1. 12 th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference Welcome to BOSC 2011 July 15-16, 2011 http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2011 bosc@open-bio.org Organizing Committee: Nomi Harris (Co-Chair), Peter Rice (Co-Chair), Brad Chapman, Peter Cock, Kam Dahlquist, Erwin Frise, Darin London, Ron Taylor

2. Welcome to BOSC 2011 Started in 2000 Sponsored by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (O|B|F) Membership application in the complete BOSC program and at http://www.open-bio.org/http://www.open-bio.org/ Sign up for the BOSC-announce mailing list (see bottom of BOSC home page) Want to help plan BOSC 2012?

3. BOSC Schedule and Logistics Current schedule is online at: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2011_Schedule Speakers, please report to session chair during break before your session Send us your slides (bosc@open-bio.org). After the meeting, we will post them on SlideShare.bosc@open-bio.org Optional dinner tonight (pay your own way)

4. Posters Three poster sessions: Today, 1:30-2:30 Today, 5:30-6:30 Tomorrow, 1:00-2:00 Please put up your poster by lunchtime today Check program for your poster number Use the double-sided tape provided—no thumbtacks We have space for last-minute posters! Email the organizers at bosc@open-bio.org: Title, brief description, open source license You will be assigned a poster number

5. Call for Birds of a Feather (BOFs) BOF sessions: Today, 5:30-6:30 Tomorrow, 5:30-6:30 Location? Post your BOF at http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2011/BOFs * You will need to sign up for an account on the wiki

6. Vote for Best Talk Ballot is included with printed BOSC schedule Turn in your ballot after the last talk (4:30 on Saturday) Audience favorite will be announced at 5:20 on Saturday

7. Thank you to our sponsors! (Eagle Genomics & an anonymous donor) Sponsored three Student Travel Fellowships: Florian P. Breitwieser Kerensa McElroy Konstantin Okonechnikov

8. Thank you to… Program Committee: Jan Aerts, Enis Afgan, Tiago Antao, Kazuharu Arakawa, Brad Chapman, Peter Cock, Kam Dahlquist, Heiko Dietze, Thomas Down, Erwin Frise, Cyrus Harmon, Nomi Harris, Michael Heuer, Richard Holland, Alex Lancaster, Hilmar Lapp, Heikki Lehvaslaiho, Darin London, Scott Markel, Hervé Ménager, Dave Messina, Jim Procter, Peter Rice, Olivier Sallou, Martin Senger, William Spooner, Ronald Taylor, Mark Wilkinson, Christian Zmasek Session Chairs: Peter Rice, Jan Aerts, Thomas Down, Brad Chapman, Peter Cock, Jim Procter ISCB Conferences Director, Steven Leard