2025 FWS Data Management Workshop

Welcome to the 2025 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Data Management Workshop!

10:00am EST

Optional Coffee Hour

11:00am EST

WelcomeSoha Mahgoub

11:15am EST

Workshop IntroductionJason Duke

11:30am EST

Quality ManagementLouis Blume • Molly Middlebrook

12:00pm EST

Data Management Needs AssessmentErica Mize • Jason Duke

12:30pm EST

From Field to Database: Integrating Diverse Data for Comprehensive African Elephant Population InsightsRachel Ouma • Rose Mayienda • Mohammed Yahya

1:00pm EST

2:00pm EST

Data Sovereignty in BIAVeronica Lane

2:30pm EST

Data SovereigntyRegan Smyth

3:30pm EST

Ethics, Data sovereignty, Laws and Regulations- What's a data manager to do?Thomas "Tod" Dabolt

10:00am EST

Optional Coffee Hour

11:00am EST

Confidence By Design: How to Improve the Quality of Data Collected During Ecological Monitoring Part ILouis Blume • Molly Middlebrook Dynamic Reporting with QuartoJonah Withers • McCrea Cobb • Jacob Cochran • Jason Ross

1:00pm EST

2:00pm EST

Confidence By Design: How to Improve the Quality of Data Collected During Ecological Monitoring Part IILouis Blume • Molly Middlebrook Unlocking Research Visibility: ORCIDs and DOIsMegan Burdi

4:30pm EST

Virtual Data TriviaRyan Tietjen

10:00am EST

Optional Coffee Hour

11:00am EST

Fixing Broken SystemsJeena Koenig

11:30am EST

Continuous Improvement in FWSMaren Tuttle-Lau

12:00pm EST

Federal Data Center Enhancement ActBrandi Church

12:30pm EST

Promoting Efficiency at Field Stations through Data Integration and AutomationBen Walker

1:00pm EST

2:00pm EST

Data Quality WorkgroupMaren Tuttle-Lau Working Better Together IAndy Allstadt Working Better Together IIJeena Koenig Working Better Together IIIChelsea Kross

11:00am EST

Continuous Improvement: White Belt Part IBilly Skaradek Tidy Data - A Strategy & MindsetBonnie Campbell

1:00pm EST

2:00pm EST

Continuous Improvement: White Belt Part IIBilly Skaradek DGEC Training (Github)Bonnie Campbell

10:00am EST

Optional Coffee Hour

11:00am EST

Public Access PlanCharisa Morris

11:30am EST

The IUCN A.P.E.S. Database - A Tool for great apes conservation: Development, Lessons learned and InnovationsLars Kulik • Tenekwetche Sop

12:00pm EST

'23 Data Champion Team Award WinnersRay LaLiberte • Rick Laney • Shawna Nagel

12:15pm EST

'23 Data Champion Individual Award WinnerGabe DeAlessio

12:30pm EST

Closing RemarksJason Duke