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Registration is now open! First IGAD Coffee Break Webinar on 16 June

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The first webinar as part of the Research Data Alliance Interest Group for Agricultural Data (IGAD)’s new Coffee Break initiative will take place on 16 June from 13:00 to 13:30 CEST. The webinar, titled Aligning AGROVOC and Ontologies to connect semantics to improve Agrifood data annotation and interoperability will feature Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration / GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research. 

Would it be a good practice to semantically connect AGROVOC, FAO agricultural multilingual thesaurus, with complementary ontologies? 

This webinar will try to provide an answer to this question diving deeper into AGROVOC and quality ontologies providing richer semantic relationships, used to annotate data at a granular level. These resources share similar concepts but also provide domain-specific terms. 

Pier Luigi Buttigieg will share his opinion and present possible technical solutions for linking AGROVOC with ontologies, starting with the Agronomy Ontology. 

 

Registration is now open. Interested participants can register for the webinar here.

Pier Luigi Buttigieg / Presenter
Pier Luigi Buttigieg

 

Speaker

Pier Luigi Buttigieg is a Digital Knowledge Steward and Senior Data Scientist working in the Earth and Environment branch of the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration. Pier researches and develops advanced, operational-grade, and internationally adopted knowledge representation (KR) technologies for ecology, planetary science, and sustainable development. Pier’s goal is to use data science to better bridge scientific data, information, and knowledge with operations, applications, policy, and society.

 

 

 

 

Dr Suchith Anand / Moderator
Dr Suchith Anand

 

Moderator

Dr Suchith Anand is Chief Scientist at the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition. He is an internationally recognised expert in geospatial science, providing guidance and advice to governments and international organisations on open education, open data  and open science policies. He has authored a wide range of publications. He has mentored over 1000 emerging leaders in sustainable development programs and initiatives worldwide through GeoForAll. He co-founded GeoForAll with a vision to make geospatial education and digital economy opportunities accessible to all, enabling a better future for everyone.

 

 

 

 

More about the IGAD Coffee Break

The new IGAD Coffee Break webinar series, which will feature eight different webinars from eight different presenters running from 16 June to 20 October 2021. The innovative initiative will help to create an ongoing dialogue and encourage the exchange of experiences on agricultural research and innovation within the IGAD community and beyond.