[BioPython] BOSC 2004 Announcement and Call for Papers (fwd)
Darin London
dlondon at ebi.ac.uk
Wed Mar 10 09:35:02 EST 2004
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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 at 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.<br/>
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
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