Hello all,

INCOB (and GOBLET) ran last week in Jakarta. Harpreet was able to make it, and was actually pretty prominent, moderating several sessions and presenting a talk. Galaxy was also pretty prominent at both GOBLET and INCOB. Here's the report.

QFAB (Gareth's organization) and the Galaxy Training Network both renewed our *GOBLET *memberships and both groups expect to have a more prominent role in the coming year. Not yet sure what form that involvement will take.

There were actually 4 Galaxy-related events on the program at INCOB. (There was an EpiMOLAS https://galaxyproject.org/use/docmethyl/ talk that I had missed.) The talk by Gareth, the workshop (almost all Simon), and the breakout (Dave, Gareth, Nuwan, Farhan Sjaugi (Malaysia), Harpreet, and Asif) were all successes (in my not so humble opinion). There was a great deal of interest in Galaxy, and in regional Galaxies especially. We are likely to see Galaxy ASEAN and Galaxy Korea communities come out of INCOB 2019.

Harpreet had extensive conversations with Simon, Dave, Gareth, and Nuwan. For my part, I promised to absolutely support events and community efforts in India in any way that I and the US team can.

Gareth, Nuwan, Simon *and especially Harpreet*: It would be great to hear what your impressions were.

Thanks, Dave C