V irtual Biodiversity V iBRANT -infrastructure SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities Alex Hardisty, Dave Roberts, and the biodiversity informatics community* “We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices” E. O. Wilson, Harvard University Time to model all life on Earth. Purves et. al. (2013) Nature, 493: 295-297 * 77 people took part in the open debate that led to this paper