executive Secretary, GBIF) “The role of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility”
14:30-14:55 Utsugi Jimbo (JBIF) “Activity report of JBIF”
14:55-15:20 Honami Numajiri (GRIPS) “The impact of GBIF as an open research data on scientific discoveries”
15:20-15:45 Mutsuaki Suzuki (ABS Support Office, NIG) “Current status of digital sequence information on genetic resources (DSI)”
15:45-16:00 Discussion with the floor
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