3. Release SP 20th contained: –47 talks and 2 tutorials –46 speakers Index of countries: CH: 11; US: 11; UK: 7; FR: 3; JP: 2; NL: 2; BR: 1; CA: 1; DE: 1; DK: 1; IL: 1; IR: 1; MX: 1; RU: 1; SA: 1 Weather: 5 x Release notes

4. For many coming to Brazil included unwelcome stopover(s)

5. It was a relief to be taken charge of at the airport

6. Welcome cocktail at Oasis hotel

7. Efficient registration

8. Many interesting….

9. and entertaining talks

11. How many bionformaticians does it take to set up a mike?

12. Interesting questions

13. Lively tutorials

14. Excellent food (how many kilos did you gain?)

15. In such a nice place

16. Two great poster sessions

17. A work(out) session at the beach

18. The best poster award (and kissing contest)

19. The gala dinner

20. Emotional moments

21. Lots of nice gifts

22. And dancing till 2 AM

23. My only frustration I did not have the time to meet and discuss with most participants. Sorry to all of you, friends or future friends.

24. For over two years she has worked many hours preparing this meeting In the last two months she has toiled to get things moving In the last two weeks she has slaved away to get thing ready In the last two days she was so tired she could not appreciate how good a job she did In the last two hours she is starting to realize that……

25. There are only two good days when you decide to organize a scientific meeting: -The day you decide that you are going to do it -The day its finished In between it will be hell! In 2004 she proposed that the SP20 meeting could take place in Brazil back to back with ISMB 2006

26. Claudia Lydie

27. Sergio told me on the day we were setting up everything: when I get to a meeting I always have an intuition on how well the meeting will be: and this one will be great!

28. For having made the trip to Fortaleza For your participation For your gifts For your friendship Have a safe flight back I hope to see many of you before SP25 (New Zealand) or SP30 (in orbit?)