Year Conference was held: 2020
Years the Conferences has been held: 22
Disciplines: Computational Biology
Gender Balance/Diversity Statement: None
Registration Cost (US dollars): $260-520
Total Attendance Cost (US dollars): $2000-$4000
Travel Carbon Footprint (tons of CO2): 600
Other Carbon Footprint (tons of CO2): 150
Associated Scientific Society/Organization: Research in Computational Molecular Biology, George Washington University in partnership with Cell systems
Approx number of Society members (as of 2018): Not Applicable, not a society
Approximate Number of Conference Attendees (Exhibitors included): 300
Geographic Location(s): Washington DC, United States
Years held (Annual, Biannual, Triannual): Annual
Host, Funders and Sponsors: NSF/IBM(http://www.research.ibm.com/), ISCB(https://www.iscb.org/), Akamai(https://www.akamai.com/), Natera(https://www.natera.com/), Journal of Computational Biology(https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/journal-of-computational-biology/31//overview), Springer(https://www.springer.com/gp), Computationa (MDPI)(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computation), The George Washington University(https://www.gwu.edu/), Computational Biology Institute(https://cbi.gwu.edu/)
Digital or Virtual Options: None
Digital Archives (Recorded talks & slides): Selected talks are available free for a short period of time only archived: Free access to RECOMB proceedings is provided from April 29 until May 29 courtesy of Springer. Slides were only available from two panel sessions, and a good number are archived on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmX8XnLr6zeHQHVQMgJf4Hz74Y3U4aL3V
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: None
Travel Awards for ECRs: Yes but very limited for graduate and postdoctoral trianees. RECOMB awarded student travel fellowships with preference for accepted paper authors, 6 were awarded by ISCB and 15 were awarded by NSF.
Code of Conduct: Yes (https://www.iscb.org/recomb-regsysgen2018-code-of-conduct)
Safety Instructions/Apps: None
Keynote Speaker Gender Balance: 4 Men: 2 Women
Speaker Gender Balance: Not Applicable to this meeting.
Invited Speakers Gender Balance: Not Applicable to this meeting.
Session Chair Gender Balance: Not Applicable to this meeting.
Conference Chair Gender Balance: Organizing committee: 2 Men: 2 Women, Program committee: Men: Women
Enviromental Sustainability efforts: None
Public Engagement Events Outreach: None
Sustainability Initiatives/Considerations/Green Strategies/Policies: None
Conference URL: https://www.recomb2020.org/
Other Details/Announcements or Publications: -