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			 (University of Amsterdam (UVA), Amsterdam, NL)  <br/><div class="topic">EcoGRID aims to establish a e-science problem solving environment 
	(PSE) that facilitates data access and analysis processes.   ---  <b><a href="http://www.ecogrid.nl" target="blank"> 
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			</a></b></div></li><li class="speaker"><b>Jonathan Giddy</b>
			 (School of Computer Science, Cardiff University, UK)  <br/><div class="topic">GRID computing, e-science and technology infrastructures for 
	biodiversity data and observatories.  ---  <b><a href="programme_abstracts.xml#giddy" target="blank"> 
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			</a></b></div></li><li class="speaker"><b>Daan  Goense</b>
			 ( Wageningen UR, NL)  <br/><div class="topic">The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) project is based on tens of thousands of antennas 
	that are connected to each other with a large ICT infrastructure. 
	LOFAR_Agro will make use of this infrastructure and has chosen as 
	its first application the measurement of the micro-climate in potato crops. 
	 ---  <b><a href="http://www.lofar.org/p/Agriculture.htm" target="blank"> 
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			</a></b></div></li><li class="speaker"><b>Patrick  Halpin</b>
			 (Duke University, USA)  <br/><div class="topic">OBIS-SeaMap: Mapping marine mammals, birds and turtles. ---  <b><a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/" target="blank"> 
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			 (University of Amsterdam, NL)  <br/><div class="topic">Lifewatch, ENBI and other European networks in the realm of 
	biodiversity research.   ---  <b><a href="http://www.lifewatch.eu" target="blank"> 
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			</a></b></div></li><li class="speaker"><b>Brad Norman</b>
			 (ECOCEAN,  Australia)  <br/><div class="topic">
            Whaleshark.org offers web-based whaleshark photo-identification 
            software and hosts a database. 
         ---  <b><a href="http://www.whaleshark.org" target="blank"> 
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			</a></b></div></li><li class="speaker"><b>Nigel  Raine</b>
			 (Queen Mary, University of London)  <br/><div class="topic">RFID tags enabling the monitoring of bumble bee's foraging behaviour. ---  <b><a href="http://www.biology.qmul.ac.uk/research/staff/chittka/chittkalab/Team/Nigel.html" target="blank"> 
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			 (PrimeVision, Delft, NL)  <br/><div class="topic">Computer-assisted photo-identification of Ceteaceans.  ---  <b><a href="http://homepages.cwi.nl/~ely/projects.htm" target="blank"> 
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			</a></b></div></li><li class="speaker"><b>Judy Shamoun-Baranes</b>
			 (University of Amsterdam (UVA), NL)  <br/><div class="topic">Movebank and FlySafe ---  <b><a href="http://staff.science.uva.nl/~shamoun/" target="blank"> 
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			</a></b></div></li><li class="speaker"><b>Dezhen  Song</b>
			 (Texas A&amp;M, USA)  <br/><div class="topic">  (A)CONE: (Automated) Collaborative Observatory for Natural Environments aims to  
	    advance the fundamental understanding of automated and collaborative systems 
	   that combine sensors, actuators, and human input to observe and 
	   record detailed natural behavior in remote settings. 
	 Robotic BioTelemetry. ---  <b><a href="http://www.c-o-n-e.org" target="blank"> 
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