Links within this page: Responsibilities of a Session Organizer | Special Session Registration

Submit Special Session Proposal

ISCB-Africa ASBCB Conference 2025 welcomes Special Sessions proposals.  In its structure, each session(s) provides a more in-depth look at the subject matter presented. Proposals for special sessions should be submitted via the online submission system by February 17, 2025.

Special Sessions have the purpose of introducing the ISCB community and conference delegates to relevant 'hot’ topics. Sessions can be considered as mini-symposia on timely topics, or new emerging areas presented by top experts.

A wide range of topics is possible, as long as they are of relevance to computational biology and bioinformatics. We also encourage topics that are marginal to computational biology but clearly will need the involvement of such expertise in the near future. The proposed topics for Special Session might, for example, cover emerging themes the conference is not currently approaching with the desired proficiency. Some attractive topics include:

• AI and LLMs
• Plant Biology
• Biodiversity informatics
• Biomedical Data
• Agricultural bioinformatics
• Biomedical Ethics
• Drug design and discovery
• Text Mining

We encourage you to submit a proposal on an area that you deem as important to the computational biology community and may impact the future of the field.

Proposals should include the following details:

1. Title (up to 20 words, preferably worded to pique delegates' interest)
2. Topic: Describe the field to be covered by the session(s) and its relevance for conference participants (about one page)
3. Meeting details
1. Duration (no more than one hour)
2. Expected sessions / topics,with an explanatory paragraph about each, if possible 
3. A draft schedule showing how the sessions / topics will be organized including placement of keynotes, accepted talks, panel discussions, etc.
4. How presentations will be selected (invitation, call for submissions, etc.)
5. Possible speakers. This is not required, but may add weight to the proposal—indicate speakers who have already agreed to participate. NOTE: See Special Session Registration information for more details about compensation.
6. Previous meetings of this with attendance statistics, if held before
7. Potential sources of sponsorship for the session(s). ISCB provides session organizers with one-day complimentary registration for the invited speakers (maximum of two (2) per session) for those attending the conference for the sole purpose of presenting within the Special Session. We encourage the organizers to approach experts from related fields and communities that are not necessarily attending the conference routinely. Organizers will be responsible for raising sponsorship for additional complimentary registrations.
4. Information about the organizers: full name (including title), affiliation, e-­mail and postal addresses, telephone numbers (work and mobile, if available, including country and city codes), URL of home page, and qualifications to organize this meeting.

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Responsibilities of a Session Organizer

If your proposal is accepted, you will be responsible for most of the organization of your session, including:

1. Creating and maintaining a webpage for your session
2. Deciding the session structure including length of time talks and chairing the session
3. Attending ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 and running the session
4. if your session has invited talks or tutorials, communicating and coordinating with the speakers
5. If your session has contributed papers or abstracts, your responsibilities are to:
• Solicit manuscripts
• Obtain reviewers, assign papers and abstracts to reviewers, and ensure timely return of reviews
• Evaluate the reviews and make recommendations to the programme co-chairs regarding which papers or abstracts should be accepted
• Updating the webpage for your session with the list of accepted papers and abstracts as well as providing the schedule of talks in your session.

Final decisions regarding acceptance of submitted papers will be made by the ISCB-Africa ASBCB programme co-chairs. 

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Special Session Registration

The conference can offer up to two (2) full conference registrations and up to four (4) one-day registrations. Special sessions will be held on Thursday, April 17. Organizers and presenters within the Special Sessions are responsible for their own travel costs. Organizers are encouraged to seek sponsorships and/or use grant funds available to them to cover their own and their speakers' travel and registration costs.

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Conference Venue

ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa at the Lagoon Beach Hotel & Conference Center.

Address:
1 Lagoon Gate Drive
Lagoon Beach, Cape Town, 7441
South Africa

Conference Accommodation

The Lagoon Beach Hotel & Conference Center is also the conference headquarters hotel!

