• BOSC

BOSC 2007/ISMB Attendees/BOSC Overview

(Fairly Maleable) Structure of a BOSC Conference

Keynote Speakers

• 2000 Tim O’Reilly
• 2002 Michael Eisen PloS
• 2004 Wolfgang Huber Bioconductor
• 2005 Jason Stajich, Hilmar Lapp
• 2006 Amos Bairoch of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• 2006 Alberto M.R. Davila of the DBBM, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• 2007 Carole Goble

Full Talks

• BOSC Organizing Committee Invites Submission of Abstract Proposals, selects the Best for Presentation to the Conference Community
• 15 Minutes + questions

Lightning Talks/Demos

• Very short, Fast
• Almost anyone can present
• Submissions accepted up to the end of the conference

Birds of a Feather/Wifi Workshops

• Parallel meetings of small groups of attendees with shared interests
• Creates a nice setting to discuss new ideas, address problems, and interact with other developers and users