Advances in Computational Biology an ISCB conference


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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