Upcoming NIH NCBC All-Hands Meeting (Monday 7/17 - 7/19)

[William Bug]

Hi All, I realize we are all over-subscribed for our time but thought it would still be worth posting a link to this upcoming event given how seminal these NIH Blueprint NCBCs (National Centers for Biomedical Computing) - and the cross-NCBC working groups - are to the goals we are also trying to accomplish. I assume some folks on this list may already be planning to attend either because they are members of an NCBC or have been working with one or more NCBC on various projects. Here are the links I found the most relevant to the issues we've been discussing: 1) General NCBC AHM page [http://www.bisti.nih.gov/ahm2006/index.htm] 2) Cross-NCBC Working Groups page [http://www.bisti.nih.gov/ahm2006/NCBC%20Workgroups.htm] * I'd strongly recommend drilling into links '1' & '2' on this page, if you are not familiar with these efforts already * I think it would be extremely valuable to have someone report back to the various W3C SW HCLS Subgroups on these working group sessions (7/18).  It would also be very useful for the W3C SW HCLS IG to be able to report in general on the work underway here.  Daniel Rubin of NCBO will certainly be in attendance, so he might be able to provide some of this input. 3) Current list of meeting registrants [http://pub.nigms.nih.gov/generic_meeting/registrant_list.cfm?id=31] 4) NCBC Dissemination Events [http://www.bisti.nih.gov/ahm2006/Dissemination%20Events.htm] Since this is an All-Hands Meeting designed to foster communication and interactions amongst members of these NCBCs, it may in fact be the case the meeting itself is not open to the general public beyond the final day (7/19), where all 7 NCBCs will give simultaneous "dissemination" presentations [http://www.bisti.nih.gov/ahm2006/Dissemination%20Events.htm]. Karen Skinner of NIDA is the co-organizer of this event along with Peter Lyster of NIGMS.  Karen may in fact be on this list, so she could tell us whether the entire meeting is in fact open to other NIH-funded researchers - or to the public at-large. Cheers, Bill Bill Bug Senior Analyst/Ontological Engineer Laboratory for Bioimaging  & Anatomical Informatics www.neuroterrain.org Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy Drexel University College of Medicine 2900 Queen Lane Philadelphia, PA    19129 215 991 8430 (ph) 610 457 0443 (mobile) 215 843 9367 (fax) Please Note: I now have a new email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email and any accompanying attachments are confidential. This information is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this email communication by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning this message to the sender and delete all copies. Thank you for your cooperation.