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Registration Rates | ISCB Membership | Registration Instructions | Payment Options
VISA Invitation Letters | Cancellation Policy

Before registering please review the details below about the RSG w/ DREAM conference and its components.

Please note online registration closes Monday, December 3, 2018. After this date only on-site registration will be available at the conference registration desk at NYU Langone Health in New York City, New York. All early and online registration discounts are expired for on-site registration.

• Early Discounted Registration: August 15, 2018 through October 29, 2018
• Regular Registration: October 30, 2018 through December 3, 2018
• On-site (Late Registration): Saturday, December 8 through Monday, December 10

For additional information regarding registration rates please see the chart below.

Conference Registration Fees include:

• Scientific sessions (Saturday, December 8 through Monday, December 10)
• Poster sessions (Saturday, December 8 through Monday, December 10)*
• Refreshment breaks (Saturday, December 8 through Monday, December 10)

*Registration is for the main conference Saturday, December 8 through Monday, December 10, 2018. We do ask that you select DREAM when registering if you are attending Saturday's activities to assist us with an accurate headcount.

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Registration Rates
(all prices are US dollars)

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Please note online registration closes December 3, 2018 at 11:59PM. After this time registration will only be available onsite at the conference registration desk at the New York University in New York City, New York.

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Conference registration fees include:
Conference Registration Fees include:

• Scientific sessions (Saturday, December 8 through Monday, December 10)
• Poster sessions (Saturday, December 8 through Monday, December 10)*
• Refreshment breaks (Saturday, December 8 through Monday, December 10)

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ISCB Membership

(ISCB Membership Fee Chart available here)

ISCB MEMBERS: If you are a current member of ISCB, you must use the email address associated with your ISCB membership in order to register at the discounted member rates through the online system. If you do not know the email address you used to register with ISCB, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before proceeding with conference registration.

NONMEMBERS OF ISCB: Nonmembers will be able to join ISCB through the online conference registration system and immediately receive member rates for the RECOMB Conference on Regulatory and System Genomics, with DREAM Challenges. You can either join when you register for the conference or you can join the ISCB here and then immediately register for the conference at the member rates.

ISCB MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL: If your ISCB membership is not current or will expire on or before December 8, 2018 you will be offered an opportunity to renew your membership as part of your registration fees through the online system.

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Registration Instructions

To pay by check make your payment payable (US$) to the International Society for Computational Biology and mail it with a copy of your invoice to:

RECOMB/ISCB RSGDREAM 2018 Registration
c/o Belinda Hanson - ISCB
525-K East Market Street, RM 330
Leesburg, Virginia 20176

To pay by wire transfer please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request wire transfer instructions. PLEASE note a $25 wire administration fee will be added during registration for those choosing to pay by wire transfer. If you will be paying by ACH rather than an electronic wire transfer, please specify that as the detailed instructions are different. Please note that any bank fees must be paid by the participant. Should funds arrive with bank fees deducted, payment of the difference will be charged to the participant at on-site registration.

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Payment Options

All conference fees for the RECOMB ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Biology, with DREAM Challenges are charged in United States Dollars.

Credit cards
The following credit cards are accepted for registration: American Express, MasterCard, and Visa. For offline payment please use this form (.pdf).

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VISA Invitation Letters

Invitation letters required for visa applications will be sent with your confirmation after registration and full payment have been received. You must be registered and paid-in-full for the conference in order to receive an invitation letter.

International visitors to the United States
All international visitors, regardless of country of origin, must present a passport when entering the United States, and in many cases an entry visa is also required. It is essential that delegates arriving from outside the US have a valid passport with expiration at least six months after the planned date of entry, and any other required travel documents such as an entry visa. Please ensure that you allow enough time to apply for an entry visa should one be required for your arrival and participation at RECOMB /ISCB RSG with DREAM Challenges. Paid registration must be received by RECOMB /ISCB RSG with DREAM Challenges before a visa letter can be provided, so early registration is suggested for all delegates requiring an entry visa.

Details are available on a number of websites including:

• Travel to the USA: www.discoveramerica.com/ca/entry.html
• USA Visas: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visitor.html

ISCB and the RECOMB /ISCB RSG with DREAM Challenges conference organizers assume no responsibility for the accuracy of information on any of the above websites, and encourage you to communicate directly with the US Embassy or US Consulate office that services your particular needs for entry into the United States.

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Cancellation Policy

Requests for registration cancellation must be made in writing and sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

All refunds will be made in US dollars and processed following the conference. Refunds will be made in accordance with the following schedule:

• Cancellations received on or before November 5, 2018 will receive a 50% refund.
• No refund of fees will be made after November 5, 2018.

