E-Infrastructures for massively parallel sequencing workshop 2015
Workshop name: e-Infrastructures for massively parallel sequencing workshop 2015 (eInfraMPS2015)
Organizer: Ola Spjuth, SciLifeLab
Expected output: Recommendations on how to build efficient and sustainable e-infrastructures for NGS data
When: 19-21 January 2015 (2 days followed by 1 day hackathon)
Where: SciLifeLab Uppsala, Sweden
Website: http://uppnex.se/events/eInfraMPS2015
Video recordings: Dedicated Youtube channel
This workshop will bring together scientists sharing their experiences on how to build efficient and sustainable e-infrastructures for NGS data management and storage, and setting up and maintaining associated ecosystem of workflows, pipelines, and bioinformatics software. Day 1 will consists of presentations by invited speakers, Day 2 will include presentations, discussions and tutorials, and Day 3 will be a hackathon where scientists can program together on any subject of choice.
The event is funded by SeqAhead, SciLifeLab, eSSENCE, SeRC, NeIC and BILS.
Report
The workshop entitled "e-Infrastructures for Massively Parallel Sequencing" (eInfraMPS2015) took place in Uppsala on Jan 19-20, 2015. The workshop consisted of presentations, discussion sessions, and hands-on tutorials and was visited by a total of 89 people distributed over the following countries:
| Country | Participants |
|---|---|
| Sweden | 59 |
| Finland | 6 |
| Norway | 5 |
| Austria | 3 |
| Pakistan | 3 |
| Spain | 3 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| India | 1 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Total | 89 |
The NeIC logo was present on Website, program, and in announcements. I am also happy that Joel Hedlund participated and presented NeIC and the upcoming conference in May. The program and all slides are available from the workshop website [1] and video recordings from the presentations are available in a dedicated youtube channel [2].