Schedule (as of August 11)

[October 11, Mon] at AIST Bio-IT Bldg. 11F

13:00-15:45
Satellite Meeting: National Institute of Genetics (NIG) International Symposium "Future Perspectives of Biological Databases" (admission free)
 
 
15:45-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:30
Opening Remarks
16:30-17:30
Plenary Talk 1
Dr. Minoru Kanehisa (Kyoto University Bioinformatics Center)
18:00-20:00
Reception

[October 12, Tue] at Tokyo International Exchange Center

8:30-17:00
Registration desk opens at Tokyo International Exchange Center
9:00-9:30
Poster presenters place posters on boards
9:30-10:30
Plenary Talk 2
Dr. Paul D. Thomas (University of Southern California)
10:30-12:30
Session 1 (Includes 4-5 Speakers)
[S1] Large Scale, Automated, Predictive Annotations
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:30
Session 2 (Includes 4-5 Speakers)
[S2] Outreach to User Communities & Community Annotation
15:30-15:45
Coffee Break
15:45-17:15

Concurrent Workshops 1 & 2
[W1] Curation of Protein Structure and Chemicals
[W2] Curation Interface and Software
17:30-18:30
Poster Session (odd number)
18:30-19:30
Poster Session (even number)

[October 13, Wed] at Tokyo International Exchange Center

8:30-17:00
Registration desk opens at Tokyo International Exchange Center
9:00-10:00
Plenary Talk 3
Dr. Barend Mons (Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre)
10:00-12:00
Session 3 (Includes 4-5 Speakers)
[S3] Biocuration in Metabolomics and Systems Biology
12:00-12:15
Group Photo
12:15-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:30
Session 4 (Includes 4-5 Speakers)
[S4] Asian Models of Biocuration-Related Activities
15:30-15:45
Coffee Break
15:45-17:15

Concurrent Workshops 3 & 4
[W3] Crop/Plant Genome Curation
[W4] New Approaches Towards Database Integration
17:30-18:30
Poster Session (even number)
18:30-19:30
Poster Session (odd number)

[October 14, Thu] at Tokyo International Exchange Center

8:30-13:00
Registration desk opens at Tokyo International Exchange Center
9:00-10:30
Session 5 (Includes 4-5 Speakers)
[S5] Data Integration Platforms and Data Sharing
10:30-10:45
Coffee Break
10:45-12:20
Session 6 (Includes 4-5 Speakers)
[S6] Future Directions and Challenges for Biocuration
12:20-12:30
Closing Remark
12:30-13:30
Lunch
12:30-13:00
Poster presenters remove posters from boards
 
 
13:30-16:30
Satellite Meeting: NIAS Symposium "7th Rice Annotation Project Meeting"
(admission free)   
 
 
18:00-21:00
Excursion: Tokyo Bay Dinner Cruise by Yakatabune

* Registration desk will be open during the following hours:

October 11 (Mon):
12:00-18:00 at AIST Bio-IT Bldg.
October 12 (Tue):
8:30-17:00 at Tokyo International Exchange Center
October 13 (Wed):
8:30-17:00 at Tokyo International Exchange Center
October 14 (Thu):
8:30-13:00 at Tokyo International Exchange Center