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Questions About Registration

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CODE OF CONDUCT

ISCB Conferences

The International Society for Computational Biology, Inc. (ISCB) assumes that most people are intelligent and well-intended, and we're not inclined to tell people what to do. However, we want every ISCB conference to be a safe and productive environment for everyone. Attendees should respect common sense rules for public behavior, personal interaction, common courtesy, and respect for private property.

ISCB doesn’t condone harassment or offensive behavior, at our conference venues or anywhere. It's counter to our organization values. More importantly, it's counter to our values as human beings.

Abusive, racist, sexist, harassing, or threatening behavior towards any other participant or directed at any organizer, student volunteer, ISCB staff, convention center staff, or security will not be tolerated.

We invite you to help us make each ISCB conference a place that is welcoming and respectful to all participants, regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, national origin, ethnicity, or religion. This allows everyone the opportunity to focus on the conference itself, and the great networking and community richness that happens when we get together in person. Please report any incidents in which an attendee of the meeting is abusive, insulting, intimidating, bothersome, or acting in an unsafe or illegal manner to ISCB staff or security immediately.

We expect all participants to follow the Code of Conduct during the conference. This includes conference-related social events at off-site locations, and in related online communities and social media. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Conference participants violating this Code of Conduct may be expelled from the conference without a refund.

Please bring any concerns to the immediate attention of the event staff, or contact our Executive Director, Diane Kovats, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We thank our participants for your help in keeping the event welcoming, respectful, and friendly to all participants.

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PROMOTION

Click the flyer to view/download a pdf version

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CONTACT

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RSG and DREAM General Questions

Bel Hanson
Conference Manager
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Tel: 1-571-293-0286

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COMMITTEES

Conference Scientific Program  Chairs

• Grégoire Altan-Bonnet, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
• Richard Boneau, New York University
• Christina Leslie, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Pablo Meyer, IBM Research
• Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Itai Yanai, NYU Langone Health
  

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Steering Committee

Chairs:

• Christina Leslie, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Pablo Meyer, IBM Research
  
  

• Grégoire Altan-Bonnet, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
• Andrea Califano, Columbia University
• Michael Berens, TGen
• Bonnie Berger, MIT
• Elise Blaese, IBM Research
• Barry Demchak, University of California, San Diego
• Belinda Hanson, Operations and Programs Manager, ISCB
• Manolis Kellis, MIT
• Diane Kovats, Executive Director, ISCB
• Alexander Pico, Gladstone Institutes
• Gustavo Stolovitzky, IBM Research
• Lonnie Welch, Ohio University

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Program Committee

• Stein Aerts, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Ferhat Ay, La Jolla Institute
• Julie Bietz          
• Mark Biggin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Paul Boutros    
• Serdar Bozdag, Marquette University
• Michael R. Brent, wustl
• Harmen Bussemaker, Columbia University
• Tony Capra, Vanderbilt University
• James Costello, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Jason Ernst, University of California, Los Angeles
• Anthony Gitter, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Raluca Gordan, Duke University
• Justin Guinney
• Xin He, University of Chicago
• Laura Heiser, OHSU
• Bruce Hoff        
• Anshul Kundaje, Stanford University
• Shaun Mahony, The Pennsylvania State University
• Lara Mangravite             
• Rachel McCord, University of Tennessee
• M. Murali, Virginia Tech
• Jian Peng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Theodore Perkins, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Sushmita Roy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Julio Saezrodriguez       
• Ron Shamir, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
• Trevor Siggers, Boston University
• Gustavo Stolovitzky, IBM
• Pavel Sumazin, Baylor College of Medicine
• Wang, University of California San Diego
• Weixiong Zhang, Washington University in St. Louis

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VOLUNTEER

The RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory & Systems Genomics with DREAM Challenges is pleased to announce a call for Student Support Staff for its 10th annual conference (an official conference of the International Society for Computational Biology). The conference will be held December 8-10, 2018 at NYU Langone Health, 550 First Ave, in New York City, New York.

The conference is one of the premier annual meetings in the fields of regulatory genomics, systems biology, and network visualization. This multidisciplinary conference brings together both computational and experimental researchers from across the world to discuss recent discoveries about genomic and molecular regulatory networks as well as innovative, integrative methods for developing a systems-level understanding of biological activity.

