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NOTE:  If we decide to publish a proceedings, we will need to add deadlines for the revision of papers and delivery to the journal either pre- or post-conference.
 
NOTE:  If we decide to publish a proceedings, we will need to add deadlines for the revision of papers and delivery to the journal either pre- or post-conference.
  
== Steering Committee ==
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== Organizing Committee ==
  
 
We seek volunteers to help with the organization of BOSC 2009.
 
We seek volunteers to help with the organization of BOSC 2009.
If you wish to join the BOSC 2009 Steering Committee, please send an e-mail to [mailto:bosc@open-bio.org bosc@open-bio.org].
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If you wish to join the BOSC 2009 Organizing Committee, please send an e-mail to [mailto:bosc@open-bio.org bosc@open-bio.org].
  
=== Steering Committee Co-Chairs ===
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=== Chair ===
  
* Kam D. Dahlquist
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* [http://myweb.lmu.edu/kdahlqui Kam D. Dahlquist] (Loyola Marymount University)
* Lonnie R. Welch
 
* The chairs listed below are also members of the steering committee.
 
  
==== Publications Chair ====
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=== Members and Roles ===
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* Hilmar Lapp (NESCent)
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* [http://www.ohio.edu/cidds/welch/ Lonnie R. Welch] (Ohio University)
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Publications Chair ====
  
 
* Chair: Jens Lichtenberg
 
* Chair: Jens Lichtenberg

Revision as of 21:42, 7 November 2008

Important Dates

NOTE: Dates in BOLD are determined by ISMB. Dates in italics are "penciled" in for planning purposes.

  • Wednesday, November 19, 2008: SIG proposals due to ISMB
  • Friday, December 12, 2008: Instance of OCS set up and tested (or Easy Chair)
  • Wednesday, December 17, 2008: Notification of provisional acceptance of SIG proposal from ISMB
  • Thursday, December 18, 2008: Call for BOSC abstracts begins
  • February 16, 2009: Registration Opens
  • Wednesday, March 4, 2009: Preliminary program due to ISMB
  • Thursday, April 2, 2009: Preliminary program posted online at ISMB web site
  • Monday, April 13: Abstract deadline
  • April 13-27, 2009: Review period
  • April 28-30, 2009: Resolution of disagreements, decisions made
  • May 1, 2009: Notification of accepted abstracts
  • Thursday, May 7, 2009: Final program due to ISMB
  • May 15, 2009: Early Registration Discount Cut-off date
  • Monday, June 1, 2009: Handout materials (CD and/or printed) due to ISMB
  • Deadline for revised papers (for proceedings if we have one)
  • Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26, 2009: BOSC
  • June 27 to July 2, 2009: ISMB main meeting


NOTE: If we decide to publish a proceedings, we will need to add deadlines for the revision of papers and delivery to the journal either pre- or post-conference.

Organizing Committee

We seek volunteers to help with the organization of BOSC 2009. If you wish to join the BOSC 2009 Organizing Committee, please send an e-mail to bosc@open-bio.org.

Chair

Members and Roles

Publications Chair ====

  • Chair: Jens Lichtenberg
  • Description: collecting, organizing, formatting abstracts, making program (PDF for hard copy), web site
  • Choose conference management software
    • Easy Chair
    • Open Conference System

Publicity Chairs

  • Need chairs for the geographic regions of North/South America, Europe, Asia
  • Description:
    • Draft and send by e-mail conference advertisements and call for papers
    • Manage mailing of promotional/informational materials
Publicity Ideas/Action Items
  • Update/create E-mail lists
    • Participant lists from previous BOSC conferences
    • O|B|F projects
    • O|B|F members
    • bioinformatics programs
  • Advertising exchange with PLoS
  • Poster

Sponsorship Chair

  • Need Sponsorship Chair
  • Description:
    • renew with previous sponsors
    • seek new sponsors (industry, academic, government)

Finance Chair

  • Need Finance Chair
  • Description: handles budget for conference

Program Chair

  • Need Program Chair
  • Description:
    • Recruits and manages the Abstract reviewers
    • Recruits Session Chairs for conference

Program

Keynote speakers

  • Aim for between 2 and 4, at least one each morning

Session Topics

  • Bio* Updates
  • Open Source Software
  • Design Patterns in Bioinformatics
  • Grand Challenges in the Post-Encode Era (subtitle for conference?)
  • Regulatory Genomics/Computational Genomics
  • Multicore computing
  • Tutorials
  • Lightning Talks
  • Birds of a Feather