The Lagoon Beach Hotel offers a vibrant and stylish stay, located just 18km (a 20-minute drive) from Cape Town International Airport. Equipped with breathtaking views and many world-class amenities, it is the perfect place for visitors seeking both comfort and creativity. The hotel offers multiple dining options, a fitness center, and a free scheduled shuttle service.

Room Rates are as follows:

• Classic Room (Single Occupancy): R 1,995.00, breakfast included
• Classic Room (Double Occupancy): R 2,295.00, breakfast included

Available booking dates 13 April - 19 April
Group rate available pre/post conference based on hotel availability

Please use one of the following to book your reservation:

• Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Call  +27 (0)21 528 2000
• Make sure to note the ISCB-Africa ASBCB Conference

Travel Information

Delta

Delta Air Lines is pleased to offer special discounts for ISCB

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You may also call Conferences and Events® at 1(800)328-1111* Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. (EST) and refer to Meeting Event Code: NM3UP
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United

When booking a flight to Cape Town with United be sure to use the following discount code: ZQ6Q218926

Links within this page: Tutorials Organization | Compensation | Submitting a Tutorial Proposal | Review of Tutorial Proposals | Tutorial Materials | Copyright and Permissions

Submit Tutorial Proposal

The purpose of the tutorial program is to build knowledge and provide hands-on training in "cutting-edge" topics relevant to the bioinformatics field. Tutorials offer participants an opportunity to get an introduction to important established topics in bioinformatics, to learn about new areas of bioinformatics research, or to develop advanced skills in areas about which they are already knowledgeable.

Tutorials may include any form of presentation such as brief talks or panel discussions but should include hands-on exercises. Tutorials serve an educational function and are expected to provide a balanced perspective on a field of research. They should not focus on the presenters' own research or software, unless balanced with other tools in the same realm. However, tutorials on broadly used bioinformatics tools will be considered.

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Tutorials organization

Tutorials can be planned to be either in-person or fully online, but should not be hybrid. (eg. tutorial presenters and participants should either be fully online or in-person).

Tutorials presented in-person will be held on Thursday, April 17. Tutorials presented online will be held on a weekday (TBD) prior to the conference start. If submitting an online tutorial proposal you will be asked to confirm your preferred time zone for presentation.

Tutorials to be held in-person on Thursday, April 17 will be scheduled as noted below:

Full Day Schedule: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, (10:45-11:00 am Coffee; Lunch Break 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm)

Half Day Schedule: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (Break at 10:45-11:00 am) or 1:00-5:00 pm (Break at 2:30 - 2:45 pm)

Times are subject to change based on accepted proposals.

Compensation

The conference organizers are able to offer a complimentary conference registration for up to 2 tutorial presenters. Tutorial organizers may choose to share the value of the complimentary registration if the tutorial has additional presenters. All additional costs (travel, hotel, etc) are the responsibility of the tutorial organizers.

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Submitting a Tutorial Proposal

Tutorial proposals should contain the following information in a maximum of 4 pages:

• Title of Tutorial
• Abstract for Tutorial
• Learning Objectives for Tutorial
• Short promotional blurb for Tutorial if selected
• Maximum number of attendees which can participate in the tutorial
• Draft Schedule of the tutorial including coffee breaks (half-day or full-day schedule) - Include draft talk titles or draft content to be covered in each section
• Identify and highlight blocks of hands-on content in your submission
• Draft List of Tutorial Speakers with titles and affiliations
• Intended audience and level - Describe the audience for which the Tutorial is aimed, and at which level it would be taught (e.g. beginner, past experience, advanced knowledge).

The final proposal must be uploaded as a PDF file only.

Deadline for Tutorial Proposals: February 3, 2025

During the submission process be sure to provide a brief description of the tutorial that will be used on the website to promote it to delegates, and to confirm that if selected, you will submit draft and final tutorial materials for committee review by the listed deadlines.

