[Biopython] Biopython at BOSC / ISMB 2021, was: [bosc-announce] News about BOSC 2021

[Peter Cock]

No volunteers yet? The abstract deadline for talks/posters is May 6th,
we need to hurry up if we are going to give a short talk or poster.

Peter

On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 6:47 PM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> BOSC will again be virtual this year, but back with the larger ISMB
> conference again. See below.
>
> Would anyone like to give our traditional Biopython Project Update
> talk (as a pre-recorded video)?
>
> We would all try to help with the abstract and slides, but you'll need
> to have video conferencing setup in order to attend the meeting
> virtually. See this repository for past abstracts and many of the
> talks:
>
> https://github.com/biopython/talks
>
> Of course, I would also urge all of you to consider submitting an
> abstract on your own work too.
>
> The talks at the conference will again be followed by a multi-day
> collaborative event - the BOSC CoFest, where we might work on
> Biopython bug triage, documentation, etc. This could be very
> productive if some of our core team can set those days aside from
> their normal work as part of a virtual
> conference trip. I appreciate it is still a long way off, so for many
> of us it is too early to make any such commitment.
>
> Note abstract submitters can request a registration fee waiver (eg
> PostDoc with no conference budget).
>
> Peter
>
> --
>
> (Full disclosure: I am on the BOSC 2021 organising committee, and the
> current OBF president.
> I would of course not be reviewing any abstract where I have a
> conflict of interest)
>
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> From: BOSC, the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference
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> Date: Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 2:02 PM
> Subject: [bosc-announce] News about BOSC 2021
> To: <bosc-announce at googlegroups.com>
>
>
> BOSC will be held on July 29-30, as part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 Online. Join us!
>
>
> Key Dates
>
> May 6, 2021: Deadline for submitting one-page talk/poster abstracts
>
> May 27: Talk/poster acceptance notifications
>
> June 3: Late poster (and Late-Breaking Lightning Talk) submission deadline
>
> June 10: Late poster / LBLT acceptance notifications
>
> July 29-30: BOSC 2021 Online (part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 Online)
>
> July 31-Aug 1: CollaborationFest (CoFest)
>
>
> About BOSC
>
> Since 2000, the yearly Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC)
> has provided a forum for developers and users to interact and share
> research results and ideas in open source bioinformatics and open
> science. BOSC’s broad spectrum of topics includes practical techniques
> for solving bioinformatics problems; software development practices;
> standards and ontologies; approaches that promote open science and
> sharing of data, results and software; and ways to grow open source
> communities while promoting diversity within them.
>
>
> BOSC has been part of ISMB since the very first BOSC in 2020. We last
> partnered with ISMB at ISMB/ECCB 2019, held in Basel, Switzerland. In
> 2018 and 2020, we held joint conferences with the Galaxy Community.
> For 2021, we’re back with ISMB/ECCB!
>
>
> Timing
>
> BOSC 2021 will be the last two days of ISMB/ECCB: July 29-30. Our
> usual free collaborative work event, CoFest, will be held July 31 -
> August 1. BOSC will include keynote talks, longer and shorter
> (lightning) talks from submitted abstracts, posters, Birds of a
> Feather, and more!
>
>
> The complete ISMB/ECCB schedule is available here. The core hours for
> talks will be 11:00-15:30 UTC, with poster sessions and ISMB keynotes
> from 15:30-17:30 UTC. The core hours correspond to:
>
> 13:00-17:30 CEST (Europe)
>
> 12:00-16:30 BST (UK/Ireland)
>
> 7:00-11:30am EDT (East coast of North America)
>
> 4:00-8:30am PDT (West coast of North America)
>
> 9:00pm-1:30am AEST (West coast of Australia)
>
>
> Abstract submission
>
> We encourage you to submit abstracts on any topic relevant to open
> source bioinformatics or open science. After review, some abstracts
> will be selected for lightning talks, longer talks, or posters. All
> accepted talks will need to be video-recorded and submitted several
> weeks before the conference. Please note: the deadline for Abstract
> Submission is May 6th!
>
>
> Abstract will be submitted using ISMB’s EasyChair. Note that ISMB/ECCB
> requires a short (200-word) text-only abstract for all submissions
> (talk or poster), plus a “long abstract” (PDF, 2 pages max) if you
> want to be considered for a talk. Abstracts that are not chosen for
> talks will automatically be considered for posters.
>
>
> A second, later round of submissions will end on June 3. Abstracts
> submitted in the late round will be considered for posters and a
> limited number of “late-breaking lightning talk” slots; these late
> round abstracts are not eligible for longer talks.
>
>
> 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
>
> Open Approaches to Translational Bioinformatics
>
> Open Science for Global Health
>
> Developer Tools and Libraries
>
> Inclusion, Outreach and Training
>
> Bioinformatics Open Source Project Reports (about new or existing projects)
>
>
> Learn more about BOSC at: https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc/
>
> Join our BOSC announcements mailing list:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bosc-announce
>
> Get in touch with us using Slack:
> https://join.slack.com/t/obf-bosc/shared_invite/zt-n5ur1gsj-z2C~69_4lYTFPg5tbWA8Ew
>
> Find us on Twitter at @OBF_BOSC and use #BOSC2021 for this year’s conference.
>
> Email us at: bosc at open-bio.org
>
>
> We look forward to reading your abstract and seeing you at BOSC 2021!
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>      BOSC 2021 Organizing Committee: Nomi Harris (chair), Karsten
> Hokamp (co-chair), Peter Cock, Chris Fields, Jessica Maia, Monica
> Munoz-Torres, Malvika Sharan, Jason Williams
>
>
> P.S. Please feel free to forward this message to people or groups who
> might be interested! We are particularly interested in reaching out to
> diverse communities who may not be aware of BOSC!
>
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