BOSC 2004 Announcement and Call for Papers

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 MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR SPEAKERS
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 The 5th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC'2004) is=20
 organized by the not-for-profit Open Bioinformatics Foundation. The=20
 meeting will take place July 29-30, 2004 in Glasgow, Scotland, and is=20
 one of several Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings occurring in=20
 conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Intelligent=20
 Systems for Molecular Biology.

 see http://www.iscb.org/ismb2004/ for more information.

 The focus of the meeting will be on current and emerging Open Source**=20
 informatics tools and toolkits. BOSC provides a forum for developers,=20
 project groups, users and interested parties to meet personally, exchang=
e ideas and=20
 collaborate together.

 In addition, keynote speeches from well known Open Source Bioinformatics=
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 leaders are being planned.
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 BOSC PROGRAM & CONTACT INFO
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 * Web: http://www.open-bio.org/bosc2004/
 * Email: [email protected]
 * Online registration: https://www.cteusa.com/iscb3/
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 FEES
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 * Corporate :GBP =A3165.00 british pounds sterling
 * Academic : GBP =A3120.00 british pounds sterling
 * Student : GBP =A390.00 british pounds sterling
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 A 17.5% Valued Added Tax(VAT) will be added to all fees.

 Note: We have tried to set our fees as low as possible without risking=20
 the chance that the foundation will lose money on the event. We budget=20
 with the goal of breaking even on costs or realizing a small profit.
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 REGISTER ONLINE FOR BOSC'2004 & ISMB AT:
 https://www.cteusa.com/iscb3/
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 SPEAKERS & ABSTRACTS WANTED
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 The program committee is currently seeking abstracts for talks at BOSC=20
 2004. BOSC is a great opportunity for you to tell the community about=20
 your use, development, or philosophy of open source software development=
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 in bioinformatics. The committee will select several submitted abstracts=
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 for 25-minute talks and others for shorter "lightning" talks. Accepted=20
 abstracts will be published on the BOSC web site.
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 If you are interested in speaking at BOSC 2004,=20
 please send us:

 * an abstract (no more than a few paragraphs)
 * a URL for the project page, if applicable =20
 * information about the open source license used for your software or
   your release plans.
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 LIGHTNING-TALK SPEAKERS WANTED!
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 The program committee is currently seeking speakers for the lightning=20
 talks at BOSC 2004. Lightning talks are quick - only five minutes=20
 long - and a great opportunity for you to give people a quick=20
 summary of your open source project, code, idea, or vision of the future.

 If you are interested in giving a lightning talk at BOSC 2004,=20
 please send us:

 * a brief title and summary (one or two lines)
 * a URL for the project page, if applicable
 * information about the open source license used for your software or=20
   your release plans.

 We will accept entries on-line until BOSC starts, but
 space for demos and lightning talks is limited.<br/>
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 SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS WANTED!

 If you are involved in the development of Open Source Bioinformatics=20
 Software, you are invited to provide a short demonstration to attendees=20
 of BOSC 2004.

 If you are interested in giving a software demonstration at BOSC 2004,
 please send us:

 * a brief title and summary (one or two lines)
 * a URL for the project page, if applicable
 * Internet connectivity requirements (e.g. website Application served on=
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   the world wide web, or web based client application).

   We will accept entries on-line until the BOSC starts, but
   space for demos and lightning talks is limited. =20

 ** Because the mission of the OBF is to promote Open Source software, we=
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 will favor submissions for projects that apply a recognized Open Source=20
 License, or adhere to the general Open Source Philosophy.

 See the following websites for further details:
 href=3D"http://www.opensource.org/licenses/
 href=3D"http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php




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