LifeWatch.be Users & Stakeholders Meeting - REMOTE

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020's edition of the LifeWatch Users & Stakeholders Meeting happened entirely online! On day 1 (October 15th) the Belgian LifeWatch partners brought a series of user stories, while on day 2 (October 16th), specific aspects of the Belgian LifeWatch infrastructure were demonstrated.   Agenda: Day 1 – Thursday October 15th 2020: User stories 10:00-10:20:    General introduction LifeWatch Belgium (Klaas Deneudt, VLIZ) 10:20-10:35:    The World Ocean Assessment, a global exercise supported by the LifeWatch Species Information Backbone (Leen Vandepitte, VLIZ) 10:35-10:50:    Downstream migration through a shipping canal: challenges on the road (Jenna Vergeynst, UGent) 10:50-11:00:    Interactive questionnaire: which training is needed in the future? 11:00-11:15:    Comparison of methods to model species habitat networks for decision-making in nature conservation: the case of the wildcat in southern Belgium (Axel Bourdouxhe, LifeWatch-WB) 11:15-11:30:    Biodiversity.aq and POLAAAR portal use case: DNA metabarcoding of the prey and microbiome of museum specimens of Antarctic fishes (Henrik Christiansen, Biodiversity.aq) 11:30-11:45:    The need for accurate and comprehensive DNA sequence databases to reliably identify species of policy concern (Kenny Meganck and Sophie Gombeer, BopCo) 11:45-12:00:    15 minutes of questions 12:00-12:10:    Closure of day 1 (outlook, prospects)   Day 2 – Friday October 16th 2020: Demonstrations 10:00-10:05:    Short introduction 10:05-10:25:    LifeWatch data R package (Lennert Schepers, VLIZ) 10:25-10:45:    Agouti: A platform for managing wildlife camera-trapping projects (Tanja Milotic, INBO) 10:45-11:05:    Exploring the landscape via the ecotopes with GIS softwares (Julien Radoux, LifeWatch-WB) 11:05-11:25:    POLA3R (Maxime Sweetlove, Biodiversity.aq) 11:25-11:45:    The process of DNA-based species identification: bushmeat as a case story (Ann Vanderheyden, BopCo)