[Gmod-announce] Fwd: Call for abstracts: BOSC 2019 Bioinformatics Open Source Conference

[Scott C. <sc...@sc...>]

Hi All,

I meant to send this out last week--sorry for letting it slip my mind.
Note that the abstract deadline is April 11!

Scott


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From: Fields, Christopher J <cjf...@il...>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 2:12 PM
Subject: Call for abstracts: BOSC 2019 Bioinformatics Open Source Conference
To: Scott Cain <sc...@sc...>


Scott, can you suggest any email lists where this could be sent?

Thanks,

chris

On March 19, 2019 at 4:01:52 PM, cjf...@il... (
cjf...@il...) wrote:

[image: BOSC_2019_Banner]
BOSC 2019: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference An ISMB/ECCB Community of
Special Interest (COSI)

*BOSC 2019 Dates*: July 24-25, 2019

*Location*: Basel, Switzerland

*Website*:  https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2019 (new, improved website
coming soon!)

*Email BOSC organizers*: bo...@op...

*BOSC announcements mailing list*:
http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bosc-announce

*Twitter*:  @OBF_BOSC <https://twitter.com/OBF_BOSC>, #BOSC2019
<https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23BOSC2019&src=typd>
*Key Dates*:

*April 11, 2019:* Deadline for submitting talk/poster abstracts
<https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission>

*April 15:* OBF travel fellowship
<https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/blob/master/Travel_fellowships.md> application
deadline

*May 9:* First-round authors notified about talk/poster acceptance

*May 15:* Late poster / late-breaking lightning talk abstract deadline

*May 23:* Late poster / late-breaking lightning talk authors notified

*July 21-25, 2019:*  ISMB/ECCB 2019 <https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2019>,
Basel, Switzerland

*July 24-25 (last two days of ISMB):* BOSC 2019, Basel, Switzerland

*July 26-28:* CollaborationFest (CoFest) 2019
<https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/CoFest_2019>, Basel
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.

In 2018, BOSC was held jointly with GCC
<https://f1000research.com/collections/BOSC?&selectedDomain=articles> as a
combined GCCBOSC <https://gccbosc2018.sched.com/> conference. In 2019, BOSC
will be part of ISMB/ECCB <https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2019> in Basel. We
hope to partner with GCC again in 2020 or 2021. Read more here about why we
decided to hold BOSC with GCC in 2018 and ISMB in 2019.
<https://news.open-bio.org/2018/08/02/taking-turns/>

ISMB now consists of multiple parallel tracks called COSIs (formerly SIGs).
The BOSC COSI will take place the last two full days of ISMB (July 24-25).
You can register for the full ISMB/ECCB meeting (July 21-25) or for just
two days (there is no single-day registration option).

A limited number of partial travel fellowships will be granted to some
accepted speakers who would not otherwise be able to attend BOSC--please
see https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/blob/master/Travel_fellowships.md for
more information. The travel fellowship application deadline is *April 15.*
Abstract submission

We encourage you to submit abstracts
<https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission> (*due April 11*)
on any topic relevant to open source bioinformatics or open science. After
review, some abstracts will be selected for lightning talks, longer talks
and/or posters. (Only first-round abstracts are eligible for longer talks.)

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
   - Open Approaches to Translational Bioinformatics
   - Developer Tools and Libraries
   - Inclusion, Outreach and Training
   - Bioinformatics Open Source Project Reports (about new or existing
   projects)

We look forward to receiving your abstract and meeting you at BOSC 2019!

Sincerely,

*BOSC 2019 Organizing Committee:* Nomi Harris (chair), Heather Wiencko
(co-chair), Peter Cock, Chris Fields, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, Michael
Heuer, Karsten Hokamp, Monica Munoz-Torres, Bastian Rieck, Yo Yehudi.

*P.S. Don't forget to submit your BOSC abstract by April 11 at*
https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission !

Please share this announcement with your colleagues!



— chris



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