Working Sessions 2026
Working sessions are virtual and open to all. Join to learn about our standards work in progress.
Last updated: 2026-05-06
What are the TDWG Working Sessions?
Interest, Task, and Maintenance Groups are the driving force for developing and maintaining TDWG standards, and participation is the essential factor that gives TDWG standards authority in open science. As the biodiversity informatics community grows every year, we hold online working sessions to:
- inform the wider biodiversity informatics community about the on-going work to develop and maintain standards;
- review progress to date;
- engage new contributors; and
- set the agenda for work.
Schedule and registration
The TDWG community spans the globe, which makes scheduling any single real-time event challenging for some people. Some groups will solve this problem by holding their “session” twice – once for each hemisphere (East/West) – increasing the likelihood for participants to join. We will also record each session and post the videos promptly on TDWG’s YouTube channel.
All sessions will be held in the two weeks between 11 and 22 May. Everybody is welcome, and registration is free but you must register to receive the Zoom link.
Right click this link to download the Working Sessions schedule as an ics file that you can import into your calendar. Please note, importing the schedule into your calendar does NOT register you for the session. You must click the Zoom register link in each event separately, or click the button-links in the table below.
Sessions
Here below is the list of working sessions for this year, including links to the group charters and session times in your local time zone. Click on the link(s) to register for the session(s) you want to attend.