Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
The call to submit a proposal to conduct a Workshop at ISMB 2012 is still open. This 20th anniversary conference will be held July 15-17 in Long Beach, California.
Workshop Proposals - deadline March 10, 2012
The above link will take you to the full details and guidelines about ISMB Workshops. From there you can also access the submission system to submit your proposal today.
Workshops cover a broad range of non-research-oriented topics that address issues important to bioinformatics researchers and educators. Preference will be given to topics of wide interest to attendees, with a planned agenda that is not primarily made up of research paper presentations. Examples of previous workshops are: Bioinformatics Core Facilities; Education in Bioinformatics; and Navigating the Granting Jungle. Additional topics of particular interest to the ISMB community or those sponsored by ISCB committees are welcome.
Each workshops is scheduled to run for two hours following the same schedule as all other parallel tracks of the ISMB conference. This allows for segmenting the workshop into four 25-minute presentation/discussion periods (including participant questions and answers) followed by a required 5 minute synchronized break for movement between ISMB parallel tracks. Workshops can include multiple talks, panel discussions, and ample participant discussion time.
Several additional opportunities exist for presentation at the conference, including Highlights of previous publications, Posters, Technology demonstrations, Late Breaking Research abstracts, and the 8th annual Student Council Symposium. You can find the submission deadlines and links to each of the open calls on the conference home page at ISMB 2012.
Registration will open next month. Please help spread the word for the strongest possible participation by sharing this mail with your colleagues and collaborators.
The ISMB 2012 Conference Co-Chairs and every member of the Scientific Organizing Committee looks forward to welcoming you to Long Beach this July!
Sincerely,
Christine Orengo, Workshops Chair, ISMB 2012
