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International Workshop on a New Biodiversity Informatics Curriculum for the Age of AI Agents

Registration is now open for the International Workshop: Designing a New Biodiversity Informatics Curriculum for the Age of AI Agents, to be held from September 14 to 17 in Concepcion, Chile.

Traditional training in programming for biodiversity was designed for a context in which the main challenge was to build software and analyses from scratch. Today, AI agents can generate code and automate much of that work, but they also introduce new risks related to technological dependence, loss of reproducibility, difficulties in validating results, and the weakening of collaborative practices that remain fundamental to science.

In this context, training needs to evolve beyond programming alone and toward competencies in repository reuse, version control, collective auditing, reproducibility, digital infrastructure management, and effective collaboration between humans and agents. The challenge is no longer only to produce code, but to train professionals capable of participating in open knowledge ecosystems where software, data, models, and agents are shared, auditable, and reusable resources.

Registration form: https://forms.gle/sdQw6t1D7wAni26b7