Submit Tutorial Proposal

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Review of Tutorial Proposals

All tutorial submissions will be evaluated by a committee, which will consider the following criteria:

• Relevance, interest, and value of the topic to ISMB attendees and COSI communities
• The tutorial should achieve a good balance between the theoretical component and hands-on exercises
• Completeness, clarity, and quality of the proposal and materials including schedule of tutorial
• Educational value and effectiveness of the proposed presentation approach and FAIRness of the data, tools and content

Successful tutorial proposals will be notified by February 28, 2025 (no later than 17:00 Eastern Time (ET).

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Tutorial Materials

The tutorial speakers agree to provide participants with teaching materials that include not later than April 8, 2025:

• Copies of the final slides in Powerpoint or PDF format for posting online.
• Copies of relevant articles/book chapters published by the presenters provided as Supplementary Information. Presenters will have to obtain copyright permission from their publishers, as required.
• Links to repositories containing training materials.
• Make your training materials FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable), as much as possible.

Copyright and Permissions

The authors must grant copyright to tutorial materials to the ISCB for a period extended from acceptance through December 31, 2025. Authors may also license their materials under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. The Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), of which CC-BY 4.0 is the most recent version, was developed to facilitate open access content. Open access content has to be freely available online, and through licensing materials and presentation under CC-BY, it is granted to unrestricted dissemination and re-use, with the single provision that proper attribution is given to the authors in any case of distribution and/or reuse. No warranties are expressed or implied using the CC-BY licensing.

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Conference Chairs:

• ASBCB - Faisal Mohamed Fadlelmola, Kush Centre for Genomics and Biomedical Informatics
• ISCB - Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town

Scientific Programme Chairs:

• Dominique Anderson, South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI)
• Sumir Panji, H3ABioNet

Special Session Chair:

• Alan Christoffels, SANBI, University of the Western Cape

Tutorial Chairs:

• Ruben Cloete, South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI)
• Verena Ras, University of Cape Town

Student Council Symposium Local Organizing Support:

• Chance Hwenude, University of the Western Cape
• Catherine Rossouw, SANBI, University of the Western Cape

Conference Organizing Committee:

• Faisal Mohamed Fadlelmola, Kush Centre for Genomics and Biomedical Informatics, Chair
• Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, Chair
• Alan Christoffels, SANBI, University of the Western Cape
• Ruben Cloete, South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI)
• Amel Ghouila, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Chance Hwenude, University of the Western Cape
• Fungiwe Mpithi, South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI)
• Hugh Patterton, Stellenbosch University
• Verena Ras, University of Cape Town
• Catherine Rossouw, SANBI, University of the Western Cape
  
  ISCB Support Staff:
• Bel Hanson, International Society for Computational Biology
• Diane Kovats, International Society for Computational Biology
• Justine Morris, International Society for Computational Biology

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This is an invitation to scientists and professionals working in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology to submit high quality original research papers for presentation at ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025.

Abstract submission for oral presentation is now closed.  Late-breaking poster presentation is still being accepted.

Submit an Abstract

Abstract talks and posters will be organized according to scientific topics, which are covered by the conference (see below). Please note, abstracts are not limited to the listed conference topics and if the topic of your submission falls outside the listed ones you can choose the "General Computational Biology" area. Your abstract should convey a scientific result and should not be an advertisement for any commercial software package. Commercial software packages wishing to present at the conference should contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• Agricultural Bioinformatics
• AI in Genomics and Precision Medicine
• Bioinformatics Education
• Biomedical Ethics
• Data Governance
• Data for OneHealth
• Drug Design and Discovery
• Informatics for Biobanks
• Metagenomics
• Open Science and Open Data
• Pathogen Genomics
• Population Genetics, Variation, and Evolution
• General Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Abstracts for Oral Presentation and/or poster submissions to ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 should be approximately 400 words and have no figures. Adding references to already published papers is recommended where appropriate. Submission deadline in Easychair is February 20, 2025. Submission link can be found here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iscbafrica2025 

Late-breaking posters will be accepted until March 13, 2025.
Submission link can be found here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iscbafrica2025 

For a variety of reasons, ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 strongly prefers that scientific research accepted for oral presentation be presented in-person at the conference venue. We understand that some presenters will have valid reasons to avoid in-person attendance. ISCB will grant remote presentation options for reasons associated with maternity/paternity leave, care for a family member, personal/medical disability, sickness, financial hardship, or potential visa problems. If your research is accepted for oral presentation and you are unable to present in person, ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 requires notification at the time of acceptance and no later than March 17, 2025. You will be asked during your confirmation of participation to confirm your in-person participation. If unable to participate you will need to request a waiver by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Any abstracts submitted after the deadline will be included only at the discretion of the conference chairs, and will be eligible for poster presentations only. Please also note that we can only allow one abstract per presenting author.

