Introduction Bosc2008

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9th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference

Welcome to

BOSC 2008

July 18-19, 2008bosc@open-bio.org

http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2008

Organizing CommitteeKam Dahlquist (Chair)Darin LondonHilmar LappJason StajichChris Dagdigian

Sponsorship

Welcome to BOSC 2008

• About the O|B|F: Jason Stajich– History– Current activities– Join!– Board meeting

• BOSC schedule and meeting logistics

• Call for Lightning Talks

• Call for Birds of a Feather Session

Welcome to BOSC 2008

• About the O|B|F: Jason Stajich– History– Current activities– Join!– Board meeting

• Membership applications available

• Sign up for BOSC-Announce listserv

• Join the organizing committee for BOSC2009:the 10th Annual BOSC meeting

BOSC Schedule and Logistics

• Current schedue is online at:http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2008_schedule

• Speakers report to session chair duringbreak before your session

• We will post slides on SlideShare

• A travel fellowship will be awarded to the best student talk at the end of Day 2

Call for Lightning Talks

• 5 minutes, 3 minutes for questions

• E-mail the organizers at bosc@open-bio.org

• Title, brief description, open source license

• Talks accepted up until lunch today for Day 1and until lunch tomorrow for Day 2

Call for Birds of a Feather

• Sign up for a wiki account

• Post your BOF at

http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2008/Birds-of-a-Feather