Year Conference was held: 2019
Years the Conferences has been held: 1
Disciplines: Computational Biology
Gender Balance/Diversity Statement: None
Registration Cost (US dollars): $273-$437
Total Attendance Cost (US dollars): $2000-$4000
Travel Carbon Footprint (tons of CO2): 400
Other Carbon Footprint (tons of CO2): 100
Associated Scientific Society/Organization: International Society for Computational Biology
Approx number of Society members (as of 2018): 3400
Approximate Number of Conference Attendees (Exhibitors included): 200
Geographic Location(s): La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain
Years held (Annual, Biannual, Triannual): Annual
Host, Funders and Sponsors: Biomatrica (https://www.biomatrica.com/), Volition(https://volition.com/), eLife (https://elifesciences.org/), MDPI Genes journal (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genes), Dr Antoni Steve Fundacio(https://www.esteve.org/en/), Universitat Polytecnicia de Catalunya(https://www.upc.edu/en?set_language=en)
Digital or Virtual Options: None
Digital Archives (Recorded talks & slides): None
Electronic program dissemination:
On-site Maternity Facilities: None
On-site Childcare Facilities/Services: None
Caregiver Grant: None
Career Development Events and Workshops: None
ECR Promotion Events: Yes (Meet the Women Leaders: with help from LOréal-UNESCO For Women in Science initiative the participants will have the opportunity to interact personally with women leaders in the fields of IT, academia research and politics that support the conference, in small round tables and in an informal, relaxed environment.)
Travel Awards for ECRs: Yes in the form of Registeration Waivers: Thanks to the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation, the eLIFE publisher, the Genes Open Access Journal and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya we are glad to announce that a limited number of free registration fellowships are available to students and young researchers (the latter, eligible if a PhD thesis has been completed after 30th November 2017).
Code of Conduct: https://www.iscb.org/advcompbio2019-policy-statements/advcompbio2019-iscb-safe-space-code-conduct
Safety Instructions/Apps: None
Keynote Speaker Gender Balance: 3 Women
Speaker Gender Balance: None
Invited Speakers Gender Balance: 100percent Women (all speakers will be women, although the conference is open to everyone)
Session Chair Gender Balance: 100percent Women
Conference Chair Gender Balance: Organizing committee: 8 Women, Scientific committee: 17 Women, Conference chairs: 3 Women
Enviromental Sustainability efforts: None
Public Engagement Events Outreach: None
Sustainability Initiatives/Considerations/Green Strategies/Policies: None
Conference URL: https://www.iscb.org/advcompbio2019
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