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Living Data 2027 invites the biodiversity community to shape the conference programme.

Under the theme From Living Data to Ecological Intelligence, we are looking for creative and forward-looking session proposals that explore how biodiversity data, knowledge and technology can help us better understand the living world - and turn that understanding into action.

We welcome proposals for parallel sessions, discussions, workshops, interactive sessions, and other innovative formats.

What topics could be covered?

From biodiversity observation and data standards to conservation technologies, collections, AI and science-policy interfaces, Living Data 2027 will bring together diverse communities working across the biodiversity information landscape.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Ecological intelligence and AI

    • Data to prediction to decision support

  • Biodiversity observation and monitoring

    • Observing biodiversity across scales

  • Collections, specimens, and digital knowledge

    • Role of collections in modern biodiversity science

  • Standards for recording Indigenous knowledge systems

    • Beyond the label - a responsibility to capture cultural or Indigenous information 

  • Biodiversity data infrastructure and interpretation

    • Standards, semantics, platforms, databases, integration of collections and research data

  • Biodiversity data governance, sovereignty, and trust

    • Access and Benefit Sharing, Digital Sequence Information, provenance, stewardship, responsible use

  • Biodiversity futures

    • Climate change, resilience, forecasting, conservation action, policy, capacity-building

    • Science-to-policy interfaces, government adoption of biodiversity intelligence, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework implementation

These are examples, not limits. We especially encourage proposals that bring together different disciplines, communities, technologies or perspectives - and that explore what ecological intelligence could mean for the future of biodiversity science and society.

Submit by 31 October 2026.

Each proposal requires:

  • Title (<100 characters),

  • Abstract (<200 words),

  • Contact details of session organizers,

  • Type of session proposed,

  • Open to accept abstracts: Yes/No

Session organizers will be responsible for:

  • soliciting and coordinating presentations,

  • reviewing and approving abstracts for the session, 

  • moderating the proposed session(s), and

  • providing a short report (max 1 page) for the conference report.

Every session must include two session organizers who will be present at the in-person meeting to run the session. Every session must have an abstract that will be published on the conference website.

Please note: ALL session organizers, presenters, and panellists in the session must be registered for the conference. One person can submit a maximum of two proposals for sessions but can be co-organizer on multiple sessions.

Please contact the conference organizers (info@livingdata2027.com) with any questions you might have.

We look forward to seeing your session ideas!

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