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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Dear MEDIN DAC Working Group,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">We are holding a free </span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">HBDSEG (Healthy & Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence) Workshop on 6<sup>th</sup> March</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"> <b>2019</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">,
to share knowledge and experiences on the infrastructure, standards and publication mechanisms that are currently in place, and planned for the management of biological data. The aim is to obtain a clear understanding of the current landscape, identify synergies,
overlaps and gaps and define data flow pathways within the HBDSEG community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Following this, a free </span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">MEDIN ‘hackathon’ will be held on 7<sup>th</sup> March, 2019
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">for developers and scientists to get hands-on with open, marine environmental datasets. This year<b>
</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">focussing on data held within the UK Directory of Marine Observing Systems (<a href="http://www.ukdmos.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#954F72">UKDMOS</span></a>).
We’ll have a standalone copy of the underlying database and teams and individuals will be tasked with producing new tools, visualisations, services and applications using this and other open datasets. You can use any programming language, or tools that
you’re familiar with, and we will be hosting the outputs on a MEDIN server to share with the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">The aim is to have prototype outputs completed within the day. We will start at 10am and finish with
presentations at 4.30.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Both of these events will take place at the </span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">University of Liverpool in London, 33 Finsbury Square, London EC2A
1AG.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">PLEASE NOTE: There is a <b>maximum of 20 spaces</b> available for this event, please indicate your attendance on this Google Sheet: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IFSP2Zka8vU6ixa7driBpMb7ZoP-6Dj3e1ytOBdrXSc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#954F72">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IFSP2Zka8vU6ixa7driBpMb7ZoP-6Dj3e1ytOBdrXSc/edit?usp=sharing</span></a> and
state any <b>dietary requirements.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Charlotte<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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