Social Events

Welcome to Boston - Orienteering Event – Friday, July 9
Opening Reception with Exhibitors - Saturday, July 10
Elsevier Avatar Party - Monday July 12
ISMB Closing Reception together with Opening MGED Reception – Tuesday, July 13

Welcome to Boston - Orienteering Event

Orienteering Pictures available here

 
Orienteering Event Results
 
The ISMB orienteering ice-breaker was held in the Public Gardens, the Boston Common, and nearby areas. The map and course were prepared by Deb Humiston. Quite a few people came along, in spite of the hot weather. This is the 8th year we’ve had orienteering at ISMB, so it’s becoming quite the tradition. (We also orienteered in Edmonton, Brisbane, Montreal, Detroit, Vienna, Glasgow and Toronto.) Orienteering is a map navigation sport; at ISMB we do a variation that is an instance of the NP-complete prize-collecting traveling salesman problem. In this game, teams maximize the number of points they gather by visiting as many checkpoints as they can in a set time period.
The goal of the event is to have fun and meet people.
Team
Points
Minutes
Members
2
23
55
Madelaine and Peter Gogol
8
20
57
Judy Blake, Sven-Eric Schelhorn, Dorothea Emig, Eddie Salinas, Saad Sheikh
9
18
57
Cameron McLean, Magali Ruffier, Amy Tang
3
18
59
Suzanne Gallagher, Rikard Erlandsson, Ping Hu, Daniel Houck, Na Harrington
10
18
60
Carolyn, Siobhan, Clodagh and Janet Hoban
6
18
64
Steffen Jaensch, Stephen Saulfeld
13
17
61
John Beaver, Julia Ponomarenko, Shawn O'Neil, Irena Lanc, Ray Naran
1
16
60
Ibrahim Emem, Bart Hooghe
17
16
60
Daniel Hansen, Anders Boeck Jensen, Huy Dinh
11
13
60
Leonid, Alla, Rony, Daniel, Samuel and Jonathan Zaslavsky
5
11
58
Anika Jocker, Riha Ahmed
15
6
18
Marina, Naisha, Shilpa, Max
12
5
69
Matthias Maneck, Benedict Anchang, Renxiang Yan, Jari Bjorne
14
5
70
Ivelina Nikolova, Adrian Coulet
7
2
72
Weichuan Wu, Yan Fu, Ding Ye
4
0
87
Adolf Himmler, Christoph Pontasch, Marina Olhovsky
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friday, July 9, 2010
*registration required - If you did not register during the on-line registration  you can still sign-up on site at the Registration Desk. The registration desk is located at the Hynes Convention Center, Hall C Pre-function space, 200 Level.

Orienteering Registration: 5:30 p.m. (Meet at Hynes Convention Center, Hall C – Pre-function Space, 200 Level – Information Desk)

Event begins: 6:00 p.m.

Finish in approximately 90 minutes

 

The organizers will provide you with maps and the necessary information you will need for this fun event.

 
The orienteering event is an ISMB Conference tradition. This year the event will begin at the Hynes Convention Center and participants will discover some of Boston’s most favorite sites including the Boston Common and parts of the Freedom Trail. The starting point of the Freedom Trail, Boston Common is the oldest park in the country. The park is almost 50 acres in size.
 
Boston Common
 
Today, Boston Common is the anchor for the Emerald Necklace, a system of connected parks that winds through many of Boston's neighborhoods.
The "Common" has been used for many different purposes throughout its long history. Until 1830, cattle grazed the Common, and until 1817, public hangings took place here. British troops camped on Boston Common prior to the Revolution and left from here to face colonial resistance at Lexington and Concord in April, 1775. Celebrities, including Martin Luther King Jr., Pope John Paul II, and Gloria Steinem (advocate of the feminist revolution), have given speeches at the Common.
 
The organizers will provide you with maps and the necessary information you will need for this fun event.
 
Date: Friday, July 9
Orienteering Registration: 5:30 p.m (gather at Information Desk - Hynes Convention Center - Hall C Pre-function space - 200 Level)
Event begins: 6:00
Finish in approximately 90 minutes
Event Cost: $15.00
 
Delegates should register during the on-line registration process.


Saturday, July 10, 2010

Opening Reception with Exhibitors

Hynes Convention Center - Boylston Street Foyer
300 Level
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Elsevier Avatar Party

Venu Nightclub, 100 Warrenton St, Boston
9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.

for details click here


Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Conference Closing Reception together with Opening MGED Reception

Sheraton Hotel – Constitution Ballroom
Level 2
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.