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Schedule (Day 1)
Friday, July 18
9:00-9:15 Kam Dahlquist (Chair BOSC ` 2008)` Jason Stajich (President ` OBF)` \[welcome\] Open ` Bioinformatics Foundation Update `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/introduction-bosc2008/)
9:15-10:15 Julian Lombardi \[keynote\] Croquet: An Open Collaboration ` Architecture for Scientific Visualization and Simulation`
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:10 Hervé Ménager \[cyberinfrastructure\] ` Mobyle: a New Full Web Bioinformatics Framework `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Menager_Mobyle_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/menager-mobyle-bosc2008/)
11:10-11:35 Richard Smith \[cyberinfrastructure\] ` Intermine – Open Source Data Warehouse and Query Interface `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Smith_R_Intermine_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/smith-inter-mine-bosc2008/)
11:35-12:00 Paul Gordon \[cyberinfrastructure\] Bridging ` Existing Bioinformatics Tools and Data into Semantic Web Services `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Gordon_SemanticWeb_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/gordon-semantic-web-2008/)
12:00-12:25 Peter Rice \[cyberinfrastructure\] ` Soaplab2: More Reliable Sesame Door to Bioinformatics Programs `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Rice_Soaplab2_abstract.pdf)
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-1:50 Barry Sanders & David Arcoleo \[cyberinfrastructure\] ` BeeSpace:``  ``An Interactive System for` ` Functional Analysis `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Sanders_Arcoleo_BeeSpace_abstract.pdf)[`**SLIDES** (PPT)`](http://www.beespace.uiuc.edu/files/BeeSpaceBOSC2008_v3.ppt)
1:50-2:10 Andrew Jenkinson \[cyberinfrastructure\] ` BioDas Project Update `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Jenkinson_BioDas_abstract.pdf)`  `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/andy-jenkinson-bosc-das-2008/)
2:10-2:30 Kazuharu Arakawa \[visualization\] E-Cell 3D: 3-Dimensional ` Visualization of Dynamic Cell Simulation `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Arakawa_E-Cell3D_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.g-language.org/data/gaou/presentation/BOSC08-ECell3D.pdf)
2:30-2:50 Peter Rice \[bio\*update\] EMBOSS: ` European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Rice_EMBOSS_abstract.pdf)
2:50-3:10 Michael Heuer \[bio\*update\] BioJava ` Project Update `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Heuer_BioJava_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/heuer-bio-java-bosc2008/)
3:10-3:18 Justin Wilson \[lightning talk\] Use the ` Make Utility for the Maintenance of Complex Bioinformatics Pipelines `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Wilson_Make_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/wilson-make-bosc2008/)` `
3:20-3:28 Brian O'Connor \[lightning talk\] SolexaTools: An Open Source Sequence Analysis Framework [Abstract](/wiki/OConnor_SolexaTools_abstract.pdf) [\*\*SLIDES\*\*](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/o-connor-solexa-tools-bosc2008/)
3:30-4:00 Coffee Break
4:00-5:30 Additional Lightning Talks/Demos/BOFs
Schedule (Day 2)
Saturday, July 19
9:00-9:05 Kam Dahlquist Announcements
9:05-9:30 Mark Wilkinson \[workflows\] Interoperability ` with BioMoby – Past, Present, and Future `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Wilkinson_BioMoby_abstract.pdf)
9:30-9:55 Joshua Orvis \[workflows\] Ergatis: A ` Web-based Bioinformatics Pipeline Management and Collaborative Development` ` System `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Orvis_Ergatis_abstract.pdf)
9:55-10:15 Aleksi Kallio \[workflows\] Chipster – User ` Friendly DNA Microarray Analysis Software `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Kallio_Chipster_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/kallio-chipster-bosc2008/)
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:10 Jiten Bhagat \[workflows\] myExperiment: ` Social Software for Sharing Workflows `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Bhagat_myExperiment_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/bhagat-myexperiment-bosc2008/)
11:10-11:30 Todd Smith \[workflows\] BioHDF: Open Binary ` File Formats for Large Scale Data Management `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Smith_T_BioHDF_Abstract_revised.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/smith-t-bio-hdf-bosc2008/)
11:30-11:50 Aaron Kitzmiller \[open source software\] The ` Open HeliSphere``TM`` Project: True Open Source from the Inventors of` ` True Single Molecule Sequencing `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Kitzmiller_OpenHeliSphere_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/kitzmiller-openhelisphereproject-bosc2008/)
11:50-12:10 Ed Lee \[open source software\] ` Apollo: a Sequence Annotation Editor (with demonstration to follow) `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Lee_Apollo_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/lee-apollo-bosc2008/)
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-1:50 Hilmar Lapp \[bio\*update\] BioSQL ` Reloaded: 1.0 Release, PhyloDB Module, and Future Features `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Lapp_BioSQL_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/hlapp/lapp-biosql-bosc2008)
1:50-2:10 Syed Haider \[bio\*update\] EMBRACE – ` BioMart Developments and Future `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Haider_EMBRACE_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/haider-embrace-bosc2008/)
2:10-2:30 Tiago Antão \[bio\*update\] Biopython ` Project Update 2008 `[`Abstract`](/wiki/Antao_Biopython_abstract.pdf)` `[`**SLIDES**`](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/antao-biopython-bosc2008/)
2:30-2:38 Scott Cain \[lightning talk\] [GMOD](http://gmod.org/wiki/index.php/Community_Annotation_System)
2:38-2:46 Kannan Vijayan & Dustin Cram \[lightning talk\] Fiesta
2:46-2:54 Ben Faga \[lightning talk\] CMap: A Comparative Viewer [\*\*SLIDES\*\*](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/faga-c-map-bosc2008/)
2:54-3:02 John Greene \[lightning talk\] ERIC: Enteropathogen Resource Information Center [\*\*SLIDES\*\*](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/greene-bosc2008/)
3:02-3:10 Aaron J. Mackey \[lightning talk\] Off the Beaten Track--Buried Treasure and Hidden Jewels in BioPerl [\*\*SLIDES\*\*](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/mackey-bio-perl-bosc2008/)
3:10-3:18 Saravanamuttu Gnaneshan \[lightning talk\] Web Application Developments with Open Bio in Public health Informatics [\*\*SLIDES\*\*](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/gnaneshan-public-health-bosc2008/)
3:18-3:26 Pjotr Prins (*in absentia*) \[lightning talk\] BioLib [\*\*SLIDES\*\*](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/prins-bio-lib-bosc2008/)
3:26-3:30 Gregg Helt \[lightning talk\] Exploratory Analysis with DAS/2 and the Integrated Genome Browser (IGB)
3:30-4:00 Coffee Break
4:00-5:30 Lightning Talks/Demos/BOFs \[demo\] Ergatis - Joshua Orvis \[lightning talk\] Genographer - Travis Banks [\*\*SLIDES\*\*](http://www.slideshare.net/bosc_2008/banks-genographer-bosc2008/) \[BOFs\] See [BOSC_2008/Birds-of-a-Feather](BOSC_2008/Birds-of-a-Feather "wikilink")
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