[Gmod-announce] Bioinformatics Community Conference: Abstract submission and registration are open

[Dave C. <cle...@gm...>]

2020 Bioinformatics Community Conference (BCC2020)

Online, July 17-26

https://bcc2020.github.io/

The 2020 Bioinformatics Community Conference (BCC2020)
<https://bcc2020.github.io/> will be online, global, affordable, and
accessible.

Key Dates:

May 8:        Deadline for submitting talk/poster/demo abstracts
<https://bcc2020.github.io/submit/> (this will not be extended)

June 6:       Authors notified about talk/poster/demo acceptance

July 10:      Early registration <https://bcc2020.github.io/Registration/>
ends

July 17-19: BCC2020 Training sessions <https://bcc2020.github.io/training/>

July 19-22: BCC2020 Main meeting <https://bcc2020.github.io/schedule/>

July 22-24, 24-26: CollaborationFest Core and Encore
<https://bcc2020.github.io/cofest/>

BCC2020

BCC2020 <https://bcc2020.github.io/> is a joint event bringing
together the Bioinformatics
Open Source Conference (BOSC) <https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc/> and
Galaxy <https://galaxyproject.org/> Communities.  If you are working in
data intensive life science research then there is no better event for
sharing your work, and learning from other researchers addressing the
challenges of modern data driven biology.  BCC2020 will be held July 17-26
<https://bcc2020.sched.com/>, and offer 2 days of training
<https://bcc2020.sched.com/overview/type/Training>, a 3 day meeting
<https://bcc2020.sched.com/overview/type/Meeting>, and a 4 day
CollaborationFest <https://bcc2020.sched.com/overview/type/CoFest>.

BOSC is organized by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)
<https://www.open-bio.org/>, a non-profit group dedicated to promoting the
practice and philosophy of open source software development and open
science within the biological research community. Galaxy
<https://galaxyproject.org/> is an open source data integration and
analysis platform for the life sciences that is used, deployed, maintained
and extended by a worldwide community of researchers, students, software
engineers, and infrastructure providers.

BCC2020 is Online

All BCC2020 events will be held online
<https://bcc2020.github.io/blog/going-virtual>.  Training will be live and
interactive.  The meeting will feature keynotes, accepted talks, lightning
talks, posters, demos, and birds-of-a-feather and other networking
opportunities.  Talks (with the possible exception of keynotes) will be
pre-recorded.  Posters, demos, and BoFs will be live and interactive.  The
CoFest will also be live and interactive.

BCC2020 is Global

BCC2020 events will be held twice
<https://bcc2020.github.io/blog/going-global>: once in the originally
scheduled Toronto time zone (BCC West)
<https://bcc2020.sched.com/venue/West>, and then again 12 hours later in
the Eastern hemisphere (BCC East) <https://bcc2020.sched.com/venue/East>.
Training will differ between East and West, with enrollment open to all,
regardless of where you are. The main conference content will be presented
in both East and West.  We are striving to have the CoFest run continuously
<https://bcc2020.sched.com/overview/type/CoFest>, with participants from
every part of the world.

BCC2020 is Affordable

We have slashed registration rates for BCC2020
<https://bcc2020.github.io/Registration/>, and are offering even larger
discounts to participants based in low and lower-middle income countries.
Pricing starts at US$3 per training session, and $12 for the 3 day
meeting.  The CoFest <https://bcc2020.github.io/cofest/> is free.

BCC2020 is Accessible

Going online and global, combined with the low registration rates this
enables, makes this the most accessible Galaxy or BOSC conference ever.  If
you work in open source bioinformatics then this is 2020’s best opportunity
to share your work and learn from others.

Abstracts Due May 8

BCC2020 is seeking oral presentations, lightning talks, posters, and demos,
from researchers working in bioinformatics, and all over the world.
Abstracts are due May 8 (and that deadline will not be extended).
Please submit
your work <https://bcc2020.github.io/submit/> today.


Register Now

BCC2020 registration is now open <https://bcc2020.github.io/Registration/>.
Registering early saves 50% off of the full rates.


We hope to see you in July at BCC2020,

BCC2020 Organizers

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https://galaxyproject.org/