Sharing taxonomic data with biodiversity and nomenclature databases

IAPT Webinar Celebrating the International Day of Climate Action and World Sustainability Day – October 22, 2025

We are pleased to announce the second IAPT webinar of 2025, organized in celebration of the International Day of Climate Action and World Sustainability Day! This session will focus on how to utilize online resources to enhance the practice of taxonomy.

🗓️ Date: Thursday, October 22, 2025 

🕘 Time: 12:00 PM Central Standard Time (UTC-5)

📍 Location: Online via Zoom 

🔗 Sign up through this form to participate! 

📩 Zoom link will be sent to registered participants via email one day before the event.

This session will feature four invited speakers who will each present a 10-12 minute talk, followed by a Q&A session to foster discussion:

1. Dr. Barbara Thiers: Index Herbariorum: 95 Years of Tracking the World’s Herbaria.

   
   

2. Dr. Andrea Weeks: Supporting inclusive collections-based research infrastructure with Bionomia.

   
   

3. Dr. Mauricio Bonifacino: The Global Compositae Database.

   
   

4. Drs. Pedro Jimenez-Mejias & Isabel Larridon: Tackling the taxonomic impediment in sedges: opportunities and challenges building a taxonomic aggregator.

   
   

🎥 The session will be recorded and made available to IAPT members who are unable to attend live.

Take advantage of this chance to connect with the IAPT community, broaden your knowledge, and share ideas with fellow members.

We look forward to your participation!

Webinar organized by Morgan Gostel and Laura Lagomarsino