[Open-bio-l] R: Code fest 2010: thinking to '11

[Richard Holland]

With regard to point 2 about other conferences - ECCB is in Ghent (Belgium) this year, in September. This is the conference that ISMB pairs with every time it is in Europe so could be a good excuse for an attached codefest. However my network of Belgian bioinformaticians is about as good as my network of Viennese ones. :)

cheers,
Richard

On 19 Jul 2010, at 13:38, Brad Chapman wrote:

> Hey all;
> It's awesome to see so much interest in continuing the informal
> Codefests; this is a great discussion. Raoul, thanks for kicking 
> it off.
> 
> To try and summarize the thoughts so far, we have 2 different
> ideas floating about regarding future Codefest sessions:
> 
> 1. Another Codefest next year in conjunction with BOSC and ISMB in
> Vienna. So far we have proposals for either Milano or Vienna itself.
> The key aspect here is to figure out the logistics: if we wanted to
> do Milano what is the transport situation to Vienna afterwards? If
> we want to have it in Vienna can we find someone locally who is
> willing to do the on the ground work to ensure we have space,
> internet and power?
> 
> Although the work of actually organizing is not especially taxing,
> we do need to have someone committed locally as there are lots of
> little things that need a person willing to handle them. It's
> not too early to try and identify folks who might be interested and
> get them integrated into the community. Although we wouldn't need to
> book a room a year out, we would want to ensure that anyone
> interested in hosting would get enough out of the coding session to
> make it worth their time to help with the organization. Can anyone
> who knows people in Vienna who might be interested get in contact
> for at least an informal discussion? Then we can start to enumerate
> the specifics so we can compare our options.
> 
> 2. Intermediate, potentially regional, Codefests between BOSC. These
> sound like a good idea, and I would second Richard's point about
> associating these with conferences to help encourage attendance. It
> is a lot easier to justing budgeting out time and travel money if
> there is a relevant more "official" event happening in conjunction
> with the coding session. It's good to keep in mind that not
> everyone, and their bosses, are entirely altruistic and to think
> about how we can also satisfy professional needs while getting in
> some coding time. Steffen, are there any conferences or near Luebeck
> that it would make sense to coordinate with?
> 
> There were also some great ideas about BOSC itself. I helped
> with the organizing this last year for the first time, and Kam is
> really open to letting organizers try and shape the conference
> goals. When Kam makes the announcements about organizing, which
> should be near the end of the year, definitely get involved and
> mention these ideas. It would be cool to see us try out some new
> notions of what BOSC can provide for attendees.
> 
> Finally, thanks again to everyone for coming to Codefest this year.
> It was a great turnout and looking forward to doing it again,
> Brad

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