All talks will be recorded and available to participants as well as included in a live broadcast schedule as part of the virtual platform. All schedules will be posted on the ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 website.

In-Person Poster Hall: When preparing accepted posters please note that your printed poster should not exceed the following dimensions: 1.1 meters x 1.5 meters. There will be 1or 2 poster per side on the each poster board. Additionally, we ask that you also follow the Virtual Poster Theater information below in addition to your in-person presentation. This ensures all posters are viewable to both in-person and virtual attendees thus providing more exposure to your work.

Virtual Poster Theater: When preparing accepted posters please note that your poster will need to be uploaded via the virtual platform portal in two formats - a PDF of the poster and a 5-7 minute flash talk video not to exceed 100MB. Poster portal information will be sent to all approved posters closer to the conference and after the notification deadline. All presentations MUST be uploaded on specific dates the week of April 1st*. More specific dates will be given closer to the conference.
*Late Breaking posters will have a very short turn-around.

Authors selected for presentation (talk or poster) will be required to register for the conference.

Abstract Submission Deadline is February 20, 2025 - NOW CLOSED
Late Breaking Poster Submission Deadline is March 13, 2025

Please note: the official language of the conference is English.

Submit an Abstract

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Links within this page: Registration Benefits | Registration Deadlines | Conference Fellowships | In-Person Registration Fees | Virtual Registration Fees | ISCB Membership | Africa Student Council Symposium | Tutorials |Payment Options | Code of Conduct | Media Release Statement | Cancellation Policy | Controlled Access to Meeting Content

Register Now
Be sure to log in before registering if you are a member.

The safety of conference participants is ISCB’s top priority. Please take a moment to review the Health and Safety Protocols at https://www.iscb.org/iscb-policy-statements/iscb-health-and-safety-protocols, which outline the right of entry requirement to the conference.

Registration Benefits

Registration for the ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 conference is for the full conference. Participants can choose to register to join live at the Lagoon Beach Hotel & Conference Center in Cape Town, South Africa or virtually. Live participants will have access to the virtual platform - ISCB Nucleus, the ISCB center for science, collaboration, and training.

ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 Registration includes the following conference benefits:

• Live sessions with on-demand recordings to benefit attendees from all time zones
• Live question and answer feature to engage with the speaker during sessions
• Live chat feature to engage with other participants within your session room
• Ability to make new connections when utilizing the virtual attendee profile and match maker features
• Schedule one-on-one time with speakers, poster presenters, exhibitors, and sponsors to learn more about their work, products, or services
• Exclusive access to the ISCB-Africa ASBCB on-demand repository of talks and poster presentations for viewing at your leisure after conference dates through ISCB portal
• Access to training workshops (registration required, first come first served, additional fees apply) on April 17 - coffee breaks included
• Coffee breaks are included for the conference April 14 - 16 to all participants

Registration Desk Hours (In-person)
*subject to change without notice

Registration fees are in USD for all in-person and virtual registrations. Certificates of participation will be available on-line following the conference for registered delegates who actively participated.

For a variety of reasons, ISCB/ASBCB strongly prefers that scientific research accepted for oral presentation be presented in-person at the conference venue. We understand that some presenters will have valid reasons to avoid in-person attendance. ISCB/ASBCB will grant remote presentation options for reasons associated with maternity/paternity leave, care for a family member, personal/medical disability, sickness, financial hardship, or potential visa problems. If your research is accepted for oral presentation and you are unable to present in person, ISCB/ASBCB requires notification at the time of acceptance and no later than March 28, 2025. You will be asked during your confirmation of participation to confirm your in-person participation. If unable to participate you will need to request a waiver by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Talks will be broadcast live through the virtual platform for participants.

