Information technology in biodiversity research: III national scientific conference with international participation, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Russian academician Pavel Gorchakovskii (Ekaterinburg, Russia, October 5-10, 2020)

III National Scientific Conference “Information Technology in Biodiversity Research” with international participation dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Academician Pavel Gorchakovskii was held from 5 to 10 October 2020 in the Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia. More than 120 participants from Russia and other countries participated in working sessions, workshops, and discussions, including 11 keynote speakers, 42 oral, and 35 poster presenters. The conference topics were: Global biodiversity portals: data integration and data use for scientific research; Biodiversity data mobilisation in Russia: databases and information systems development experience; Digitisation of Russian natural history collections: current state and prospects; Biodiversity of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and methods of their analyses; GIS technologies application and remote sensing data use for biodiversity research. This paper describes the main conference topics and issues and provides the Conference resolution.