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NBN Conference 2022 – summary and social media
Around 130 delegates joined us at the Natural History Museum, London, on 9 November for the 2022 NBN Conference.
This was our first face to face Conference for three years and it was great to all be in the same room again! As usual, we welcomed delegates from a cross section of organisations including wildlife NGOs, academia, local environmental records centres, national and local recording schemes, country agencies, commercial companies and students all wanting to hear about how we, the NBN Trust and the Network, are “Making data work for nature”.
There were sixteen presentations including two keynote addresses. The first was given by Bryony Pound, Senior Associate and Impact Specialist at Dialogue Matters Ltd, and the second, the annual Sir John Burnett Memorial lecture, was given by Richard Benwell, Chief Executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link.
We also held the NBN Trust AGM and announced the winners and runners up in the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2022.
PDFs of all of the presentations can be found on the NBN Conference 2022 – presentations page.
The snippets below from Twitter provide a flavour of the discussions that took place. You can search for all of the related Tweets by using #NBNconf22 on the @NBNTrust Twitter page.
Excited to be at the @NHM_London for @NBNTrust conference. Looking forward to a fabulous range of talks #NBNconf22 pic.twitter.com/1JPEYRCtwV
— Imogen Cavadino (@I_Cavadino) November 9, 2022
Looking forward to a day thinking about #biodiversity data at @NBNTrust #NBNconf22 Fantastic mix of topics & speakers. I’ll be sharing insights on what the #financial world needs from data to invest in #naturerecovery @NHM_London @CreditNature pic.twitter.com/i8pc6wCUqW
— Paul Jepson (@prjepson) November 9, 2022
Monitoring #biodiversity is a complex web of individuals groups and institutions How to harness all that data? #NBNcof22 @NBNTrust pic.twitter.com/tgsOAt81cG
— Harrow NCF (@HarrowNCF) November 9, 2022
Today the GiGL team are back at the Natural History Museum for the NBN Conference 2022!
We’re hearing from a range of passionate speakers from across the UK with the theme of ‘Making data work for nature’ 🌿#NBNconf2022 pic.twitter.com/T0YeEgaQ9u
— GiGL (@iGiGL) November 9, 2022
A fantastic morning of talks so far, learning how to make data work for nature 📊🐝 Including the benefits of digitalising collections, sharing data and how to ensure we’re collecting the most useful metrics 📈 #nbnconf22 pic.twitter.com/7ATOujjPtw
— FSC Biodiversity (@FSCBioLinks) November 9, 2022
We are really enjoying the NBN conference – so many great speakers!
🙌 https://t.co/L6azCgp9D2— Caring for Gods Acre (@godsacre) November 9, 2022
Wonderful to hear from @NHM_CitSci about @inaturalist Fat Spider and Slime Search projects. We had a lot of fun at @conchsoc working on this with you 🐌🐌#NBNconf22 #CitizenScience pic.twitter.com/N5N6E42pez
— Imogen Cavadino (@I_Cavadino) November 9, 2022
Great to see #unsustainability goals in @GBIF talk #NBNConf22 @NBNTrust So Very Important pic.twitter.com/wozDmads0A
— Harrow NCF (@HarrowNCF) November 9, 2022
Inspiring day of talks at #NBNconf22 emphasising the importance of wise decision-making, underpinned by data, for #NatureRecovery. pic.twitter.com/4ye0cUh7db
— Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre (@TVERC1) November 9, 2022
I really enjoyed my time at #NBNConf22😎- please get in touch with us at @FAIRsharing_org if you have any questions about us, or the #FAIRsharingCommunityCurator programme. We’re working with @resdatall @RDA_Europe @EOSCFuture to enrich connections as part of my ambassadorship https://t.co/Gdn5KPynof
— Dr. Allyson Lister (@allysonlister) November 9, 2022
Super proud of my team leader! A great talk on a wonderful project that I’m really enjoying taking part in. Well done Chris! https://t.co/Iy1Tk6Wtlj
— denver 🦦 (@denvereanderson) November 10, 2022
We had a great day out @NBNTrust 22nd Annual Meeting @NHM_London – we shared @DragonInHills with our fellow recorders and met lots of fabulous folk! #MakingDataWorkForNature pic.twitter.com/DdXQOFWjPL
— ARG UK (@ARGroupsUK) November 11, 2022
Thank you to the @NBNTrust for a fantastic conference yesterday! A big round of applause to all the speakers and well done to all the award winners 👏 We can’t wait to be back next year! #nbnconf22 pic.twitter.com/ZAArpkOm8H
— FSC Biodiversity (@FSCBioLinks) November 10, 2022