[OBF] BOSC'2003 Call for Talks (Bioinformatics Open Source Conference - June 27-28 - Brisbane)

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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR SPEAKERS

The 4th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC'2003) is 
organized by the not-for-profit Open Bioinformatics Foundation. The 
meeting will take place June 27-28, 2003 in Brisbane, Australia and is 
one of several special Interest Group (SIG) meetings occuring in 
conjunction with the 11th International Confernce on Intelligent Systems 
for Molecular Biology.

The focus of the meeting will be on current and emerging open source 
informatics tools and toolkits. BOSC provides a forum for developers, 
project groups, users and interested parties to meet personally, 
exchange ideas and collaborate together.

The morning and afternoon sessions will feature talks from submitted 
abstracts. A communal wireless network will be available and evening BoF 
sessions willl bring together project groups and people with specialized 
interests.

BOSC PROGRAM & CONTACT INFO

* Web: http://bosc.open-bio.org/
* Email: bosc at open-bio.org
* Online registration: https://www.cteusa.com/iscb2/


FEES

* Corporate : US $150.00
* Academic : US $130.00
* Government : US $130.00
* Student : US $110.00

Note: We have tried to set our fees as low as possible without risking 
the chance that the foundation will lose money on the event. We budget 
with the goal of breaking even on costs or realizing a small profit.

REGISTER ONLINE FOR BOSC'2003 & ISMB AT:
https://www.cteusa.com/iscb2/

SPEAKERS & ABSTRACTS WANTED

The program committe is currently seeking abstracts for talks at BOSC 
2003. BOSC is a great opportunity for you to tell the community about 
your use, development, or philosophy of open source software development 
in bioinformatics. The committee will select several submitted abstracts 
for 25-minute talks and others for shorter "lightning" talks. Accepted 
abstracts will be published on the BOSC web site.

If you are interested in speaking or presenting a poster at BOSC 2002, 
please send us:

* an abstract (no more than a few paragraphs)
* a URL for the project page, if applicable
* information about the open source license used for your software or 
your release plans.

Please email your abstract to the BOSC committee <bosc at open-bio.org> by 
April 13, 2003. You will be notified on April 30, 2003, about whether 
your abstract was selected.

Abstracts can be submitted in plain text, HTML, PDF, or as an URL.

KEY DATES

* March 3 - Registration opens
* April 13 - BOSC Abstracts due
* May 23 - Early registration discount ends
* June 27 - Onsite registration begins
* June 27-28 - BOSC Meeting