From dlondon at ebi.ac.uk Wed Mar 3 16:06:52 2004 From: dlondon at ebi.ac.uk (Darin London) Date: Wed Mar 3 16:28:51 2004 Subject: [Biopython-announce] BOSC 2004 Announcement and Call for Papers Message-ID: {Please pass the word!} MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR SPEAKERS The 5th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC'2004) is organized by the not-for-profit Open Bioinformatics Foundation. The meeting will take place July 29-30, 2004 in Glasgow, Scotland, and is one of several Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings occurring in conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology. see http://www.iscb.org/ismb2004/ for more information. The focus of the meeting will be on current and emerging Open Source** informatics tools and toolkits. BOSC provides a forum for developers, project groups, users and interested parties to meet personally, exchange ideas and collaborate together. In addition, keynote speeches from well known Open Source Bioinformatics leaders are being planned. BOSC PROGRAM & CONTACT INFO * Web: http://www.open-bio.org/bosc2004/ * Email: bosc@open-bio.org * Online registration: https://www.cteusa.com/iscb3/ FEES * Corporate :GBP ?165.00 british pounds sterling * Academic : GBP ?120.00 british pounds sterling * Student : GBP ?90.00 british pounds sterling A 17.5% Valued Added Tax(VAT) will be added to all fees. Note: We have tried to set our fees as low as possible without risking the chance that the foundation will lose money on the event. We budget with the goal of breaking even on costs or realizing a small profit. REGISTER ONLINE FOR BOSC'2004 & ISMB AT: https://www.cteusa.com/iscb3/ SPEAKERS & ABSTRACTS WANTED The program committee is currently seeking abstracts for talks at BOSC 2004. BOSC is a great opportunity for you to tell the community about your use, development, or philosophy of open source software development in bioinformatics. The committee will select several submitted abstracts for 25-minute talks and others for shorter "lightning" talks. Accepted abstracts will be published on the BOSC web site. If you are interested in speaking at BOSC 2004, please send us: * an abstract (no more than a few paragraphs) * a URL for the project page, if applicable * information about the open source license used for your software or your release plans. LIGHTNING-TALK SPEAKERS WANTED! The program committee is currently seeking speakers for the lightning talks at BOSC 2004. Lightning talks are quick - only five minutes long - and a great opportunity for you to give people a quick summary of your open source project, code, idea, or vision of the future. If you are interested in giving a lightning talk at BOSC 2004, please send us: * a brief title and summary (one or two lines) * a URL for the project page, if applicable * information about the open source license used for your software or your release plans. We will accept entries on-line until BOSC starts, but space for demos and lightning talks is limited.
SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS WANTED! If you are involved in the development of Open Source Bioinformatics Software, you are invited to provide a short demonstration to attendees of BOSC 2004. If you are interested in giving a software demonstration at BOSC 2004, please send us: * a brief title and summary (one or two lines) * a URL for the project page, if applicable * Internet connectivity requirements (e.g. website Application served on the world wide web, or web based client application). We will accept entries on-line until the BOSC starts, but space for demos and lightning talks is limited. ** Because the mission of the OBF is to promote Open Source software, we will favor submissions for projects that apply a recognized Open Source License, or adhere to the general Open Source Philosophy. See the following websites for further details: href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php