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'''[http://events.open-bio.org/BOSC2014/openconf.php Submit your abstract here!]'''
 
 
 
The deadline for abstract submissions is '''Friday,  April 4, 2014''''.
 
 
 
Accepted talks will be 5-20 minutes. You will be notified of the length of your talk upon abstract acceptance.
 
 
 
BOSC also includes poster sessions. If you want to present a poster and would like your poster abstract to be included in the BOSC program, please [http://events.open-bio.org/BOSC2014/openconf.php submit it] by June 4. There may be also an opportunity to submit last-minute abstracts for lightning talks, time permitting.
 
 
 
=== Abstract Formatting Requirements ===
 
Abstracts must be '''one page''' (8.5 inches by 11 inches) in length and submitted '''as a PDF (preferred) or Microsoft Word file only'''.
 
 
 
Please format your abstract as follows:
 
* Use 1 inch (2.5 cm) margins on the top, sides, and bottom of the page.
 
* Include the following pieces of information in order from the top of the page:
 
** Title
 
** Authors, with the presenting author's name underlined.
 
** Author affiliations, including the e-mail address of the presenting author.
 
** URL for the overall project web site
 
** URL for accessing the code
 
** The particular Open Source License being used
 
* The abstracts will be printed "as is" in the program booklet; please help your all-volunteer Organizing Committee by following the formatting guidelines above.
 
 
 
To be considered for acceptance, software systems representing the central topic in a presentation submitted to BOSC must be licensed with a recognized Open Source License, and be freely available for download in source code form. Please see the next section for more information.
 
 
 
'''[http://events.open-bio.org/BOSC2014/openconf.php Submit your abstract here!]'''
 
 
 
== BOSC Open Source License Requirement ==
 
 
 
The [[OBF|Open Bioinformatics Foundation]], which sponsors BOSC, is dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of Open Source Software Development within the biological research community. For this reason, if a submitted abstract concerns a specific software system for use by the research community, then that software must be licensed with a recognized Open Source License, and be available for download, including source code, by a tar/zip file accessed through ftp/http or through a widely used version control system like cvs/subversion/git/bazaar/Mercurial.
 
 
 
See the following websites for further information:
 
* [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ Recognized Open Source Licenses]
 
* [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php Definition of the Open Source Philosophy]
 
 
 
 
 
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