ACM-BCB 2015 Industry Track Call for Sponsors, Panels and Special Sessions


The ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM BCB) is the flagship conference of the ACM SIGBio 2015 is the conference's sixth year, building upon the success of the first five meetings in Niagara Falls, Chicago, Orlando, Washington DC, and Newport Beach. Since 2013, we have incorporated the new area of Health Informatics in BCB and we look forward to its continual growth.


ACM BCB 2015 will be held in Atlanta GA during September 9–12, 2015. The Industry Track invites submission of proposals of panels and special sessions and nominations of keynote speakers/presentations, which are focused on industrial research, application and implementation in the areas of interests of the conference.


Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities


There are many opportunities for companies and organizations to participate as presenters, exhibitors and sponsors, including:


  • Conducting one-hour workshops on products and/or research;
  • Demonstration of products and research;
  • Participating as an exhibitor;
  • Recruiting and networking events;
  • Hosting a coffee break, lunch or dinner;


    • Several levels of contributions are available with different participation activities provided at each level:


    Platinum - $10,000
  • 5 conference/exhibitor registrations
  • Premium Exhibit booth
  • Company listed on conference banner
  • Company listed in conference program
  • 1 page Ad in conference program
  • Up to two 1-hour tutorial slots
  • Possible keynote presentation at industry track
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    Gold - $5,000
  • 5 conference/exhibitor registrations
  • Exhibit booth
  • Company listed in conference program
  • Half page Ad in conference program
  • One 1-hour tutorial slot
    		•
    Silver -$2,500
  • 2 conference/exhibitor registrations
  • Exhibit booth
  • Half page Ad in conference program
  • Company listed in conference program
    		•

    The deadlines for commitment and payment for these levels of contributions are August 1, 2015.


    Call for Panels and Special Sessions Submissions

    We invite submissions of proposals for panels and special sessions which are related to the themes of the conferences and with focus on applications/implementations and commercialization or prospects of such. Each panel or special session should cover 60-90 minutes, with at least 20-30 minutes for discussions.


    The complete panel proposal should not exceed 6 pages, and should include:


  • Panel topic and justification for such panel;
  • Complete contact information and affiliations for the panel organizers;
  • (Potential) panelists and their expertise;
  • A brief biography for each organizer and panelist.


    • Submissions from both academic and industry are welcome; collaborations between the two are extremely encouraged.


    The complete special session proposal should not exceed 4 pages, and should include:


  • Special session topic and justification for such special session;
  • Complete contact information and affiliations for the special session organizers;
  • (Potential) presenters/title of presentations and their affiliations;
  • (Optional) abstracts of presentations;


    • Submissions from both academic and industry are welcome; collaborations between the two are extremely encouraged. The special session will require at least 4 presentations, or they will be combined with other special sessions. No full paper is required for presentations in the special sessions of industry track. If you plan to submit a full paper, please follow conference regular paper submission procedures, and let the program committee know that you prefer to present your paper with industry track.


    Examples of relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Behavioral, Environmental, and Public Health Informatics
  • Biological Network Modeling and Analysis
  • Biomedical Imaging and Data Visualization
  • Clinical and Health Decision Support Systems
  • Computational Systems Biology
  • Epigenomics, Gene Regulation and Transcription
  • Genome and Sequence Analysis
  • Healthcare Data Quality Control, Privacy, and Security
  • Microbiomics and Metagenomics
  • Mobile Health and Sensor Networks
  • Population, Evolution, and Comparative Genomics
  • Predictive Modeling and Analytics in Healthcare
  • Protein and RNA Structure and Function
  • Proteomics and Metabolomics
  • Text Mining of Biomedical Literature and Clinical Notes
  • Translational Bioinformatics


    • We also solicit nominations of invited speakers/presentations. The nomination should include speaker’s name, affiliation, and short bio, abstract of the presentation, etc. Preference will be given to industrial leaders, and/or industrial research, applications and implementations. Please submit your nomination to industry track co-chairs at IT.ACMBCB@gmail.com by June 28th.


    We also solicit abstract submissions to contributed sessions of industry tracks. Please submit your abstract to industry track co-chairs at IT.ACMBCB@gmail.com by June 28th.


    Important Dates:
    Panel and special session proposals due: May 31st, (Sunday)
    Panel and special session proposal acceptance notification date: June 14th, (Sunday)
    Panel and special session proposals Final Version due: July 24th, (Friday)
    Nomination of invited presentations due: June 28th, (Sunday)
    Nomination of invited presentations decision notification due: July 20th, (Monday)
    Abstract submission to contributed sessions due: June 28th, (Sunday)
    Abstract submission to contributed sessions notification due: July 20th, (Monday)


    For questions on industry track sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, and questions and submissions of panel and special session proposals or nomination of invited speakers, please contact industry track co-chairs: Dr. Xin Deng (xinde@microsoft.com) and Dr. Donghui Wu (IT.ACMBCB@gmail.com).