Talk:BOSC 2009

This page will be used for discussion of BOSC 2009 planning.

Important Dates

• Need date proposal due to ISMB
• Call for abstracts begins
• Abstract deadline
• Review period
• Notification of accepted abstracts
• Deadline for revised papers (for proceedings if we have one)
• Need date program is due to ISMB
• ISMB is June 27 to July 2, presumably BOSC would be the two days before, June 25-26.

Organizing Committee

Co-chairs of Organizing Committee

• Kam D. Dahlquist
• Lonnie R. Welch

Subcommittees

Publications

• chair: Jens Lichtenberg
• job description: collecting, organizing, formatting abstracts, making program (PDF for hard copy), web site

Publicity

• Need chairs for North America, Europe, Asia
• E-mail lists
• distributing call for papers
• Publicity Ideas
  • Update mailing lists
    • Participant lists from previous BOSC conferences
    • O|B|F projects
    • O|B|F members
    • create additional lists
      • bioinformatics programs
    • Advertising exchange with PLoS
  • Poster

Sponsorship

• renew with previous sponsors
• seek new sponsors

Finance

• chair needs to handle budget

• Abstract reviewers
• Session chairs

Session Topics

• Keynote speakers
  • Aim for between 2 and 4, at least one each morning
  • Suggestion: Design Patterns
• Tutorials

Logistics

Budget

• Need to get from Steven Leard final budget and attendance numbers for 2008

Conference Management Software

• Used Open Conference Systems in 2008
• Easy Chair