10th International Biocuration conference on March 26-29, 2017

Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center

Agenda

The meeting will open on Sunday morning, March 26, 2017 at 8:30 AM. Registration will be open at 7:30 AM, Sunday March 26th. There will be daily keynote speakers, workshops, and focused scientific sessions from 8:30 AM -5:30 PM. Posters will be presented on Sunday, March 26 and Monday, March 27. A guided walk through campus will be followed by a meeting cocktail reception on Monday evening, March 27, 2017. On Wednesday, March 29th, we will have the ISB General Meeting, as well as a final keynote speaker before closing the meeting at 5:30pm.

Schedule of events

Time  

Sunday

March 26, 2017

Monday

March 27, 2017

Tuesday

March 28, 2017

Wednesday

March 29, 2017

7:30 AM Registration open Registration open Registration open  
8:30 AM Keynote speaker: Ami Bhatt
Keynote speaker: Michael Huerta Keynote speaker: Daphne Koller
Workshops
9:30 AM
Session 1: Data Integration, Data Visualization, and Community Annotation Session 3: DATABASE virtual issue 
Session 6: Data standards and ontologies Workshops (cont.)
10:30 AM Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
11:00 AM Session 1 (cont.): Data Integration, Data Visualization, and Community Annotation Session 3 (cont.): DATABASE virtual issue   Session 6: Data standards and ontologies
Keynote speaker: Steve Lincoln
12 noon Lunch/Poster Session I Lunch/Poster Session II Lunch Lunch
1:00 PM Poster session I, Berg Hall A Poster session II, Berg Hall A
Workshops
ISB General Meeting
1:30 PM Workshops Session 4: Functional Annotation Workshops (cont.) ISB General Meeting (cont.)
2:00 PM Workshops (cont.) Session 4 (cont.): Functional Annotation
Workshops (cont.)

ISB Exceptional Contributions to Biocuration Award: Chris Mungall

ISB Biocuration Career Award: Marc Feuermann

3:00 PM Workshops (cont.) Coffee break Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 PM Coffee break Session 5: Text Mining Alliance of Genome Resources Session 8: Precision Medicine
4:00 PM Session 2: Large scale and predictive annotation/Big data
Session 5 (cont): Text Mining (3:30-5 PM) Keynote speaker: Euan Ashley (4-5 PM) Session 8 (cont.): Precision Medicine
5:30 PM Session 2 (cont) : Large scale and predictive annotation/Big data Reception at Stanford Faculty Club

Session 7: Curation standards and best practice, challenges in biocuration, biocuration tutorial (5-6:30 PM)

 
6:00 PM ISB Biocuration Career Award: John Westbrook (439 Lagunita Drive,
Stanford, CA 94305)
   

Walking Tour and Cocktail Reception

Faculty Club

Take a leisurely stroll through the beautiful Stanford campus, ending up at the Faculty Club to  enjoy a cocktail reception with fellow meeting attendees.

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