As a member of the Student Support Staff, you will receive valuable first-hand experience at an academic association conference, a certificate of appreciation as well as a full refund on your registration once your obligations are complete. Please review the below volunteer requirements:

• Attend a volunteer meeting before the conference to ensure you are prepared for all volunteer responsibilities
• Complete all assigned shifts
  • You will be notified of your shifts in advance of the conference and are required to sign and return in acknowledgement
  • Please review the list of possible assignments below:
    • Registration:
      • Handing out name badges, processing of invoices and assisting with on-site registration
    • Educational sessions:
      • Check in with the session leader at the beginning of the session and identify yourself as the volunteer to assist in that session
      • Checking badges for entrance to session rooms
      • Counting attendees in each educational session
      • Monitor session rooms, alerting conference manager of any AV or emergency needs during session
    • Other conference opportunities:
      • Numbering poster boards to include monitoring hanging up and taking down of poster boards by presenters
      • Assist attendees in locating various events throughout the conference
      • Answer questions about the scientific program and giving directions within the venue
        
        

Complete the Application and Return by November 5, 2018
Only a small number of students will be selected to participate on this team. Apply today by completing the application and emailing it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Links in this page:
Gold Sponsor | Silver Sponsor | Bronze Sponsor | Copper Sponsor
Enhanced Benefits for Sponsors | Technology Track | Exhibitor Showcase
Additional Sponsorship Opportunities | Mobile App Exclusive Sponsor | Cancellation Policy

The RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics with DREAM Challenges (RSG w/DREAM) presents the latest findings in regulatory and systems genomics, fosters discussion about current research directions, and establishes new collaborations that advance the development of a systems-level understanding of gene regulation.

Please take a moment to review the opportunities below
or click here for a pdf of the prospectus.

Sign up to Become Sponsor or Exhibit! Click here for online form.

For more information:

Andrew P. Falter
ISCB Exhibit and Sponsorship Specialist
(ISCB) email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Office: 203-797-9559
Cell: 571-271-5430

In addition to the following, sponsor gets to choose 7 items from the “Enhanced Benefits” list

• Two (2) complimentary conference registrations
• Logo slide during opening session
• Logo with link to organization on conference website index page
• Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
• Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

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In addition to the following, sponsor gets to choose 5 items from the “Enhanced Benefits” list

• One (1) complimentary conference registrations
• Logo slide during opening session
• Logo with link to organization on conference website index page
• Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
• Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

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In addition to the following, sponsor gets to choose 3 items from the “Enhanced Benefits” list

• One (1) complimentary conference registration
• Logo slide during opening session
• Logo with link to organization on conference website index page
• Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
• Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

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In addition to the following, sponsor gets to choose 1 item from the “Enhanced Benefits” list

• One (1) complimentary conference registration
• Logo slide during opening session
• Logo with link to organization on conference website index page
• Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
• Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

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• Organization recognized in ISCB Annual Report with logo and link to preferred URL
• Pre-event Electronic list of conference delegates for one time use
• Post-event Electronic list of conference delegates for one time use
• Brochure or Video insert on the mobile app
• One (1) 15 minute technology talk
• One (1) tabletop exhibit display space
• Discounted registration at 25% off regular registration fee
• Half-page advertisement in ISCB Newsletter (full color, issue of choice, Gold Level only)
• Quarter-page advertisement in ISCB Newsletter (full color, issue of choice, Silver and Bronze only)
• Up to 5 job posts on ISCB website

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• One (1) 15 minute technology track

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• One (1) Exhibitor Showcase display space
• Please note the showcase is designed for pop-up displays, approximately six feet in length, or a standard tabletop exhibit
• One (1) Complimentary Registration
• Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
• Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

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Organizations will benefit by acknowledgement on the conference website, mobile app, onsite signage and through delegate appreciation of your support.

• Poster Reception: $10,000
• Delegate Folio: $2,000
• Refreshment Break: $2,500
• Keynote Sponsor: $2,500

• Purchase pre-conference registration list:
• Exhibitor/Sponsor: $300
• Non-exhibitor: $500

• Purchase post-conference registration list:
• Exhibitor/Sponsor: $500
• Non-exhibitor: $700

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Sponsor the conference mobile app and gain the most exposure with a direct line to conference attendees.

• Designated Secondary Splash Page
• Page is visible whenever app updates before transitioning to App Dashboard
• 2 promoted post or push notifications
• Pre-conference registration list

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Cancellation must be received in writing to ISCB by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by fax 619-374-2890. A full refund less US$100 administration fee if cancellation received prior to August 15, 2018. 50% refund if cancellation received between August 16 and October 1, 2018. No refund will be given after October 1, 2018.

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To confirm your participation or for more information, please contact:

Andrew P. Falter
Exhibit and Sponsorship Specialist
International Society for Computational Biology
(ISCB) email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Office: 203-797-9559
Cell: 571-271-5430

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PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Links within this page*: DREAM Schedule | RSG Schedule | Poster Schedules

Click here to download a pdf of the program

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