Section outline

  • Round Table 3: Ecological, economic and social impact of NIS: contributions from advanced research

    Chairperson: Montserrat Vilà – CSIC, LifeWatch Spain
    Rapporteur: Alberto Basset, LifeWatch ERIC

    • Ana Cristina Cardoso – European Commission | JRC
    • Mike Elliott – University of Hull
    • Montserrat Vilà – CSIC, LifeWatch Spain
    • Pablo González-Moreno – University of Cordoba, LifeWatch Spain
    • José Manuel Avila Castuera – LifeWatch ICT Core
    Session 3: Mapping the invasion: detection and monitoring through remote sensing (IJI Validation Case #1)

    Chairperson: Julien Radoux – UCLouvain

    • Presentation of scientific (Cristina Tarantino & Angela Martiradonna – Italian National Research Council) and technological (Ismael Navas – University of Málaga) results of the Ailanthus workflow: occurrence information of the invasive plant A. altissima using satellite data. This workflow model is a robust tool that can be adapted to the study of different geographical areas and plant species.
    • General discussion with relevant contributions from international initiatives/projects.
    Publisher Round Table 4: How Open Science and Open Access Data benefit researchers

    Chairpersons: Alberto Basset – Service Centre Director & Arturo Ariño Plana – University of Navarra, LifeWatch Spain

    • Lyubomir Penev & Vincent Smith – Biodiversity Data Journal
    • Andrew Townsend Peterson – Biodiversity Informatics
    • Stelios Katsanevakis – BioInvasions Records
    • Quentin Groom – Meise Botanic Garden
    • Arturo Ariño Plana – University of Navarra, LifeWatch Spain