HIMSS AsiaPac08 Conference & Exhibition (20-23 May 2008)

20-23 May 2008
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
http://www.himssasiapac.org/

AMBIS members are entitled to 15% off the Member Early Bird Rate!

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Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences Workshop (21-25 Apr 2008)

SEMANTIC WEB FOR HEALTH CARE AND LIFE SCIENCES WORKSHOP
held in conjunction with
The 17th International World Wide Web Conference
April 21-25, 2008
Beijing, China

Biomedical researchers need to be able to ask questions that span many heterogeneous data sources in order to make well-informed decisions. For this to be achieved, data about drugs, patients, diseases, genes, proteins, and pathways must be effectively integrated. Yet the integration of disparate biomedical data continues to be a challenge to achieve.

Many organizations are now exploring the use of Semantic Web technologies in the hope of easing the effort of data integration. The benefits promised by the Semantic Web include aggregation of heterogeneous data using explicit semantics, simplified annotation and sharing of findings, the expression of rich and well-defined models for data aggregation and search, easier reuse of data in unanticipated ways, and the application of logic to infer additional insights.

W3C has established the Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences (HCLSIG) Interest Group to help organizations in their adoption of the Semantic Web. The HCLSIG is chartered to develop and support the use of Semantic Web technologies to improve collaboration, research and development, and innovation adoption in the domains of Health Care and Life Sciences. As a part of realizing this vision, we are organizing a workshop on the Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences in conjunction with WWW2008.

Audience:
The workshop encourages participation from industry and academia with an emphasis on the practical aspects of applying Semantic Web technologies to the challenges of Health Care and the Life Sciences. We encourage participation from Pharmaceutical and Biotech Companies, Health Care Organizations, Universities and Research Institutes, IT Vendors, and
Government Agencies.

Topics of Interest:
- Semantic integration
- Knowledge representation and reasoning
- Semantic Web applications
- Semantic Web Services
- Querying RDF/OWL
- Query mediation and translation
- Semantic mashups

Submissions:
Authors are invited to submit papers in any of the areas listed above at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcls2008

Papers should follow the general format of refereed papers for WWW2008 as described at: http://www2008.org/submissions/index.html

Important Dates:
Paper submission: Extended until February 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance: February 22, 2008
Final version of accepted papers for inclusion on conference CD: February 29, 2008
Final version of accepted papers: March 21, 2008
Date of workshop: April 22, 2008

Global Healthcare Transformation Congress (7-8 Apr 2008)

As health care continues to evolve, rising to the formidable and immediate challenge of creating both short- and long-term strategies depended largely on a workforce that is led by effective management and equipped with the latest know-how in various departments in a healthcare setting. Global Healthcare Transformation Congress brings you the best in professional development offerings, opportunities to network with and learn from peers in the field, and the latest healthcare information to enhance your career and your organization.

Join us at Global Healthcare Transformation Congress to ensure your organization’s competitive edge and stay ahead of the curve. Equip yourself with tools to respond proactively to the rapidly changing health care environment!

Key Speakers:

• Senior Executive, Asian Hospital & Medical Center
• CIO, FORTIS HEALTHCARE
• Chief Operating Officer, Hospital Pantai Indah
• Managing Director, Joint Commission International
  

Key Topics:

• Healthcare's Response to Globalization: A International Perspective
• Leadership and Innovation: Reimagine, Reinvent and Redesign
• The Marriage of Quality and Financial Health: Moving From Theory to Impact
• Ten Critical Growth Strategies Healthcare Executives Must Know
• Strategic Positioning for Peak Performance Under Healthcare Reform: Facts vs. Fads

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HIMSS08 Annual Conference & Exhibition (24-28 Feb 2008)

Orlando, USA

Registration now open: http://www.himssconference.org/registration/

2nd International Symposium on LBM (6-7 Dec 2007)

2007 Call for Participation

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LBM 2007 R E G I S T R A T I O N IS NOW O P E N !**********************************************************************************

Registration for LBM 2007 is now open. Please go to the LBM 2007 website at http://lbm2007.biopathway.org/ <http://lbm2007.biopathway.org/> and register and book your accommodation.

