Symposium 2023

Setting

May 17-19, 2023, at the Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona.

Goals

1. To get to know one another and our data repositories,
2. to reflect on our positionalities as Quaternary researchers,
3. to reflect on the colonial legacies of the Quaternary sciences, and
4. to plan broadly our goals and actions for the next year.

Agenda

May 17th:

1. Welcome (Biosphere 2 Deputy Director, Jessica Blois)
2. Introductions
3. What does interoperability mean? (Andrea Thomer)
4. FAIR and DarwinCore (John Wieczorek)
5. Introduction to CARE (Leigh Lieberman, Michelle LeFebvre)
6. Introduction to RCN focal data repositories: Open Context, Neotoma, University of Florida Museum Zooarchaeology (Jessica Blois, Jack Williams, Eric Kansa, Kitty Emery, Meghan Balk)
7. CARE Panel Discussion (Stephanie Carroll, Simon Haberle...)

May 18th:

1. Roundtable 1: Mapping the informatics landscape
2. Roundtable 2: CAREful data curation
3. Roundtable 3: Authority to control, curate, and govern
4. Roundtable 4: Data repositories as works in progress
5. Roundtable 5: Collective benefit
6. Roundtable 6: Pathways to collaboration

May 19th:

1. Roundtable report backs, reflection and discussion
2. Looking ahead
• Idea generation
• Action group discussion