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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.
  
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== 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.
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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].
  
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=== Steering Committee Co-Chairs ===
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=== Chair ===
  
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* Kam D. Dahlquist
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* [http://myweb.lmu.edu/kdahlqui Kam D. Dahlquist] (Loyola Marymount University)
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* Lonnie R. Welch
 
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* The chairs listed below are also members of the steering committee.
 
  
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==== 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 17:42, 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
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