Dear BID Community members,

Tim Hirsch, Kyle Copas and I will join member states and observers from more than 190 countries at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Sharm El Sheikh. It will be great to see some of you there, and we would welcome your help in passing on this information and our email contacts to any of your colleagues who will be attending.

We have a stand in the Biodiversity Innovation and Solutions Fairhttps://www.cbd.int/conferences/2018/parallel-meetings/innovation-fair between 17-22 November, or you can join us at any of following parallel and side events where we'll be speaking.

Friday, 16 November Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Forumhttps://www.cbd.int/conferences/2018/parallel-meetings/The-Global-Taxonomy-Initiative-Forum

Monday, 19 November 2020 UN International Year of Plant Health and progress on achieving Aichi Target 9 https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2599Innovative solutions and technologies for conservationhttps://www.cbd.int/side-events/2640 Showcasing the work of the Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversityhttps://www.cbd.int/side-events/2567 Bridging Aichi Targets 5, 11 and 15 with the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) and the World Atlas of Desertification (WAD)https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2638

Tuesday, 20 November Ensuring effective indicators for the post-2020 biodiversity frameworkhttps://www.cbd.int/side-events/2776

Wednesday, 21 November A new alliance for biodiversity knowledgehttps://www.cbd.int/side-events/2573 Improving decisions with biodiversity information: building capacity to link data demand and supply https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2810

Thursday, 22 November Supporting data management for enhanced implementation and non-monetary benefit-sharinghttps://www.cbd.int/side-events/2619

Monday, 26 November

From biodiversity data to reportinghttps://www.cbd.int/side-events/2720

This information is summarized on the event page on the GBIF websitehttps://www.gbif.org/event/4ppM18SiSIG6KGo0Gu66gQ/un-biodiversity-conference-2018.

Hope to see you there!

Best regards, Mélianie ---------------------------- Dr. Mélianie Raymond Senior Programme Officer for Node Development GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Tel.: +45 35 32 14 96 E-mail: mraymond@gbif.orgmailto:mraymond@gbif.org www.gbif.orghttp://www.gbif.org/