[Biopython] Biopython at BOSC / ISMB 2021, was: [bosc-announce] News about BOSC 2021

Tue Apr 6 13:47:19 EDT 2021

Hello all,

BOSC will again be virtual this year, but back with the larger ISMB
conference again. See below.

Would anyone like to give our traditional Biopython Project Update
talk (as a pre-recorded video)?

We would all try to help with the abstract and slides, but you'll need
to have video conferencing setup in order to attend the meeting
virtually. See this repository for past abstracts and many of the
talks:

https://github.com/biopython/talks

Of course, I would also urge all of you to consider submitting an
abstract on your own work too.

The talks at the conference will again be followed by a multi-day
collaborative event - the BOSC CoFest, where we might work on
Biopython bug triage, documentation, etc. This could be very
productive if some of our core team can set those days aside from
their normal work as part of a virtual
conference trip. I appreciate it is still a long way off, so for many
of us it is too early to make any such commitment.

Note abstract submitters can request a registration fee waiver (eg
PostDoc with no conference budget).

Peter

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(Full disclosure: I am on the BOSC 2021 organising committee, and the
current OBF president.
I would of course not be reviewing any abstract where I have a
conflict of interest)

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BOSC will be held on July 29-30, as part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 Online. Join us!

Key Dates

May 6, 2021: Deadline for submitting one-page talk/poster abstracts

May 27: Talk/poster acceptance notifications

June 3: Late poster (and Late-Breaking Lightning Talk) submission deadline

June 10: Late poster / LBLT acceptance notifications

July 29-30: BOSC 2021 Online (part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 Online)

July 31-Aug 1: CollaborationFest (CoFest)

About BOSC

Since 2000, the yearly Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC)
has provided a forum for developers and users to interact and share
research results and ideas in 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 open source
communities while promoting diversity within them.

BOSC has been part of ISMB since the very first BOSC in 2020. We last
partnered with ISMB at ISMB/ECCB 2019, held in Basel, Switzerland. In
2018 and 2020, we held joint conferences with the Galaxy Community.
For 2021, we’re back with ISMB/ECCB!

Timing

BOSC 2021 will be the last two days of ISMB/ECCB: July 29-30. Our
usual free collaborative work event, CoFest, will be held July 31 -
August 1. BOSC will include keynote talks, longer and shorter
(lightning) talks from submitted abstracts, posters, Birds of a
Feather, and more!

The complete ISMB/ECCB schedule is available here. The core hours for
talks will be 11:00-15:30 UTC, with poster sessions and ISMB keynotes
from 15:30-17:30 UTC. The core hours correspond to:

13:00-17:30 CEST (Europe)

12:00-16:30 BST (UK/Ireland)

7:00-11:30am EDT (East coast of North America)

4:00-8:30am PDT (West coast of North America)

9:00pm-1:30am AEST (West coast of Australia)

Abstract submission

We encourage you to submit abstracts on any topic relevant to open
source bioinformatics or open science. After review, some abstracts
will be selected for lightning talks, longer talks, or posters. All
accepted talks will need to be video-recorded and submitted several
weeks before the conference. Please note: the deadline for Abstract
Submission is May 6th!

Abstract will be submitted using ISMB’s EasyChair. Note that ISMB/ECCB
requires a short (200-word) text-only abstract for all submissions
(talk or poster), plus a “long abstract” (PDF, 2 pages max) if you
want to be considered for a talk. Abstracts that are not chosen for
talks will automatically be considered for posters.

A second, later round of submissions will end on June 3. Abstracts
submitted in the late round will be considered for posters and a
limited number of “late-breaking lightning talk” slots; these late
round abstracts are not eligible for longer talks.

BOSC session topics include (but are not limited to):

Open Science and Reproducible Research

Open Biomedical Data

Citizen/Participatory Science

Standards and Interoperability

Data Science

Workflows

Open Approaches to Translational Bioinformatics

Open Science for Global Health

Developer Tools and Libraries

Inclusion, Outreach and Training

Bioinformatics Open Source Project Reports (about new or existing projects)

Learn more about BOSC at: https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc/

Join our BOSC announcements mailing list:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bosc-announce

Get in touch with us using Slack:
https://join.slack.com/t/obf-bosc/shared_invite/zt-n5ur1gsj-z2C~69_4lYTFPg5tbWA8Ew

Find us on Twitter at @OBF_BOSC and use #BOSC2021 for this year’s conference.

Email us at: bosc at open-bio.org

We look forward to reading your abstract and seeing you at BOSC 2021!

Sincerely,

     BOSC 2021 Organizing Committee: Nomi Harris (chair), Karsten
Hokamp (co-chair), Peter Cock, Chris Fields, Jessica Maia, Monica
Munoz-Torres, Malvika Sharan, Jason Williams

P.S. Please feel free to forward this message to people or groups who
might be interested! We are particularly interested in reaching out to
diverse communities who may not be aware of BOSC!

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