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

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Reminder: the abstract deadline for BOSC is April 11!

On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 8:18 PM Scott Cain <sc...@sc...> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> 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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> Scott Cain, Ph. D.                                   scott at scottcain
> dot net
> GMOD Coordinator (http://gmod.org/)                     216-392-3087
> Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
>

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Scott Cain, Ph. D.                                   scott at scottcain dot
net
GMOD Coordinator (http://gmod.org/)                     216-392-3087
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research