[Portugal] Invitation to GODAN webinar on 19th September 2019: Turning Data into Insight

[Artur Gil]

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De: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand  godan.info>
Date: segunda, 16/09/2019 à(s) 08:53
Subject: [godan_cd] Invitation to GODAN webinar on 19th September 2019
To: GODAN Capacity Development Working Group <godan_cd  dgroups.org>


Dear colleagues,


On behalf of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
(GODAN), it is my pleasure to invite you to join our next webinar on
19th September 2019 . Details below.


GODAN Webinar: Turning Data into Insight

Join us for a webinar on 19 September, 2019 at 4:00 PM CEST.

Register at  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9142348326997509132



Big data and machine learning technologies represent an unprecedented
opportunity to reduce food insecurity and poverty and maximize return
on investment in development efforts and funds. However, leveraging
such data-driven solutions necessitates access to open,
well-documented, standards-compliant data.


The CGIAR Platform for Big Data Platform in Agriculture and its
GARDIAN data ecosystem (featured in September’s Economist Intelligence
Unit op-ed*) facilitate the discovery, visualization, and analysis of
human and machine-interpretable, interoperable data that is necessary
to catalyze and accelerate agricultural innovation and impact. GARDIAN
provides access to thousands of datasets and publications in the
agricultural sector, from CGIAR Centers and other organizations. It
also provides tools to help institutions render data Findable,
Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR), and enables
visualization and analysis to advance research and development
agendas.


This talk will present an overview of the Big Data Platform and the
GARDIAN data ecosystem.



Speaker’s Bio


Medha Devare is Senior Research Fellow with the International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She led the CGIAR System‘s Open
Access/Open Data Initiative, and currently coordinates efforts to
operationalize the FAIR Principles towards interpretable, reusable
data  across CGIAR’s 15 agricultural research for development Centers
through its Big Data Platform. Medha is an agronomist with significant
experience in microbial ecology and bioinformatics, and led the
CSISA-Nepal project addressing sustainable intensification of farming
systems in western Nepal before moving to the CGIAR System Office.
Medha also has expertise in data management and semantic web tools,
and was instrumental in the development of VIVO, a semantic web
application for representing academic scholarship while at Cornell
University.


We thank CTA for organising the webinar. We are looking forward to see
you all for the webinar.


Best wishes,


Suchith


Dr. Suchith Anand

Chief Scientist

Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition

https://www.godan.info