All virtual talk presenters will be required to provide a pre-recorded talk in advance of the conference. The pre-recorded talk will be used in case of any unforeseen circumstances that prevent a live presentation by the presenter.

We require that in-person presenters upload, at minimum, a pdf or an mp4, but prefer you upload both so that our virtual attendees get the most from your work.  This also serves to extend the life of your work so that all attendees are able to watch it on-demand after the conference. Virtual presenters are required to upload both.

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Registration Deadlines

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Conference Fellowships

ISCB/ASBCB is working hard to secure funding to offer conference (travel and registration) fellowships to any member in good standing with priority going to students and postdoctoral fellows from Africa to attend the conference. Fellowship consideration is based on membership, accepted work to the conference, and country economic status based on World Bank rankings.

Be sure to log in before registering if you are a member.

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In-Person Registration Fees

You can verify your country tier and ISCB membership rate by using this calculator: https://www.iscb.org/dues-calculator

ISCB/ASBCB now offer group registrations!  The Group PI must have a Professional, Laboratory, or Institutional membership to ISCB.  They are charged at same rate as a Professional Member, but all other members of the group register at a discount.  Minimum group size 3 (group PI and 2 others).  NOTE: Group registrations are charged to a single registrant (the group admin), be sure to confirm your institution's regulations and procedures about reimbursement of third party payments.

Register Now
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Virtual Registration Fees

You can verify your country tier and ISCB membership rate by using this calculator: https://www.iscb.org/dues-calculator

ISCB/ASBCB now offer group registrations!  The Group PI must have a Professional, Laboratory, or Institutional membership to ISCB.  They are charged at same rate as a Professional Member, but all other members of the group register at a discount.  Minimum group size 3 (group PI and 2 others).  NOTE: Group registrations are charged to a single registrant (the group admin), be sure to confirm your institution's regulations and procedures about reimbursement of third party payments.

Register Now
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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 registered with your ISCB membership record 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 use the help function at: http://www.iscb.org/iscb-forgot-your-password

Non-Members of ISCB

Save money by becoming a member of ISCB during registration.

ISCB Membership Renewal

If your ISCB membership is not current or will expire on or before April 17, 2025, you will be offered an opportunity to renew your membership as part of your registration fees through the online system.

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Africa Student Council Symposium

A one day event showcasing student submissions, reviewed and selected by the ISCB Student Council

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Tutorials

Tutorials will be offered in addition to the conference. Details on tutorial programs being offered will be available as they are finalized.

Note: You must be registered for the conference to attend a tutorial.
Registration for tutorials will close prior to the start of the event, if not already sold out. Register early to avoid disappointment.  Important dates are listed at the top of this page and on the key dates page.

Register Now
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Payment Options

ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 conference fees are charged in USD. The following credit/gift cards are accepted for registration: MasterCard and Visa.

Wire Transfer or Cheque

Last day to pay by wire or check Ends on March 30, 2025 - after this time only Credit Card payment is accepted

Delegates wishing to pay using a wire transfer will select “pay by wire” on the Additional Options page and the Payment page during registration to create an invoice. Wire transfer information will be found on the summary page once registration is complete, as well as at the bottom of their PDF invoice.

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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Code of Conduct

The ISCB Code of Conduct for ISCB Conferences is available here.

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Media Release Statement

ISCB intends to take photographs and video of this event for use in ISCB news, media, and promotional material, in print and electronic, including the ISCB website and social platforms.  As an international society ISCB is GDPR compliant. During your registration you will be asked to provide ISCB with permission to use any incidental capture of your voice or likeness for our promotional material.

