Harmony2011

= HARMONY 2011: The Ha ckathon on R esources for Mo deling in Biolo gy =

Computational Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York City, USA April 18–22, 2011

In 2010, the systems biology standards community inaugurated a new, broader series of meetings to replace, among other events, the individual SBML and SBGN workshops and BioPAX meetings. The new meetings, COMBINE (Computational Modeling in Biology Network) and HARMONY are a recognition of the fact that there are multiple allied standardization efforts that should work more closely together to ensure smooth interoperability.

The two meetings address different needs and community emphases. COMBINE is a workshop-style event with oral presentation, posters and breakout sessions. The first annual COMBINE meeting took place in Edinburgh from Oct 6th to 9th, 2010.

HARMONY will be a hackathon-type meeting, with a focus on development of the standards, interoperability and infrastructure. Unlike what happens at COMBINE meetings, there will be not be general discussions or oral presentations during HARMONY; instead, the time will be devoted to allowing hands-on hacking and interaction between people focused on practical development of software and standards.

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 * FriendFeed
 * List of Attendees
 * Supplementary Materials

Agenda
The following table summarizes the organization of the event across the five days. Detailed agendas link from the column headings.

Tutorial topics:


 * BioPAX/OWL and SPARQL
 * Paxtools
 * libSBGN
 * libSBML
 * JSBML

Public Webcal Calendar

In addition, we've created a public webcal calendar to which you can subscribe if you are using a webcal-compatible system (e.g., iCal, Google calendars):

webcal://www.me.com/ca/sharesubscribe/1.1331307443/0A6C0A9D-50CD-47B4-8567-3BB87BF51224.ics

Group Dinner

There will be a group dinner organised on Wednesday evening, at Fatty Fish []. A fusion Japanese restaurant located a few blocks from MSKCC. There will be an evening reception/poster session on Monday 18th April, after the Tutorials. Poster List

Location/Map
The meeting is being hosted by the Computational Biology group at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. MSKCC is located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and is within walking distance of major subway lines.

We put together a comprehensive Google map, showing the meeting location, the hotel, various restaurants and subway entrances.

click for live map

Location Address

The meeting room will be located in the Rockefeller Research Laboratories. The address is:

RRL - Rockefeller Research Laboratories, MSKCC 430 East 67th Street New York, New York 10065

The following are some useful links for more travel information:
 * NYC Metro Map
 * NYC Fares/MetroCard Info
 * MSKCC Travel Info Page

Accommodations
Participants are responsible for their travel, some funds are available for accommodation. We are booking people into the Bentley Hotel in the UES a few blocks from MKSCC, on a first come/served basis. Please ensure that you fill out the attendance in the survey to reflect your hotel requirements. If you prefer to book your own accommodation, or if you will not need accommodation then please let us know.

Restaurants, Delis and Bars near MSKCC
Refreshments will be provided throughout the day at the meeting, coffees, teas, softdrinks and snacks. We will not be providing lunch. There are many good places for lunch within a few blocks of MSKCC. A few are listed below:

For a more comprehensive list try the following website: You can also get nearly anything delivered
 * Menu Pages
 * TimeOut New York
 * Zagat
 * Seamless Web

Electrical Supply
If you are traveling from outside of the USA, be sure to bring an appropriate power plug converter for your laptop and all other electrical devices you're bringing. USA uses Type A and Type B power plugs and sockets. Electric current in the USA is 60 Hz, 120 V.

Contacts
Computational Biology Center Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 1275 York Avenue, Box #460 New York, NY 10065

Phone: +1 646-888-2624 or +1 646 888 2602 Fax: +1 646 422 0717 E-mail: harmony2011@biopax.org

Organization
Harmony 2011 is being organized by:
 * Nadia Anwar, Sloan Kettering Institute
 * Emek Demir, Sloan Kettering Institute
 * Michael Hucka, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
 * Nicolas Le Novère, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)