Veranstaltungsdetails

A catalyst for international collaboration in Systems Biology

The 11th International Conference on Systems Biology continuing it’s annual series of conferences initiated by Hiroaki Kitano in Tokyo in 2000. Recent meetings were held in Yokohama 2006, in Long Beach 2007, Göteborg 2008 and Stanford, California 2009.

Scotland’s scientists have been pioneers, their inventions and innovations transforming people’s lives around the world. Today, Scotland recognises the vital importance of international collaboration in modern science, and it’s scientists are at the heart of many strategic alliances.

Scotland’s medical breakthroughs include the discovery of antibiotics, the production of Dolly the sheep, the discovery of the p53 tumour suppressor gene, Metabolic Control Analysis (a founding discipline for Systems Biology) and the development of magnetic resonance imaging.

EICC is an international-class conference venue with a range of flexible seminar and meeting rooms. Your workshop organiser was involved in the 20th Arabidopsis conference that brought 950 international participants to EICC in July 2009, and was acknowledged as one of the best-organised of that series. These rooms and EICC’s support work very well for a range of activities.

Meeting rooms will be provided on a space-available basis in the Conference Centre. Space is available for up to 12 workshops to be held simultaneously, with capacities of 15 to 100 people (classroom-style seating) or 30-300 people (theatre-style seating). The smaller venues can be arranged to seat up to 36 people boardroom-style for committee meetings. An additional boardroom for up to 14 people is available.

A very wide range of AV services, poster boards and catering can be provided via the conference contractors, congrex. The whole venue will have wireless internet access for the duration of the event, which is provided to workshop organisers free of charge. It is the responsibility of workshop organisers to arrange for any additional requirements via Carol Welsh at Congrex; icsb2010@congrex.com.

Workshops before or after can be organised at venues in edinburgh university, via Prof. Igor Goryanin, subject to approval by the local organising committee. To reduce costs for all delegates, we have not retained the whole venue for a second day of workshops.

For more information:

http://www.icsb2010.org.uk/welcome/