TDWG in Asia ?

[pmergen]

Thailand offers grants https://www.businesseventsthailand.com/business-events/meetings-incentives/support-criteria/

[pmergen]

Also mark of interest by South Korea , suggested for 2020

[pmergen]

Dear all

Just got return from South Korea, contact is : Yong-Shik KIM member of the Southeast Asia Botanic Garden (SEABG) Network and contact for the Korean Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. He was involved as external advisory in i-probiosphere project. several local institutions including large collections of herbaria, arboreta and invertebrate collections reacted very positively. I will have a skype wit him in very next future. The suggested location would be in the Korea National Arboretum (KNA) is located in Gwangneung forest http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/ATR/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264580 which is a UNESCO biosphere zone and they have closely meeting facilities and lodging. After I have the skype meeting we will see to also include GBIF Sourth Korea : https://www.gbif.org/country/KR/summary, I am also in contact with http://www.koreaconvention.org/eng/engmain.kc via the Brussels based Union of International Associations, and they said they have support and incentives if we would choose Korea, when I was at the last annual meeting of the UIA in Brussels in 2017. If this turns out positively, we would need to see if you want a delegation representative as suggested by Gail to participate already in New Zealand 2018 even if it is for 2020. With my best wishes Pat

[dkoureas]

Hi Pat,

This sounds like an interesting option. Let's keep this on the radar and if we can move this forward it would be great. Again, however, our priority should be 2019.

Kind regards, Dimitris

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Dear all

Just got return from South Korea, contact is : Yong-Shik KIM member of the Southeast Asia Botanic Garden (SEABG) Network and contact for the Korean Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. He was involved as external advisory in i-probiosphere project. several local institutions including large collections of herbaria, arboreta and invertebrate collections reacted very positively. I will have a skype wit him in very next future. The suggested location would be in the Korea National Arboretum (KNA) is located in Gwangneung forest http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/ATR/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp? cid=264580 which is a UNESCO biosphere zone and they have closely meeting facilities and lodging. After I have the skype meeting we will see to also include GBIF Sourth Korea : https://www.gbif.org/country/KR/summary, I am also in contact with http://www.koreaconvention.org/eng/engmain.kc via the Brussels based Union of International Associations, and they said they have support and incentives if we would choose Korea, when I was at the last annual meeting of the UIA in Brussels in 2017. If this turns out positively, we would need to see if you want a delegation representative as suggested by Gail to participate already in New Zealand 2018 even if it is for 2020. With my best wishes Pat

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[pmergen]

for 2019, GBIF Ireland is currently looking into it. Had inter change with Korea this WE, the National Arboretum after looking at our requirements, even if we come up for most of the financial aspects, said they could not host us unfortunately in their facilities. We will explore other Asian and Indonesian locations for 2020.

[pmergen]

Dear all I have a mark of interest from Thailand for 2020 with preferred site to be Chiang Mai University. and possible contacts with local scientific institutions : National Research Council of Thailand Department of Biology, Chiang Mai University Faculty of Agricultural Production, Maejo University Department of Agricultural Management Technology, Phranakhon Rajabhat University School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Phayao Biology Program, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University Division of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University Department of Microbiology, Kasetsart University Department of Chemistry, Chiang Mai University

With my best wishes

Pat