<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Everyone, <br></div><div><br></div><div>The EGU General Assembly 2020 will be held during May 3-8 in Vienna, Austria.</div><br>Please consider submitting an abstract to the following session: (Inter)National Treasures: Advancing access, accreditation, and use of physical samples and collections to accelerate discovery in the Earth, environmental, & planetary sciences.<br><div><br>
</div><div><b>The deadline for abstract submission is January 15, 2020. <br></b><br><b>Abstract submission</b>: <a href="https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/abstractsubmission/37042">https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/abstractsubmission/37042</a><br>
</div><div><br></div>This session is a part of the Earth & Space Science Informatics group.<br><br><b>ESSI3.4 Session Description:<br></b>(Inter)National Treasures: Advancing access, accreditation, and use of physical samples and collections to accelerate discovery in the Earth, environmental, & planetary sciences<br><br>Physical samples play a central role in the earth, environmental, and planetary sciences. Studies of these samples will inform future science, but also critical decisions, laws, and policies of societal relevance. Most of these samples are national assets due to the sources of funding for their curation, and governments are recognizing the requirements to make these samples discoverable and available for ongoing research and reproducibility. Valuable samples are also collected and studied by the academic community, but essential infrastructure and policies for preservation and access of these samples are lagging behind to fulfill requirements for FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) samples. This session invites contributions regarding national and organizational policies that: increase sample visibility, use and tracking; promote recommended practices in sample management; and measure and demonstrate the value of physical samples to science and society.<br><br>Conveners: Kerstin Lehnert, Lindsay Powers, and Lesley Wyborn<br><br>Please distribute this request to your colleagues as appropriate.<br> <br><div>Thank you,<br></div><div>Sarah Ramdeen<br></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Sarah Ramdeen, PhD</div></div></div></div></div></div>