The 2015 VIVO Conference. What an amazing event, what a great community! Kristi Holmes (Conference Chair) and Melissa Haendel (Program Chair) sure know how to put on a show! Great keynotes (David Weinberger and James Onken), invited talks, workshops, session presentations, poster session and receptions. The hotel had a spectacular view of the Charles River, was within easy walking distance of Harvard, MIT, Northeastern University, Boston University and Fenway Park. Registration was up and workshop attendance was also up. What a great week. A great thanks to Kristi and Melissa – they did a spectacular job along with our conference planners, Designing Events. Presentations will be posted on-line shortly.
Contest Winners. The VIVO Conference had two contents this year – an application contest for software using or creating VIVO data, and a linked open data contest to showcase VIVO linked open data. The winners:
- Application Contest Winner: Justin Littman, George Washington University, for ORCID2VIVO.
- Linked Data Contest Winner: Nick Benick, Harvard University, Tim Lebo, RPI, Griffin Weber, Harvard University. Cross-Linking DOI Author URIs Using Research Networking Systems
- Linked Data Contest Winner: Roberto Garcia, Jordi Virgili-Goma, and Rosa Gil, Universitat de Lleida. Research outputs in VIVO format, including extensions for research impact
- Linked Data Contest Winner: Chris Barnes, University of Florida. UF Linked Open Data 2008-2015. 18M triples in one file posted to the web.
Joint Leadership Group/Steering Group Meeting. Just in time for the conference, the Implementation Documentation Task Force has completed its work and delivered an all new guide to Implementing VIVO. Taking a comprehensive approach and addressing the most common issues with implementations, the new guide has sections on Project Management, Outreach and Engagement, Data Management, and Technical Development. I want to thank the task force members for this outstanding work. The guide is part of the VIVO wiki. See Planning a VIVO Implementation. Wow. Things just got a lot clearer.
What's next. The fall should be a busy time for VIVO. Here are some highlights:
- VIVO Workshop at TIB Hanover, Germany, September 9. Sold out 80 seats in 2 days! Ina Blümel and Lambert Heller are the organizers. And expect to hear more news regarding VIVO in Europe in the coming months
- Software development sprints start in the fall.
- An ontology event will be organized in the fall to develop processes for ontology development and further develop the relationship between the software and the ontology
- Membership drive. We will be asking for your support of the VIVO project.
- New web site. We will be replacing vivoweb.org with a modern, mobile-first, responsive design web-site oriented toward telling the VIVO story.
- Site survey. We will be asking you about your VIVO. Our new survey is greatly simplified – we'd like to hear from as many VIVO sites as possible. The survey will be coming soon.
Go VIVO!
Mike
Mike Conlon
VIVO Project Director
