[Bosc-announce] Reminder: BOSC abstracts due this Thursday, April 13!

[Nomi Harris]

Call for Abstracts for the 18th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2017)
An ISMB/ECCB Community of Special Interest (COSI)


Dates: July 22-23, 2017
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Web site: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2017 <http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2017>
Email: bosc at open-bio.org <mailto:bosc at open-bio.org>
Twitter: @OBF_BOSC <https://twitter.com/OBF_BOSC>, #BOSC2017

Important Dates
Abstract submission <https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission> deadline: April 13, 2017
Travel fellowship <https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/blob/master/Travel_fellowships.md> application deadline: April 15, 2017
Authors notified: May 10, 2017
Codefest 2017 <https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Codefest_2017>: July 20-21, Brmlab, Prague
BOSC 2017 <https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2017>: July 22-23, Prague  (days 1 and 2 of ISMB/ECCB)
ISMB/ECCB 2017 <https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2017>: July 21-25, Prague
Keynote Speakers

This year's keynote speakers <https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2017_Keynote_Speakers> will be Dawn Field <https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2017_Keynote_Speakers> (Göteborg University), known for her work on open data and interoperability, and Nick Loman <https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2017_Keynote_Speakers> (University of Birmingham), a vocal proponent of open genomic data in healthcare who heads the Zibra project.

Session Topics
Open Science and Reproducible Research
Open Biomedical Data
Citizen/Participatory Science
Standards and Interoperability
Data Science
Workflows
Visualization
Medical and Translational Bioinformatics
Developer Tools and Libraries
Bioinformatics Open Source Project Progress Reports
Panel: Open Data--Standards, Opportunities and Challenges
Sponsors 	

We welcome The Hyve <http://thehyve.nl/> (open source solutions for bioinformatics) and Mozilla Science Lab <https://science.mozilla.org/> (a community of researchers, developers, and librarians making research open and accessible), as new sponsors for BOSC 2017.

If you would like to be a sponsor of BOSC, please contact us at bosc at open-bio.org.

Abstract submission

We encourage you to submit one-page abstracts on any topic of relevance to open source bioinformatics and open science. After review, some abstracts will be selected for lightning talks, longer talks, and/or posters. Abstract submission instructions and a link to the EasyChair portal can be found on https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission <https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission>

We look forward to reading your abstract, and hope to meet many of you in Prague this summer!

Sincerely,
      The BOSC 2017 Organizing Committee:   Nomi Harris (chair), Brad Chapman, Peter Cock, Christopher Fields, Bastian Greshake, Karsten Hokamp, Hilmar Lapp, Mónica Muñoz-Torres, Heather Wiencko


P.S. Don't forget to submit your BOSC abstract by the end of the day on April 13! https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission <https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission>!
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