>Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:51:19 -0800 (PST) >From: "O'Reilly Conferences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: O'Reilly Conference Newsletter Update - 021112a > >**Special Invitation for O'Reilly Conference Alumni** >Save 30% on Conference Registration - details below > >Registration is open for the 2nd Annual >O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference >Practical Tools For Innovation > >The Westin Horton Plaza, San Diego, CA >February 3 - 6, 2003 >http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/ > > > O'REILLY CONFERENCE NEWSLETTER UPDATE - 021112a > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >1 Conference News - Lincoln Stein Returns to BIOCON >2 Special Tutorial Offer - Register Early And Save $455 >3 Conference Highlights - Did we mention our keynotes? >4 This Week's Speaker bio - Christopher Dwan >5 BIOCON Tracks - Hard Data, Hard Facts, and the Lessons Learned >6 See & Do in San Diego - Did we mention the weather? > >******************************************************** >"In the tradition of O'Reilly books, their conferences >get past the fluff and hype of other conferences and >home in directly on the meat of the technology." >--Jason Hall from Plug, the Provo area Linux Users Group >******************************************************** > >1 NEWS > >Lincoln Stein Returns to BIOCON >2002 Keynoter Lincoln Stein will return to keynote the >O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference in February >2003. Download the presentation file for Stein's 2002 keynote >Bioinformatics, Building a Nation from a Land of City States. >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/presentations/bio2002/stein_keynote.ppt > >This year Stein discusses the challenges of bringing >bioinformatics into the biological mainstream, and charts a >course for the future of bioinformatics. >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/bio2003/view/e_sess/3452 > >2 EARLY BIRD AND ALUMNI DISCOUNTS > >SPECIAL OFFER - SAVE $455 WHEN YOU REGISTER BY DEC 16! >Register for a half-day of tutorials and we'll throw in an >additional half-day of tutorials free. You'll save $455. > >Take an additional 30% off when you use our alumni discount >Code bio03alum > >Standard Registration $1600 >Early Bird Discount -$455 (session pass + full day of tutorials) >30% Alumni Discount -$343.50 (($1600 - 455) - 30%) >You Pay Only $801.50 > >Register by December 16 and Save! >http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/ > >3 HIGHLIGHTS > >High Profile Keynotes set the stage for BIOCON2003 >Six world-renowned life science and computer experts come to San Diego, >to set the stage for discussions about bioinformatics. > >Joining Lincoln Stein in our keynote lineup are: > >Stephen Wolfram > Creator of Mathematica, author of A New Kind of Science >Suzanna Lewis > Informatics Group Leader, Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project >Francis Ouellette > Director, University of British Columbia Bioinformatics Centre >Alvis Brazma > Microarray Informatics Group Leader, European Bioinformatics Institute >James Gosling > VP and Fellow, Sun Microsystems > >In addition, UC Santa Cruz researcher Jim Kent will deliver a >plenary talk as part of the Bioinformnatics.Org Benjamin >Franklin Award Presentation. > >For details on our great keynote lineup, please visit >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/21/keynotes.html > > >/==========================================================\ >Convention Newsletter Sponsored by Genome Technology Magazine > >Genome Technology is the only monthly magazine focused on >the technology and business of genomics, proteomics and >bioinformatics. Its readers are an elite audience of genomics >scientists and technology professionals worldwide. We take >you inside the minds, the methods, and the machines shaping >the new biology. >http://www.genome-technology.com/ >\==========================================================/ > > >4 FEATURED CONFERENCE SPEAKER BIO > >Christopher Dwan >Dwan is a bioinformatics programmer at the University of >Minnesota's Center for Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics. >He helps life scientists apply high performance computational >resources to their research. > >How did Dwan get into bioinformatics? "I have always been fascinated >by the mechanisms of life. Many members of my nuclear family are >physicians. I've always wanted to explore biochemistry and 'how life >works,' but my aptitudes are stronger for computers than with people. > >My prior work was in vision processing and pattern recognition. One >of my colleagues had taken his Ph.D. in biochemistry, and we would >frequently talk about the potential for applying machine learning >and information sciences to biological problems. I would also chat >with my family about how their research/work might be a bit more >productive if we could combine our disciplines. Thus, when the >opportunity came for me to work with a bioinformatics and genomics >research group, I jumped at it." > >In the session How Not To Use BLAST, Dwan examines the issues and >misconceptions which remain the same despite the millions of times >he has helped users to run BLAST with specialized hardware, the >UNIX command line, or a web interface. He demonstrates and analyzes >"stupid BLAST tricks"--a small sampling of ways in which a user can >create thoroughly confusing results using BLAST. >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/bio2003/view/e_sess/3469 > >5 TRACKS > >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/21/tutorials.html >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/21/sessions.html > >Toolkits >The latest tools, methods and techniques to structure, visualize, >and mine microbiological data. > >Techniques >New applications that deliver methods and strategies for >high-throughput analysis and visualization. > >Bioinformatics Overview >Solutions as well as the lessons learned through real-world >clinical development. > >End-User Applications >Solid grounding in essential methods for enhancing the researchers >experience and results. > >System Administration and Infrastructure >Creative methods and techniques to build collaborative systems; >best practices in collaborative environments. > >Bioinformatics.Org >Bioinformatics.Org is pleased to hold its annual, one-day event >at the O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference. The program >is open to all registered attendees and includes an introduction >to Bioinformatics.Org, panel discussions, project presentations, >and evening "Birds of a Feather" meetings. > > >Conference Overview >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/21/bio2003_grid.html > >/==========================================================\ >Conference Sponsored by GenomeWeb.com > >GenomeWeb.com has quickly become the leading source of >Genomics news for tens of thousands of life science >professionals. With updates throughout the business day, >GenomeWeb.com's team of expert journalists delivers >high-value, forward-looking reports on the business and >technology of genomics. >http://www.genomeweb.com/ >\==========================================================/ > >6 SEE & DO >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/21/see_do.html > >San Diego Offerings >The O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference will be >held in downtown San Diego at the Westin Horton Plaza. >Adjacent to the Horton Plaza shopping center and located >within walking distance of San Diego's bustling Gaslamp >District, the Westin Horton Plaza is at the heart of >countless things to see and do. >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/21/see_do.html > >PLATINUM SPONSORS > >Apple Computer >Sun Microsystems > >For information regarding exhibition or sponsorship >opportunities the convention, contact Andrew Calvo at >707-827-7176, or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >******************************************************* >If you have not subscribed to this list but wish to >continue receiving email announcements about the >O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference, please >visit our opt-in conference email list: > >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/21/maillist.html > >If you do NOT want to receive email announcements about >The O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference, please >reply to this message with REMOVE in the subject line >along with the email address you wish removed: > >EXAMPLE - Subject: REMOVE [EMAIL PROTECTED] >*******************************************************
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