BioBarCamp is a unconference focused on life sciences, biotechnology, synthetic biology, personalized genomics & medicine, bioinformatics, do-it-yourself biology and related topics.
Date: August 6/7, 2008
Location: The Institute for the Future, 124 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94301
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Wed Aug 6th
9.00am - 12.00pm: DIYBioDIY demo (activity and venue to be confirmed)
12.30pm - 1.30pm: Registration and lunch
1.30pm - 1.45pm: Welcome
1.45pm - 3.45pm: Introductions
3.45pm - 4.15pm: Coffee break
4.30pm - 5.45pm: Keynote talk
5.45pm - 6.15pm: Drinks reception
6.30pm - onwards: Dinner venue(s) TBC
8.30pm - Bar TBC
Thu Aug 7th
8.30am - 9.15pm: Breakfast (provided)
9.15am - 9.30am: Welcome & announcements for day 2
9.30am - 11.00am: Session 1
11.00am - 11.30am: Coffee break
11.30am - 1.00pm: Session 2
1.00pm - 2.00pm: Lunch (provided)
2.00pm - 3.30pm: Session 3
3.30pm - 4.00pm: Coffee break
4.00pm - 5.30pm: Session 4
5.30pm - 6.15pm: Drinks reception
6.30pm - onwards: Dinner venue(s) TBC
8.30pm - Bar TBC
Attendance is free, but registration is necessary as there is only space for 75 participants, and meals will be provided (depending on available funds from sponsors).
Register by adding your name to the participant list on the BioBarCamp Google Group.
Schedule:
Stay tuned for details on the exact start times, but count on the entire day on August 7 and the afternoon/evening of August 6. The session schedule will be determined on August 6.
Relevant Links:
BioBarCamp Google Group - for any contact information and questions or email Attila Csordas: attilacsordasatgmail.com
The Institute for the Future - location of BioBarCamp
Google Map - location and suggested nearby hotels.
New to BarCamp?
See the BarCamp.org main page or Wikipedia for an explanation.
Other science-themed BarCamp events include BarCamb and SciBarCamp.
Sponsorship information:
BioBarCamp is still looking for additional sponsors to cover meals for participants. Companies can sponsor the event for $250, and individual donors may contribute as well (suggested individual donation: $50). Donations can be made through Paypal or by cheque. See the top of this page for sponsorship contact details.
Current sponsors: Nature Publishing Group 23andMe, Ion Torrent Systems Inc., Gahaga Biosciences Inc., Entelos, Scimatic Software, Ahram Biosystems Wired
Individual donors: Chris Patil, Deepak Singh, Attila Csordas, John Cumbers, Mackenzie Cowell
Participants:
(updated on June 29. The most up to date list, with links to websites, is here.)
- Eva Amsen
- Monya Baker
- Alex Bangs
- Pedro Beltrao
- Jason Bobe
- Mackenzie Cowell
- Attila Csordas
- John Cumbers
- John Delacruz
- Daniel Erlanson
- Jim Hardy
- Andrew Hessel
- Tito Jankowski
- Kambiz Kamrani
- Wendell Lim (to be confirmed)
- Alexis Madrigal
- Jamie Mcquay
- Cameron Neylon
- Michael Nielsen
- Charles Parnot
- Chris Patil
- Ward Plunet
- Heather Root
- Jonathan Rothberg
- Deepak Singh
- Peter Tsai
- Ricardo Vidal
- May Wang
- Shirley Wu
- Andrew Yates
- Kevin Braithwaite
- Nitin Gupta
- Kurt Qemish
- Adam Glickman
- Michael Andreg
- Matthew "Oki" O'Connor
- Joseph Jackson
- Guido Nunez
- Siamak "Ash" Ashrafi
- Sofia Marshak
- Joel Dudley
- Hilary Spencer
- Aubrey de Grey
- Martin Brandon
- Prasanth Potluri
- Peter Binfield
- Eri Gently
- Jim Shaw
- Jon Trowbridge
- Victor Hanson-Smith
- Nikesh Kotecha
- Yael Garten
- Jason Myers
- Dan Kaplan
- Todd Huffman
- Razib Khan
- Melanie Swan
- Thomas Goetz
- Bess Ho
- Issac Trotts
- Brian Andreg
- Ravi Vinayak
- Julius Lucks (added by JC)
- Mark Kaganovich
- Jeremy England
- Joseph Perla
- Gary Wolf
