[Biojava-l] Bootcamp

[chris dagdigian]

Regardless of what happens with bootcamps etc. there will be a strong 
Bio*.org project presence at ISMB'2001 so I strongly urge people to mark 
the dates on your calendars. ISMB seems to be the one meeting where most 
open-bio people turn up in person. I can't go into details because things 
are not even close to being finalized but I'm hoping we will be organizing 
another side-conference ('BOSC'2001) at ISMB and if Sun ends up sponsoring 
the internet connectivity room then we are going to be asking them to 
provide us with similar access or perhaps giving us special use of the room 
in the days before ISMB begins.

So--

No matter what there should be a strong organizational presence at 
ISMB'2001 that spans all of the open-bio projects (bioperl, biojava, 
biopython, bioxml, etc. etc.) This may be a full blown BOSC-style official 
ISMB side meeting or it may be a set of rooms that get set aside for our 
own use. Nothing has been decided yet and our contacts with the ISMB'2001 
organizers have not really been made firm so nothing is absolute.

If a biojava-specific bootcamp gets off the ground before or after ISMB 
consider it a special treat made possible by the EBI/Sanger folks. It is 
really up to them to settle on a date that is convenient. This is one of 
the drawbacks to having an international user and developer base...getting 
together in person is always hard to accomplish.

-Chris





At 11:31 AM 12/12/00 +1300, you wrote:
>Perhaps in the interest of international travellers you could make the
>bootcamp close to the ISMB conference so that only one 'round the world
>trip is required.
>
>It would be easier to get funding to go to ISMB and then pop over to
>cambridge for a bit of programming. We may also be hugely more inspired to
>greatness after ISMB.
>
>Mark
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