ISCB will record all presentations given at the conference.  Presenters will be asked to submit a Confirmation of Participation, during which they will be asked for permission under CC-BY4.0 for ISCB to a) keep the recording and b) share the recording.  Instances where permission to keep the recording have been denied will be fulfilled as early as ISCB is able to edit the recordings.

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Cancellation Policy

Requests for registration cancellation must be made in writing and emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. prior to April 1, 2025.

• Delegates registering no later than March 17, 2025 are eligible for a full conference refund at any date prior to the opening day of the conference should your plans change. No cancellation fee applies.
• Delegates registering after March 17, 2025 will be refunded less a $50.00 administration fee.
• No refunds are available after April 1, 2025.

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Controlled Access to Meeting Content

Only registered participants will have online access to the conference while it is live, and for 6 months afterwards, through the virtual platform. Presenters are asked to provide permission to ISCB to keep and, separately, to share the recording of their talks.  Any recordings for which ISCB was granted permission to keep the recording will be available to registered participants via the virtual platform for so long as it is open.  Only those presentations for which ISCB has permission to share the recordings will be posted to our YouTube channel and the Nucleus Content Library.  This permission can be updated at any time.

For questions about registration contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Why aren't extensions allowed?

Every file that's uploaded needs to be processed, that's a video from every virtual talk, a video and/or PDF from every in-person poster, and a video and a PDF from every virtual poster.  This takes a substantial amount of time on top of travelling to the venue (often internationally), setting up the venue, coordinating volunteers, opening the virtual platform, troubleshooting attendees who try to access said platform, printing delegate name tags, preparing opening slides, organizing awards, identifying dietary requirements, running pre-conference tutorials, processing recordings from completed tutorials, answering questions from delegates who are arriving at the venue, organizing all other ongoing ISCB conferences and affiliated events, and continuing day-to-day upkeep for the Society.  These deadlines don't exist in a vacuum which is why they're broadcast as early and often as they are.

*Dates subject to change without notice

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Abstracts

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Registration

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Student Council Symposium (SCS)

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Tutorials

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Thanks for Joining us in Cape Town!

You can download the abstract book by clicking here

Count Down to ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025!

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ASBCB), in collaboration with the African Bioinformatics Institute (ABI) and H3ABioNet, are thrilled for this upcoming ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics, taking place April 14–17, 2025, in the vibrant city of Cape Town, South Africa. 

Scientific Programme Quick Links

This premier conference brings together a dynamic community of global and African researchers, providing a unique multidisciplinary platform to explore cutting-edge advancements in bioinformatics and computational biology. With a focus on Africa-driven research and innovation, the conference fosters collaboration, sparks new ideas, and empowers participants to shape the future of the field while building essential technical skills.

The scientific program will showcase renowned keynote speakers, interactive tutorials, and special sessions covering a diverse range of topics, including:

• Agricultural Bioinformatics
• AI in Genomics and Precision Medicine
• Bioinformatics Education
• Biomedical Ethics
• Data Governance
• Data for OneHealth
• Drug Design and Discovery
• Informatics for Biobanks
• Metagenomics
• Open Science and Open Data
• Pathogen Genomics
• Population Genetics, Variation, and Evolution
• General Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Whether you join in-person or virtually, you will gain access to exceptional opportunities:

In-person attendees can look forward to:

• Cutting-edge training workshops and technical tutorials
• Inspiring scientific talks and the Student Council Symposium
• Exclusive networking events to forge valuable collaborations
• One-on-one meetings with speakers, poster presenters, and industry leaders
• Access to an on-demand repository of sessions and posters to revisit key insights

Virtual attendees will enjoy:

• Livestreamed sessions and on-demand recordings, accessible across time zones
• Live Q&A and chat features to engage with speakers and fellow participants
• Attendee profile and matchmaking tools for seamless virtual networking
• Full access to recorded talks and posters for flexible learning

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and collaborate with leading experts and peers driving bioinformatics forward in Africa and beyond.  Consider submitting your research and join us in Cape Town or virtually to be part of the conversations shaping the future of bioinformatics and computational biology in Africa. Mark your calendar and register today—we can’t wait to see you there!