Objects in Bioinformatics - Reusable Software Components and Distributed Computing for the Biological Sciences.
June 18-19th, 1997
Invited Speakers: Graham Cameron (Head of Services, European Bioinformatics Institute).
David Moss (Dept. of Crystallography, Birkbeck College).
Peter Rice (Informatics Division, The Sanger Centre).
Andrew Lyall (Glaxo Wellcome).
Stan Letovsky (The Genome Database, Johns Hopkins University).
Nathan Goodman (The Jackson Laboratory).
David Parry-Smith (Bioinformatics Group, Pfizer Central Research).
Alan Robinson (Industry Support, European Bioinformatics Institute).
Jeroen Coppieters (Services Research and Development, European Bioinformatics Institute).
(Other speakers to be confirmed).
Program:
Announcing a two day meeting on the role of reusable object-oriented software components and
distributed objects in bioinformatics and the biological sciences. The meeting will include lectures,
presentations, poster sessions and discussion groups on the rapidly expanding and developing
fields of software components and distributed computing from both an academic and industrial
perspective.
Invited talks will cover the application of reusable components, software libraries, distributed
object technology, data visualisation and the bioWidget Consortium.
Poster stands, each with a dedicated networked computer, are available upon which delegates
may showcase their work and projects. Participants are encouraged to submit a brief abstract for
a poster relevant to the meeting themes. We hope to have a prize for the best poster presentation.
The meeting is organised by the European Bioinformatics Institute in association with the
bioWidget Consortium. The meeting will be held in the newly completed conference facilities at
the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in the grounds of Hinxton Hall, Cambridge, UK.
Registration :
A nominal registration fee of 25 GBP is being charged. Registration Form.
Deadline for Abstracts: May 18th, 1997.
Email for Requests and Registration: alan@ebi.ac.uk