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Important Dates
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Hotel reservation deadline: November 15, 2007
Early registration deadline: November 15, 2007
Panel Discussion: December 7, 2007
Banquet: December 6, 2007Symposium: December 6-7, 2007

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Table of Contents
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1. LBM 2007 in Biopolis, Singapore
2. Organizing Committee
3. Swissotel the Stamford Hotel Reservation Deadline
4. Lists of Accepted Papers
5. Acceptance Rates
6. Invited Speeches
7. Panel Discussion

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1. LBM 2007 in Biopolis, Singapore
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The 2nd International Symposium on Languages in Biology and Medicine (LBM) will be held at Matrix, Biopolis, Singapore, located near the Ministry ofEducation and on 30 Biopolis Street. The symposium banquet will take place on Thursday 6 December. The participants to LBM2007 are also welcome at the banquet for the International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW), as well as for the conference itself, to be held on December 3-5 back-to-back with LBM 2007.

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2. Organizing Committee
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Steering Committee
See-Kiong Ng, I2R, Singapore
Jong C. Park, KAIST, Korea
Limsoon Wong, NUS, Singapore

General Chairs
Jong C. Park, KAIST, Korea
Limsoon Wong, NUS, Singapore

Programme Committee Chairs
Christopher J. O. Baker, I2R, Singapore
Su Jian, I2R, Singapore

Local Organizing Chair
Rajaraman Kanagasabai, I2R, Singapore

Programme Committee
Sophia Ananiadou, University of Manchester, UK
Vlad Bajic, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Chitta Baral, Arizona State University, USA
Christian Blaschke, Bioalma, Spain
Anita Burgun, Universite de Rennes, France
Werner Ceusters, Buffalo NY, USA
Kevin B. Cohen, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA
Nigel Collier, National Institute for Informatics, Japan
Mark Craven, University of Wisconsin, USA
Rebholz Dietrich, EMBL-EBI, UK
Julian Gough, University of Bristol, UK
Volker Haarslev, Concordia University, Canada
Udo Hahn, Jena University, Germany
Lynette Hirschman, MITRE, USA
Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto, Canada
Ewan Klein, Edinburgh University, UK
Satoshi Kobayashi, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Michael Krauthammer, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Patrick Lambrix, Linköping University, Sweden
Liu, Hong Fang, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
Yves Lussier, University of Chicago, USA
Erik van Mulligen, Erasmus MC, Netherlands
Jinah Park, Information & Communications University, Korea
Tom Rindflesch, National Library of Medicine, USA
Jasmin Saric, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Neil Sarkar, Woods Hole, USA
Stefan Schulz, Freiburg University Hospital, Germany
Donia Scott, Open University, UK
Hagit Shatkay, Queen's University, Canada
Margaret Anne Storey, University Victoria, Canada
Jun'ichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo, Japan, University of Manchester, UK
Alfonso Valencia, CNIO, Spain
W. John Wilbur, NIH, USA
Rene Witte, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Hong Yu, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Pierre Zweigenbaum, LIMSI-CNRS, France
Michel Dumontier, Carleton University, Canada

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3. Swissotel the Stamford Hotel Reservation Deadline
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The deadline for conference-rate reservation in the Swissotel the Stamford has been extended to November 15, 2007. After this date the hotel can guarantee neither the accommodation nor the prices.For more information about the accommodation and reservations see page http://lbm2007.biopathway.org/Registration.htm . Please note that the delegates to LBM2007 can reserve their rooms by November 15, though the room reservations form for the hotel states that it should be sent before "07 November, 2007".

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4. Lists of Accepted Papers
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Please see the lists of papers being accepted to the LBM special issue of BMC Bioinformatics and for long oral presentations and papers being accepted forshort oral presentations at: http://lbm2007.biopathway.org/AcceptedPapers.htm.

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5. Acceptance Rates
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Here are the numbers of submissions, accepted papers and counted acceptance rates:

Papers being accepted to the LBM special issue of BMC Bioinformatics and for long oral presentations: 25.5% (12 out of 47)
Papers for short oral presentations: 31.4% (11 out of 35)

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6. Invited Speeches
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Three invited speeches will be offered at the symposium. The abstract andthe short biography of each invited speaker is available at: http://lbm2007.biopathway.org/Speakers.htm.

