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[GCC2015 is done](http://gcc2015.tsl.ac.uk/). *[GCC2018 is coming](https://gccbosc2018.sched.com).*
There is no better place than a Galaxy Community Conference to meet and learn from others doing data-intensive biology. GCC2015 will continue this tradition by again including Birds of a Feather (BoF) meetups. Birds of a Feather meetups are informal gatherings where participants group together based on common interests.
BoF meetups are encouraged throughout GCC2015. We particularly want to encourage BoFs that flock at the end of each day, when time and space have been allocated for them.
GCC2015 BoFs
| BoF | When | Where | Summary | Audience | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Workflow Language | Wednesday, 8 July, 18:00 | Franklin Room, JICCC | Talk with CWL founders & enthusiasts Research software engineers, analysts, developers, and the like. | ||
| Data management challenges for larger galaxy installations | Wednesday, 8 July, 12:30 (Lunch) | Franklin Room, JICCC | Data management challenges for larger Galaxy installations. | People using Galaxy to process large numbers of files | |
| Data Splitting and Parallelism | Tuesday, 7 July, 12:30 (lunch) | Watson Room, JICCC | Developer focused meeting to discuss data splitting and parallelism in Galaxy | Developers interested in working on internals Galaxy itself | |
| ELIXIR-Galaxy Workshop | Tuesday, 7 July, 18:00 | Genome Seminar Room, in the nearby The Genome Analysis Center (TGAC) | Discuss technical strategy across the ELIXIR pan-European bioinformatics infrastructure with regards the provision of Galaxy services and infrastructure | Any group using or planning to use Galaxy | |
| Extended Workflows | Wednesday, 8 July, 12:30 (lunch) | Watson Room, JICCC | This BoF is intended to extend the earlier training session on advanced workflows. | Those who attended the workflow training session and want to dig in more! | |
| Friends of the Tool Shed | Tuesday, 7 July, 20:30 | we meet at the http://thecellarhouse.co.uk/ | Discuss utilities distribution approaches available to Galaxy and praise the Shed | Tool developers and Shed enthusiasts | |
| GalaxyAdmins | Tuesday, 7 July, 18:20 | Franklin Room, JICCC | The annual in-person gathering of the GalaxyAdmins group | If you manage a Galaxy instance, this BoF is for you | |
| Galaxy Community UK BoF | Wednesday, 8th July. 18:00 (6pm) | Watson Room, JICCC | Meeting of the Galaxy Community from the United Kingdom and Ireland | Galaxy Users/Devs/Admins from the British Isles and Ireland (and everybody else who's interested, we're called @GalaxyUKFriends after all). | |
| GalaxyScientists | Tuesday, 7 July, 12:30 (Lunch) | Franklin Room, JICCC | New Community Group? aka "GalaxyUsers, GalaxyAnalysts, "GalaxyDataTypes" | Scientists using Galaxy interested in getting INVOLVED! | |
| Galaxy Training Network | Monday, 6 July, 18:50 | Franklin Room, JICCC | A BoF for people who want to teach the use of Galaxy or use Galaxy as a bioinformatics training tool. Let's get together and talk about resource requirements, available learning material etc.. | Anyone interested in using Galaxy for bioinformatics and related learning and teaching. People who need to support such activities. |
BoF Support
The conference enables and encourages BoFs by
- Encouraging conference participants to organize BoFs
- Use this wiki page as a hub for BoFs at GCC2015.
- Promote BoFs to all conference participants, over and over, both before and during the conference.
- Coordinate and reserve rooms for BoFs, and allocate time in the schedule for them too.