Tag: BOSC

BOSC 2015 Panel – increasing diversity

June 5, 2015 :

Every year, BOSC includes a panel discussion that offers all attendees the chance to engage in conversation with the panelists and each other. The theme of the BOSC 2015 panel would be “Open Source, Open Door: increasing diversity in the bioinformatics open source community”. Our complete list of panellists is as follows…

Open Source, Open Door: increasing diversity in the bioinformatics open source community

April 2, 2015 :

The Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) has always been about community. Our goal this year is to welcome even greater participation, opening the door even wider to participants who have historically been underrepresented in the world of open source bioinformatics and, therefore, at BOSC.

BOSC 2015 Keynote Speakers

March 26, 2015 :

Announcing the keynote speakers for the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, BOSC 2015: Holly Bik and Ewan Birney.

BOSC 2015 call for Abstracts

March 5, 2015 :

Call for Abstracts for the 16th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2015), a Special Interest Group (SIG) of ISMB/ECCB 2015.

BOSC 2015 will be in Dublin with ISMB/ECCB 2015

September 18, 2014 :

We have asked you, and you have spoken! 59 past and/or future BOSC attendees participated in our survey, answering questions about what […]

BOSC 2014 video recording

June 19, 2014 :

We aim to video record all the talks at BOSC 2014, and the panel discussion, to be made freely available online after the conference.

Catering at BOSC CodeFest 2014

April 2, 2014 :

Bioinformatics Open Source Codefest, July 9 and 10th in Boston, now with sponsored food and drinks!

Free registration to student presenters at BOSC 2014

March 19, 2014 :

To encourage more student presentations at the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC), this year we’re waiving the registration fee for accepted student presenters [see main text for details]

BOSC 2014 call for abstracts

March 4, 2014 :

Abstracts are now being accepted for the 15th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2014), a Special Interest Group (SIG) of ISMB 2014 to be held in Boston.

BOSC 2014 Keynote Speakers

December 24, 2013 :

Thanks to those who participated in the BOSC 2014 Keynote Competition! Our winner is Manuel Corpas, who correctly surmised Philip […]

BOSC 2014 Keynote Competition

December 13, 2013 :

We’re pleased to officially confirm that one of the two keynote speakers for the 15th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2014, in Boston) will be C. Titus Brown, as he announced on Twitter recently – but can you guess the second keynote speaker?

BOSC 2013

July 17, 2013 :

Hello from Berlin, where the pre-BOSC informal CodeFest 2013 meeting is already underway. We’re looking forward to seeing even more […]

BOSC 2010 Call for Abstracts

March 2, 2010 :

Abstract submissions for the 11th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2010) are now open. At-a-glance BOSC is an ISMB […]

OpenBio solution challenge: Project updates at BOSC 2010

January 28, 2010 :

The BOSC 2010 organizing committee is hard at work getting prepared for this July’s meeting in Boston: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2010 One of […]

BOSC 2010 Request for Input

December 18, 2009 :

The BOSC organizing committee is soliciting input on the planning of BOSC 2010 so that we can make it a successful and productive conference for the O|B|F community. You may send your suggestions to the bosc@open-bio.org e-mail address or add suggestions to the BOSC 2010 talk/discussion wiki page at: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Talk:BOSC_2010. Please respond to the questions in this post by January 8, 2010.

BOSC Schedule Posted

June 1, 2009 :

The BOSC 2009 schedule of speakers with links to abstracts has been posted at http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2009_Schedule.

BOSC Update: Ruttenberg, Hanmer confirmed as Keynotes, Early Registration Deadline Friday

May 13, 2009 :

Alan Ruttenberg of Science Commons and Robert Hanmer of the Hillside Group have been confirmed as Keynote Speakers for BOSC […]

BOSC 2009 Call for Abstracts

February 24, 2009 :

Please forward as appropriate and forgive multiple postings. Call for Abstracts for the 2009 Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) 2009 […]