Invited Speakers:
Olivier Bodenreider (National Library of Medicine, USA)
Sophia Ananiadou (University of Manchester, UK)
Patrick Lambrix (Linköpings Universitet, Sweden)

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7. Panel Discussion
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The panel discussion will be offered on the second day of the symposium.
Title: Biomedical Languae and Biomedical Knowledge: Emerging Synergies
Chair: Jun-ichi Tsujii (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Panelists: Invited Speakers

ISCB News (Oct 2007)

ISCB ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPDATES

ROCKY ’07
**** CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CLOSING SOON!*****
*/5th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference (Rocky '07) /*
*/November 30 – December 2, 2007… Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado /*
*/SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 8, 2007 /*
***_http://www.iscb.org/rocky07/presentation.htm_***

Just days remain before the chance to submit your abstract to Rocky '07 disappears. Make your plans now to attend this educational andcommunity building event in the majestic setting of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, just as the 07/08 ski season kicks off. All scientifically valid submissions are guaranteed a slot in the agenda or a spot in theposter session, and skiers and non-skiers alike will appreciate all that Aspen/Snowmass have to offer during the extended midday breaks. For four years running, attendees have come from all corners of the globe for this annual conference, many to return again for each year of theconference – make sure you are among them in 2007 by submitting yourabstract today and registering for the conference at the same time.

*CALL FOR ISCB ANNUAL AWARD NOMINEES*
*/2008 Overton Prize and Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award/*
***_www.iscb.org/iscb_awards_nomin/nomin_form.php_***
ISCB is now seeking nominations for the 2008 Overton Prize (applicable to an early career scientist) and the 2008 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award (recognizing long term career achievement). The winners of both awards will deliver keynote talks at ISCB’s annual meeting, ISMB2008, in Toronto, Canada. These are international awards and nominations from all regions are encouraged. Please visit the URL above for links to more details about each award and its past winners, as well as to access the nomination form itself. All nominations will be treated confidentially. Self nominations are discouraged.

*RECOMB Satellite Meeting on Regulatory Genomics*
*/October 11 – 13, 2007 … MIT/Broad, Cambridge/Boston,Massachusetts/*
***_http://compbio.mit.edu/recombreg07/_***
Next week the 4th Annual RECOMB Satellite Meeting on Regulatory Genomics will convene at MIT/The Broad Institute. As a newly affiliatedconference of the ISCB, we encourage all members of our community notcurrently registered to make last minute plans to attend this topicalevent focused on a systems-level understanding of gene regulation. Nineimpressive keynotes, 27 oral presentations, and three poster sessionsmake up the Thursday-Saturday agenda.

*SAVE THESE DATES FOR 2008…*

*/C-SHALS: Conference on Semantics in Healthcare andLife Sciences/*
*/March 5-7, 2008 … Marriott Boston Cambridge Hotel, Cambridge,Massachusetts/*
***_www.iscb.org/cshals2008_***
Comprehensive conference details to be posted soon for this first time ISCB conference!

*/ISMB 2008: 16th Annual Conferenceon Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology/*
*/July 19 – 23, 2008 … Toronto, Canada/*
***_www.iscb.org/ismb2008_***
A new website will be unveiled within days to include keynotes, committees, agenda at a glance and all the upcoming calls for participation.

*/ECCB 2008: 7th Annual European Conference on Computational Biology/*
*/September 22 – 26, 2008 … Cagliari, Sardinia-Italy/*
***_http://www.eccb2008.org/_***
Conference details including keynote speakers, provisional program, key dates, submission guidelines, registration rates, newsletter subscription information and more are all up to date on the conference website.

*Survey Results Now Online for ISMB/ECCB 2007 in Vienna*
***_www.iscb.org/ismb/survey_result.php_***
Over 1800 attended ISMB/ECCB 2007 in Vienna this past July and nearly 40% of them completed the online conference evaluation survey. If you were among the survey takers and want to see how your answers contributed to the overall ratings, or if you are just curious as you evaluate your plans for attending in 2008, please visit the URL above. ISCB and the annual conference steering committees take the survey results seriously, and we would like to thank each delegate that took the time to share thoughts and impressions via the survey. (Five iPodNanos were awarded through a random drawing of survey takers – to see the list of winners check out the announcement on the home page of theconference site at _www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2007/_ - the survey is also viewable from that page.).

More Bioinformatics Event for 2007

27-31 Aug 07:
6th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB2007)

Hong Kong - Hanoi - Nansha

Registration still open


6-7 Sep 07:
The Fourth International Conference on Life Science Grids 2007 (LSGrid2007)

University of Glasgow, Scotland


3-5 Dec 07:
The 18th International Conference on Genomic Informatics (GIW)

Biopolis, Singapore

Call for posters open till 16th Sep 07


6-7 Dec 07:
The 2nd International Symposium on Languages in Biology and Medicine (LBM) 2007

Biopolis, Singapore

Call for papers open till 9th Sep 07
Please refer to our website http://www.ambis.org.sg for more information.