BOSC 2027

Eric Green at the podium at BOSC 2026

Since 2000, BOSC has covered all aspects of open source bioinformatics and open science. BOSC 2027, the 28th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, will take place two days between July 18-22 in Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of ISMB/ECCB 2027.

BOSC 2027 Key Dates

  • April 8, 2027: Abstract submission deadline (talks and posters)
  • May 4: Talk/poster acceptance notifications
  • May 6: Late poster submission deadline
  • July 18-22, 2027: ISMB/ECCB 2027 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • July 2027: BOSC 2027 (two days, TBA, part of ISMB/ECCB 2027)

BOSC 2026 attendees by posters

Three people at CoFest 2025

Topics

  • Open Science and Reproducible Research
  • Open Biomedical Data
  • Citizen/Participatory Science
  • Standards and Interoperability
  • Data Science
  • Workflows
  • Data Access and Visualization
  • Translational Bioinformatics
  • Developer Tools and Libraries
  • Outreach and Training
  • Open AI/ML
  • Sustainable Data
  • …and more!

Registration and Financial Assistance

To participate in BOSC 2027, you will need to register for ISMB/ECCB 2027. Those who submit abstracts to BOSC can request a fee waiver on the submission form. You can also apply for an OBF Event Award.

Some BOSC organizers with Maryam at BOSC 2026

Sponsorships

Seqera booth at BOSC 2026

Sponsorships from companies and non-profit organizations help to defray some of our costs and support our outreach efforts. Thanks to our sponsors, we were able to grant free registration to 12 BOSC 2025 participants and cover travel expenses of some keynote speakers and panelists.

Interested in sponsoring BOSC 2027? Please see our sponsors page!

2026 Gold Sponsors

NIH ODSS

The NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) leads the implementation of the NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science through scientific, technical, and operational collaboration with the institutes, centers, and offices that comprise NIH.

Seqera

Seqera, built by the creators of Nextflow, is the enterprise-first bioinformatics platform trusted by leading pharma and diagnostics companies to build, validate, and scale bioinformatics with confidence.

2026 Silver Sponsors

Dryad

Dryad is a non-profit open data publishing platform operating in the community interest, and committed to the open availability and routine re-use of all research data. Dryad makes FAIR-complaint data publishing simple through robust open-source infrastructure, hands-on researcher support, and an easy-to-use submission interface.

BOSC 2027 Organizing Committee

Chair: Nomi L. Harris (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Karsten Hokamp (Trinity College Dublin)
  • Jessica Maia (BD)
  • Hervé Ménager (Institut Pasteur)
  • Mónica Muñoz Torres (Univ. of Colorado Anschutz)
  • Tazro Ohta (Chiba University)
  • Van Truong (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Deepak Unni (SIB, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics)
  • Jason Williams (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

BOSC 2026 Organizing Committee

About BOSC

The Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) has been held annually since 2000. BOSC is organized by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF), a non-profit group dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of open source software development and open science within the biological research community.

Since 2000, BOSC has covered all aspects of 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 and sustain open source communities.

Last year’s conference, BOSC 2026, took place July 14-15, 2026 in Washington, DC (as part of ISMB 2026). Read our BOSC 2026 recap! BOSC 2026 included two days of keynote talks, talks from submitted abstracts, two panels on important topics, and posters. The full lineup of BOSC 2026 talks and posters is available on our Schedule page.

Mete Akdogan and others by poster at BOSC 2026

BOSC 2026 was followed on July 17-18 by a CollaborationFest (CoFest for short), a two-day collaborative work session. CoFests provide an opportunity for anyone interested in open science, biology or programming to meet, talk and work collaboratively.

More about BOSC

 

Code of Conduct

As part of ISMB/ECCB 2027, BOSC 2027 is covered by the ISCB Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.