BOSC 2008 schedule

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Schedule (Day 1)

Friday, July 18
9:00-9:15	Kam Dahlquist (Chair BOSC 2008) Jason Stajich (President O|B|F)	[welcome] Open Bioinformatics Foundation Update
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 **SLIDES**
11:10-11:35	Richard Smith	[cyberinfrastructure] Intermine – Open Source Data Warehouse and Query Interface Abstract
11:35-12:00	Paul Gordon	[cyberinfrastructure] Bridging Existing Bioinformatics Tools and Data into Semantic Web Services Abstract **SLIDES**
12:00-12:25	Peter Rice	[cyberinfrastructure] Soaplab2: More Reliable Sesame Door to Bioinformatics Programs Abstract
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-1:50	Barry Sanders & David Arcoleo	[cyberinfrastructure] BeeSpace: An Interactive System for Functional Analysis Abstract
1:50-2:10	Andrew Jenkinson	[cyberinfrastructure] BioDas Project Update Abstract **SLIDES**
2:10-2:30	Kazuharu Arakawa	[visualization] E-Cell 3D: 3-Dimensional Visualization of Dynamic Cell Simulation Abstract
2:30-2:50	Peter Rice	[bio*update] EMBOSS: European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite Abstract
2:50-3:10	Michael Heuer	[bio*update] BioJava Project Update Abstract **SLIDES**
3:10-3:18	Justin Wilson	[lightning talk] Use the Make Utility for the Maintenance of Complex Bioinformatics Pipelines Abstract
3:20-3:28	Brian O'Connor	[lightning talk] SolexaTools: An Open Source Sequence Analysis Framework Abstract
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
9:30-9:55	Joshua Orvis	[workflows] Ergatis: A Web-based Bioinformatics Pipeline Management and Collaborative Development System Abstract
9:55-10:15	Aleksi Kallio	[workflows] Chipster – User Friendly DNA Microarray Analysis Software Abstract
10:15-10:45	Coffee Break
10:45-11:10	Jiten Bhagat	[workflows] myExperiment: Social Software for Sharing Workflows Abstract
11:10-11:30	Todd Smith	[workflows] BioHDF: Open Binary File Formats for Large Scale Data Management Abstract
11:30-11:50	Aaron Kitzmiller	[open source software] The Open HeliSphereTM Project: True Open Source from the Inventors of True Single Molecule Sequencing Abstract
11:50-12:10	Ed Lee	[open source software] Apollo: a Sequence Annotation Editor (with demonstration to follow) Abstract
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-1:50	Hilmar Lapp	[bio*update] BioSQL Reloaded: 1.0 Release, PhyloDB Module, and Future Features Abstract
1:50-2:10	Syed Haider	[bio*update] EMBRACE – BioMart Developments and Future Abstract **SLIDES**
2:10-2:30	Tiago Antão	[bio*update] Biopython Project Update Abstract
2:30-2:38	Scott Cain	[lightning talk] GMOD
2:38-2:46	Kannan Vijayan & Dustin Cram	[lightning talk] Fiesta
2:46-2:54	Ben Faga	[lightning talk] CMap: A Comparative Viewer **SLIDES**
2:54-3:02	John Greene	[lightning talk] ERIC: Enteropathogen Resource Information Center **SLIDES**
3:02-3:10	Aaron J. Mackey	[lightning talk] Off the Beaten Track--Buried Treasure and Hidden Jewels in BioPerl **SLIDES**
3:10-3:18	Saravanamuttu Gnaneshan	[lightning talk] Web Application Developments with Open Bio in Public health Informatics **SLIDES**
3:18-3:26	Pjotr Prins (in absentia)	[lightning talk] BioLib **SLIDES**
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 [BOFs] See BOSC_2008/Birds-of-a-Feather

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