[Biopython] Fwd: [Bosc] DEADLINE EXTENDED: GCCBOSC abstracts now due Monday, March 19 (end of the day)

[Peter Cock]

Good news for polishing the Biopython Project Update 2018 talk :)

Peter

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nomi Harris <nlharris at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 4:54 AM
Subject: [Bosc] DEADLINE EXTENDED: GCCBOSC abstracts now due Monday,
March 19 (end of the day)
To: bosc-announce at open-bio.org
Cc: bosc at open-bio.org, Nomi Harris <nlharris at gmail.com>


Good news for those who need more time to finish their GCCBOSC
abstracts! The deadline for submitting talk abstracts has been
extended to Monday, March 19 (end of the day).
(Of course, if you’re ready to submit your abstract now, please go
ahead! We already have a good crop of early abstracts and would love
to get more!)

https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission has abstract
guidelines and a link for submitting your abstract.

—The BOSC Organizing Committee


On Mar 14, 2018, at 10:24 PM, Nomi Harris <nlharris at gmail.com> wrote:

GCCBOSC 2018: A Bioinformatics Community Conference


Call for Abstracts
 GCCBOSC 2018 Dates: June 25-30, 2018
 Location: Reed College, Portland, OR
 GCCBOSC website: https://gccbosc2018.sched.com/
 BOSC website: https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2018
 Email BOSC organizers: bosc at open-bio.org
 BOSC announcements mailing list:
http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bosc-announce
 Twitter: @OBF_BOSC, #GCCBOSC


Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: March 16, 2018 (by 11:59pm Pacific Daylight Time)
Authors notified: April 10, 2018
Travel fellowship application deadline: April 15, 2018
Early registration for GCCBOSC ends: May 11, 2018
GCCBOSC Training: June 25-26, 2018
GCCBOSC Talks: June 27-28
GCCBOSC CollaborationFest: June 29-30

Since 2000, BOSC has provided a forum for developers and users to
interact and share research results and ideas in open source
bioinformatics and open science. This year, BOSC is partnering with
the Galaxy Community Conference.

GCCBOSC 2018 will include two days of talks (including some joint
GCC/BOSC sessions), three keynote speakers (see below), a panel
discussion, posters, demos, Birds of a Feather, and more. The two days
of talks will be preceded by two days of training, and will be
followed by a two-day CollaborationFest.



Abstract submission
We encourage you to submit one-page abstracts to BOSC (due March 16)
on any topic relevant to open source bioinformatics or open science.
After review, some abstracts will be selected for lightning talks,
longer talks, demos and/or posters. Abstract submission instructions
and a link to the EasyChair submission portal can be found on
https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission

BOSC session topics include (but are not limited to):

Open Science and Reproducible Research
Open Biomedical Data
Citizen/Participatory Science
Standards and Interoperability
Data Science
Workflows
Visualization
Medical and Translational Bioinformatics
Developer Tools and Libraries
Bioinformatics Open Source Project Progress Reports

We look forward to receiving your abstract and meeting you at GCCBOSC 2018!

Sincerely,
      BOSC 2018 Organizing Committee: Nomi Harris (chair), Heather
Wiencko (co-chair), Brad Chapman (co-chair), Peter Cock, Christopher
Fields, Bastian Greshake, Karsten Hokamp, Hilmar Lapp, Monica
Munoz-Torres


P.S. Don't forget to submit your BOSC abstract by March 16 at
https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission! Please share
this announcement with your colleagues!


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