HARMONY 2012: The Hackathon on Resources for Modeling in Biology
Department of Bioinformatics - BiGCaT
Maastricht, The Netherlands
May 21–25, 2012
In 2010, the systems biology standards communities inaugurated a new, broader series of meetings to replace, among other events, the individual SBML and SBGN workshops and BioPAX meetings.
HARMONY is a hackathon-type meeting, with a focus on development of the standards, interoperability and infrastructure. There is generally not many general discussions or oral presentations during HARMONY; instead, the time is devoted to allowing hands-on hacking and interaction between people focused on practical development of software and standards. The HARMONY 2012 meeting will be hosted by the Department of Bioinformatics from Maastricht University.
There is no conference fee, thanks to all the sponsors.
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Registration
Registration for HARMONY 2012 is closed.
We are trying to get more funding to support the accommodation costs of the participants. We have agreed to special room rates with the Apart Hotel Randwyck and the NH hotel. The participants have to book the hotel rooms themselves. For further information please have a look at the different room rates.
The conference dinner will take place on the evening of Wednesday 23rd May at Ipanema. On the first meeting day (Monday 21st May) there will be an open symposium with tutorials, talks and a reception/poster session in the evening.
A full schedule and further information will be provided on this meeting website.
We look forward to welcoming you all in Maastricht.
If you have any questions, please contact us (harmony2012@maastrichtuniversity.nl).
Agenda
Preliminary agenda:
Day 1 (May 21, 2012)
| Time | Topic | Presenter | Slides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome | Slides | |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | SBGN-ED Tutorial | Falk Schreiber & Tobias Czauderna | Slides |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | BioModels Database Tutorial | Camille Laibe | Slides |
| 11:15 - 11:25 | Introduction libSBML | Sarah Keating | Slides |
| 11:25 - 11:35 | Introduction jSBML | Nicolas Rodriguez | Slides |
| 11:35 - 11:45 | Introduction libSBGN | Tobias Czauderna | Slides |
| 11:45 - 11:55 | Introduction libSedML | Frank Bergmann | Slides |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | SBML Test Suite Tutorial | Lucian Smith | Slides |
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| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | ||
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| 13:30 - 13:50 | Welcome Lecture | Chris Evelo | Slides |
| 13:50 - 14:10 | BioPAX, Pathway Commons, Cytoscape and the future of scientific publishing | Gary Bader | Slides |
| 14:15 - 14:35 | Software for SBML today | Michael Hucka | Slides |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Moving on with standard interoperability | Nicolas Le Novere | Slides |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | SBFC - Format Converter Framework | Nicolas Rodriguez | Slides |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Paxtools | Gary Bader | Slides |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | MIRIAM Registry / Identifiers.org | Nicolas Le Novere | |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | RepoSE | Michael Guravage | Slides |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Linked Open Data | Egon Willighagen | Slides |
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Reception and Poster Session |
Day 2-5 (May 22-25, 2012)
The editors of the different standards have setting up a preliminary session schedule for day 2-5. It's still possible to suggest sessions during the hackathon! Please have a look at the google document to get the most up-to-date schedule.
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 - 18:00 | Hackathon - three parallel sessions, see here |
Social Events
- Reception on Monday evening (17:00 - 19:30)
- Dinner on Wednesday evening at Ipanema (19:30 - 23:00)
Refreshments
- Coffee/tea/mineral water will be provided
- Lunch will be provided with a variety of sandwiches, mixed salad and fresh fruits.
Location
The meeting will be held in the Maastricht School of Management (http://www.msm.nl/).
Endepolsdomein 150
6229 EP Maastricht
The Netherlands
The map below will be evolving, and we will provide more information about the location.
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Accommodation
After registering for HARMONY 2012, please have a look at our arrangements with the two hotels that are located at the meeting location, the Apart Hotel Randwyck and the NH hotel. Both are in walking distance (3-5 min) from the Maastricht School of Management. Prices are per room per night.
Apart Hotel Randwyck:
Modern 4-star hotel
- Single room: 77 EUR - excl. breakfast - incl. internet
- Double room: 77 EUR - excl. breakfast - incl. internet
- Breakfast: 13 EUR per person
- Contact details: send reservation to info@aparthotelrandwyck.nl and mention the booking code HARMONY 2012
NH Hotel:
Luxurious 4-star hotel with bar, restaurant, health club and parking
- Single room: 79 EUR - excl. breakfast - excl. internet
- Double room: 79 EUR - excl. breakfast - excl. internet
- Breakfast: 15 EUR per person
- Internet: Bar and lobby have free internet - internet in the room costs 10.75 EUR per 24 hours
- Contact details: send reservation to n.collard@nh-hotels.com and mention the booking code HARMONY 2012
Please be aware that we are still trying to get funding to support the accommodation costs of the participants.
Travel Information
International airports
- Brussels airport (BRU): travel time to Maastricht is ~1.5hr by train
- Amsterdam airport (AMS): travel time to Maastricht is ~2.5hrs by train
- Duesseldorf airport (DUS): travel time to Maastricht is ~ 2.5hrs by train
Smaller airports (flights within Europe)
- Maastricht airport (MST): travel time to Maastricht is ~15 minutes by bus
- Eindhoven airport (EIN): travel time to Maastricht is ~1hr by train
How to get to Maastricht from the different airports?
- Brussels: take airport train to Brussels Centraal (http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/passngr/to_from_brussels_airport/train/), check the train company's website (http://www.ns.nl/en/travellers/home) for trains from Brussels Centraal to Maastricht.
- Amsterdam: check the train company's website (http://www.ns.nl/en/travellers/home) for trains from Schiphol (airport) to Maastricht.
- Duesseldorf: check the German train company's website (http://www.deutschebahn.com/en/start.html) and search for trains from Duesseldorf Airport to Aachen. From Aachen you can take the bus line 50 to Maastricht (takes around 1hr).
- There are several companies providing shuttle services. If you are arriving with other participants, it might make sense to look into a taxi shuttle (e.g. http://www.easyairporttaxis.com/, http://www.taxi2airport.com/)
Tip for travelers coming from Germany
If you are coming by train, there is direct bus connection (bus 50) from Aachen train station to Maastricht Station (1 hr trip). Please check the bus information here (in German).
Sponsors
Thanks to all the sponsors, there is no conference fee for HARMONY 2012. We are still trying to get additional funding to support the accommodation costs of the participants.
The sponsors of HARMONY 2012 are:
- Maastricht University
- Department of Bioinformatics and the research school NUTRIM of Maastricht University
- Limburg University Fund/SWOL
- Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology (NCSB)
- Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC)
- City of Maastricht
Contact
Department of Bioinformatics
Maastricht University
P.O. Box 616, UNS 50 Box19
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Phone: +31.43.38.81999 or +31.43.38.81187
Fax: +31.43.38.81996
Email: harmony2012@maastrichtuniversity.nl