October 2015 - galaxy-announce - lists.galaxyproject.org

GCC2016 Training Topic Voting is Open
by Dave Clements 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Hello all, *Voting is now open <http://bit.ly/gcc2016vote>* on what training topics <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training> are offered at GCC2016 Training <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training>. There are nominated topics <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training> spanning from basic usage to advanced deployment. No matter what you do with Galaxy, there are topics for you to choose from. Your vote <http://bit.ly/gcc2016vote> will determine the topics that are offered, which topics should be offered more than once, and which ones should not be scheduled at the same time. Your vote matters. *Topic voting closes November 6.* The Training schedule, including instructors, will be published before early registration opens. *About GCC2016 Training <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training>:* The 2016 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2016) <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016> will be held June 25-29 at Indiana University <http://indiana.edu/> in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. GCC2016 features two full days of training on June 26-27 <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training>. Each day will have multiple tracks, with each track featuring several sessions throughout the day. Workshops will be hands-on and participants will be strongly encouraged to bring a laptop and follow along. If you work in data-intensive biomedical research, there is no better place than GCC2016 to present your work and to learn from others. As always, please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks, The GCC2016 Exec <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Organizers> -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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GCC2016 Training Day Topic Nominations are now open
by Dave Clements 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

Hello all, The 2016 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2016) <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016> features two full days of training on June 26-27. Each day will have multiple tracks, with each track featuring several sessions throughout the day. GCC2016 will be held at Indiana University <http://indiana.edu/> in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. *GCC2016 Training topics <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training> are nominated by you <http://bit.ly/gcc2016tdnom>, the Galaxy Community.* Please give some thought to what topics you would like to see offered, or that you would like to offer, and then submit them as topic nominations <http://bit.ly/gcc2016tdnom>. Any topic of interest to the Galaxy Community can be nominated and you are encouraged to nominate more than one topic. If you are looking for ideas, see - Topics nominated for GCC2015 <http://bit.ly/gcc2015vote> - Topics nominated for GCC2014 <http://bit.ly/1s6NtMN> - Topics nominated for GCC2013 <http://bit.ly/1i2j1gN> - The Galaxy Events page <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events>, which lists what training the community is offering outside of GCCs. - Topics that have already been nominated for GCC2016 <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training#Nominated_Topics> *Please nominate a topic now! <http://bit.ly/gcc2016tdnom> * Nominated topics will be published as they come in <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training#Nominated_Topics>. *Topic nomination closes Friday, October, 16.*. Topics will be compiled into a uniform list by the GCC2016 Organizing Committee, and topics will be voted on by the Galaxy Community from October 26 through November 6. Topics will then be selected and scheduled based on topic interest, and the organisers' ability to confirm instructors for each session. Some very popular sessions may be scheduled more than once. The final schedule will be posted before registration opens. Looking forward to a stellar set of nominations, and hoping to see you in Bloomington, GCC2016 Exec Committee <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Organizers> -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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October 2015 News of the Galaxy
by Dave Clements 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

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