WORKSHOP: Forging NBII Partnerships to be held Spring 2000, at the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

该研讨会旨在促进公私伙伴关系，以促进国家生物基础设施(NBII)的发展和效用。NBII框架的目标是：争取公共和私营部门尽可能广泛的参与；鼓励更好地协调和支持先进系统和技术的研发；促进使用共同制定的标准；增加联邦研发以支持生物多样性和生态系统信息学；以及合作制定NBII-2的长期实施计划。在为期一天半的会议中，来自企业、非营利组织和非政府组织的40名高管和教育工作者将讨论NBII-2如何满足行业和公共部门利益的需求、知识产权以及获取不同选民利益的方法等问题。研讨会的成果将包括重点白皮书，这些白皮书可能有助于教育公众，并为NBII计划提供新的方向。

This workshop is designed to promote public-private partnering to further the development and usefulness of the National Biological Infrastructure (NBII). The NBII Framework has as its goals: obtaining the broadest possible participation of both public and private sectors; encouraging greater coordination of and support for R&D on advanced systems and technologies; promoting use of collaboratively developed standards; increasing federal R&D to support biodiversity and ecosystems informatics; and cooperatively developing the long-range implementation plan for the NBII-2. During the day and a half gathering, 40 executives and educators from corporations, non-profits, and non-governmental organizations will address issues of how NBII-2 can meet needs of industry and public sector interests, intellectual property rights, and means to capture interests of various constituencies. Outcomes of the workshop will include focused white papers that may help to educate the public and provide new directions for the NBII program.