CONFERENCE DETAILS
Key dates
30 September: early registration ends, submission of abstracts
21 October: extended abstracts due on this date, see below
30 October: late registration ends 28 October: registration closed; reached max. capacity
31 October: replies to authors – all submissions can be presented as posters
18 November: tutorials, first-come first-served, limit 160 participants
19-21 November: conference days
Theme and scope of conference
“Bioinformatics as a growth engine for ___ (your favourite country here)”
We will ask invited speakers to include one slide on this topic
Scope: about Elixir • biodiversity • bioinformatics • bioprospecting • computational biology • enzyme discovery • genomics • metabolic engineering • microbiome • pharmacogenomics • phylogeny • structural genomics • synthetic biology • systems biology • text mining
Location (Thessalonica, Greece)
Main venues: Vergina amphitheatre, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (Fri/Mon) and Noesis conference center, very near to CERTH (Sat/Sun)
Tutorials in Aiolos classroom, also at CERTH, see 18-Nov here
Tutorials now in Vergina amphitheatre, see 18-Nov here — due to high demand
Poster session at the lobby of the conference centre
Meeting point: Hyatt-Regency Thessalonica
Film projection session [TBC]
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SUBMISSION DETAILS
Call for papers
Papers should be up to 5 pages, single-spaced and set in 12 point type, including title, abstract, figures, tables, and bibliography
Please see here for the CfP issued on 22-Jul-2016
First page should give keywords, postal and electronic mailing addresses, telephone, and fax numbers
No format requirements for the submitted paper, in editable formats please
Submit your abstract (and extended abstract) here
Currently exploring publication options for selected papers with ISCB CommJ (Fof1000) on HBio channel — more info at the conference
Tutorials
Pre-conference day (18-Nov-2016) will be devoted to tutorials
Four tutorials will be kindly offered – free of additional charge – on a first-come, first-served basis
Tutorials on IMG, MicroScope, EBI Metagenomics, MG-RAST, Ensembl will be provided
Detailed schedule
Please see here for a programme outline
Please see here for preliminary programme
Final program here
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SPEAKER DETAILS
Invited speakers
Please see here
List of papers
Watch this space after 31 October
Final program here
Open poster session
The poster session is open to anybody who would like to present a poster
Posters will not be published – however if an abstract is submitted before October 21st, it will be included in the conference booklet
Best poster award [TBC]
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REGISTRATION DETAILS
Registration fees
Early registration fee: 40 Euros (students: 20 Euros)
Late registration fee: 60 Euros (students: 30 Euros)
Sponsors: industrial participants who would like to support the conference, with 500 Euros
Registration form
Registration form is provided here
Payment of fees
Can be done either with credit card on the registration form or on site (see options during the registration process)
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TRAVEL DETAILS
Hotel information
Many hotels in Thessalonica should have availability those dates, check here
Another list of the top hotels is available here
Conference hotels for invited speakers Hyatt Regency Thessaloniki, Hotel Nikopolis, Hotel Panorama
Participants should arrange their accommodation themselves
Advisable to look for accommodation towards the ‘East’ (South-East) side of the city, from here — Trivago list here
Hotel discount code “HBio09/2016” for Thessalonica hotels collaborating with CERTH, here
Travel information
Flight information is provided here
Search for flights to SKG here
Thessalonica information from DiscoverGreece, top 10 landmarks from Greece-is, additional info at EnjoyThessaloniki
Transportation
We will arrange for local transport between the conference hotels and CERTH for invited speakers
CERTH is serviced either by bus from the city centre or taxis (can be ordered at the gate), check here
Airport transfers will only be arranged for the invited speakers
Social activities
Depending on our sponsorship performance, we will organize social activities; light lunch and coffees will be provided
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COMMITTEE DETAILS
Organizing committee
Sophia Ananiadou, UK | Pantelis Angelidis, Greece | Eleftherios Angelis, Greece | Stella Bezergianni, Greece | Theodora Farmaki, Greece | Ioannis Iliopoulos, Greece | Ilias Kappas, Greece | Yiannis Kourmpetis, Switzerland | Nikos Kyrpides, USA | Pericles Mitkas, Greece | Christos Ouzounis, Greece | Anastasia Politou, Greece | Vasilis Promponas, Cyprus | Zacharias Scouras, Greece | Alexandros Stamatakis, Germany | Pantelis Topalis, Greece | George Tsiamis, Greece | Ioannis Vizirianakis, Greece
Program committee
This year the program committee duties will be performed by the organizing committee
Local Organizing committee
K Billis (UK) | A Chanalaris (UK) | A Doulis (GR) | D Grigoriadis (GR) | C Karapiperis (GR) | A Oulas (GR) | E Pafilis (GR) | E Panteris (GR) | E Samaras (UK) | S Tamana (CY) | T Theodosiou (GR)
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OTHER DETAILS
Proceedings
Full-length manuscripts from abstracts accepted for oral presentation will be published in archival proceedings, including those submitted as posters
Sponsors
CERTH | TIZ | AUTH ✦ FORTH
BMC’s JBR | Ministry of Interior, Deputy Minister of Macedonia & Thrace
under the auspices of: Ministry of Education, Deputy Minister of Research & Innovation
Biogenea | LabNet | Elpen | Uni-Pharma
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