Codefest

In recent years, typically before each annual BOSC meeting the OBF has organised an informal two day "Coding Festival", or OpenBio Codefest. Like similar "Hackathon" (hacking marathon) or programming "Sprint" events, these are programmer orientated and are intended to foster collaborations amongst the international bioinformatics community.

• CoFest 2019 in Basel, Switzerland
• CoFest 2018 August an online distributed event with a local hub in Boston, MA
• CollaborationFest 2018, Portland, Oregon
• Codefest 2018 Winter in Boston, Massachusetts (a standalone event)
• Codefest 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic
• Codefest 2016 in Orlando, Florida
• Codefest 2015 in Dublin, Ireland
• Codefest 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts
• EU-Codefest 2014 in Cambridge, UK
• Codefest 2013 in Berlin, Germany
• Codefest 2012 in Los Angeles, CA, followed by the EU Codefest 2012 in Lodi, Italy
• Codefest 2011 in Vienna, Austria
• Codefest 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts