[Open-bio-l] BOSC 2011 topic organizers and Codefest

[Brad Chapman]

Chris and Raoul;

> do we plan to have talks about Bio* projetcs updates ?

We definitely want to have talks from all of the Bio* projects. What
we'd like to do this year is make them more focused on particular
area of work, rather than just a general update. So instead of a
dedicated section, we can put these talks wherever they fit within
the other scientific topics.

> For sure we'd like to discuss with all of you guys about our
> approaches on ngs pipelines etc, during Codefest and BOSC

This is exactly what we were thinking of -- it would be great to
have a talk focused around BioRuby's work in next-gen pipeline 
development. Then ideally we could put that together with other 
similar talks and compare/contrast/learn during the session.

> I like the new approach +1but this implies presentations with more
> opportunities for talking so it's our responsibility to make this
> happen.

Absolutely, it should be a fun challenge. This will also help us be
a bit different in terms of focus and interaction in comparison with
other special interest groups. The big advantage of talking about
open source work is that we can focus on very practical concerns for
day to day bioinformatics and share real code that you can take away
and use immediately.

Brad