How does the user community value the GDR?

If you’re attending the ASHS conference in Orlando next week and are a Rosaceae crop breeder or breeding-allied researcher, your thoughts and wisdom are needed!

We’d like to discuss your ideas about user benefits of accessing GDR data and tools (such as advances, outputs, and impacts that would not be possible or would cost more or take more time if the GDR did not exist) and how the GDR could quantify those benefits across the community. We’d also like to discuss user costs to access GDR data and tools (such as user time to train on GDR content and capabilities and to access and use specific data and tools). (From next year, we plan to visit yet-to-be-chosen user programs across the U.S. for in-depth case studies on such benefits and costs.)

It would be great if you could participate in one of the 1-hour discussion sessions to be held during the conference, on Thursday Aug 3 at 1:00—2:00 pm and 4:30—5:30 pm in Antigua 4 room of the conference venue. Email me at cpeace@wsu.edu to RSVP or find out more, or just turn up to the room at the start of a session.

Also, remember to attend the workshop on Thursday morning, 10:15—12:15, “Hands-on Training for Effective Use, Data Contribution, and Options for Long Term Sustainability of Specialty Crop Community Databases” and participate in an interactive workshop to accelerate your research!

Cameron Peace, on behalf of the GDR