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'''This set of pages will from now on serve as the central site for the organization of the retreat. During the retreat this will also serve as starting point for notes, planning etc. The actual announcement site (now under construction) will come directly under the Cytoscape site; much like the tutorial pages are organized.''' '''November 6-9 saw the largest ever annual Cytoscape Public Symposium hosted for
the first time in Europe by the Human Genetics Department of the Academic Medical
Center in Amsterdam. With over 300 attendees the Symposium was fully booked. The Application Showcase
the day before the Symposium draw an attendance of 150 working their way through separate tracks of application showcases, tutorials and developers coding sessions.'''
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A preliminary compilation of potential maillists to send announcements to is stored as an excel sheet: attachment:Potential_Maillists.xls Find the conference booklet here
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Planning is a separate wiki page:''' CytoRetreat2007Planning ''' We're now gathering the presentations and tutorials that were given during the retreat and we will do our best
to make these available through the wiki. Keep an eye on the announcement/discuss maillists for that.
The conference booklet will be made available also.
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Speaker Details can be found here:''' CytoRetreat2007SpeakerDetails '''

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== Program for Cytoretreat organization meeting ==
Agenda: attachment:AmsterdamMeetingAgendaItems.doc

=== Amsterdam, Tue 31st July - Wed 1st August 2007 ===
||||||||<style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">'''Tue 30th July''' ||
||'''Time''' ||'''What''' ||'''Where''' ||'''Who''' ||
||24:00 ||Annette e.t.a. ||Doelen Hotel ||Annette ||
'''____'''
||||||||<style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">'''Tue 31st July''' ||
||'''Time''' ||'''What''' ||'''Where''' ||'''Who''' ||
||12:00 ||Collect Annette ||Doelen Hotel ||Annette, Piet ||
||13:00 ||Visit VU (depends on presence Sander) ||Subway stop VU-Boelelaan(include maplink) ||Annette ||
||15:00 ||Visit AMC ||Subway stop AMC-Holendrecht ||Annette, Piet ||
||19:00 ||Guy e.t.a. ||Doelen Hotel ||Guy ||
||20:00 ||Collect Guy ||Doelen Hotel ||Annette, Guy, Piet ||
||20:30 ||Supper: discuss probable events for social program(Piet: Attach agenda,docs) ||[http://www.indewaag.nl/?English Waag restaurant] ||Annette, Piet, Guy ||
||23:00 ||Drinks: discuss probable events for social program ||[http://sluyswacht.nl/ Cafe Sluyswacht] ||Annette, Piet, Guy ||


'''____'''
||||||||<style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">'''Wed 1st August''' ||
||'''Time''' ||'''What''' ||'''Where''' ||'''Who''' ||
||9:00 ||Leave for AMC ||Respective places ||A,P,G ||
||9:15 ||Visit venue; rooms etc ||Subway stop AMC-Holendrecht ||A,P,G ||
||11:00 ||Discuss program: create todo list: setup demoday(Piet: Attach agenda,docs) ||AMC ||A,P,G ||
||12:00 ||Lunch ||[http://www.caferestaurantdauphine.nl/nl/fotos/ Restaurant Dauphine] ||A,P,G ||
||13:30 ||Visit probable places to stay; social events locations ||Amsterdam center: ||A,P,G ||
||15:00 ||Leave ||Central Station ||Annette, Guy ||


__'''Things todo in Amsterdam: Suggestions'''__

 * [http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=240&lang=en&section=sectie_actueel VanGogh Museum Friday night]
 * Bike tour; guided by Piet (I would encourage everybody to [http://www.starbikesrental.com/ rent a bike]; by far the easiest way of transportation in Amsterdam)
 * Pub crawl; guided by Piet: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordaan Jordaan], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwmarkt Nieuwmarkt], [http://www.muziekgebouw.nl/uk/gebouw.asp?id=1 Muziekgebouw]
 * [http://www.waterlelie-rondvaart.nl/ Boat tour]; after conference dinner(?)
 * Visit the [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openbare_Bibliotheek_Amsterdam new library], [http://www.e-nemo.nl/index.php?id=5&s=85&d=551&l=586 Nemo science center],[http://www.stedelijk.nl/ Stedelijk museum + club 11]
 * The renovated [http://www.jhm.nl/news.aspx?ID=35 Jewish Historic Museum]
__'''Places to eat: Suggestions (apart from the above)'''__

 * [http://www.cradam.nl/ Cafe Restaurant Amsterdam]
 * [http://www.hoteldegoudfazant.nl/ Hotel de Goudfazant]
 * [http://www.diningcity.nl/greetje/en/index.php?item=home Restaurant Greetje]
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== Discussion points for Cytoscape Board of Directors Teleconference, Wed 30th May 2007 ==
'''____'''

'''____'''

=== Pre-Reading: ===
 . Invitation Letters (Template)
 . Sponsorship Requests (Template)
 . 1st Announcement
== Agenda Items: ==
General Planning: CytoRetreat2007Planning

1. __'''Web Site'''__ (Intention is to include this in all announcements)

 . 1.1. URL: www.cytoscape.org/Retreat2007
 . 1.2. Test Site: http://humangenetics-amc.nl/test/CytoWebRedux/retreat2007
 . 1.3. Feedback on first impressions (navigation, design, etc) would be appreciated
2. __'''Retreat Programme'''__ - http://humangenetics-amc.nl/test/CytoWebRedux/retreat2007/programme.php

2.1. Run rogramme overview (please see link above)

2.2. Public Symposium

 . 2.2.1. Confirmed Speakers:
  * Lee
  * Trey
  * Benno
  * Chris
  * Peter Sorger
  * Ewan Birney
 . 2.2.2. Two Remaining Places: Proposed invitees are
  * Andrew Hopkins - Pfizer
  * Ruedi Aebersold – ETH
  * [http://www.lri.fr/~fekete/ Jean-Daniel Fekete] - INRIA France
2.3. Cytoscape Training Day

 . 2.3.1. Demand from users voiced in discussion forums
 . 2.3.2. Could take place Tues 6th Nov, in parallel with Hackathon
 . 2.3.3. Trainers would not be developers (GW, Unilever bioinf team could do this)
2.4. Social Events - Several options dependent on numbers attending & weather

3. __'''Board & SAB Meeting''' __

3.1. Options: Wed 18:00 PM or Thursday 18:00 PM - What do people prefer?

4. __'''Announcements''' __

4.1. Will be made after web-site is stable

4.2. Which mailing lists should announcements be sent to?

4.3. 1st Announcement (please see pre-reading material)

4.4. Subsequent Announcements:

 . 4.4.1. 2nd announcement for Registration opening (beginning July)
 . 4.4.2. 3rd announcement after summer holidays (end of August)
5. __'''Budget Incomings'''__ attachment:CytoBudget2007.xls

5.1. Cytoscape consortium contribution

5.2. Public Symposium Charges (assume max 400 participants)

 . 5.2.1. Should we charge fees for Public Symposium?
 . 5.2.2. Academic / Non profit (50 euro)
 . 5.2.3. Commercial, non sponsors (125 euro)
 . 5.2.4. Allow opportunities for scholarship (to allow people to attend)?
5.3. Sponsorship from Industry & Grant Bodies

 . 5.3.1. Sponsorship Requests (please see pre reading material)
 . 5.3.2. Acknowledging sponsors (Order of appearance based on contribution)
 . 5.3.3. Sponsorship so far (NBIC, Agilent, Unilever)
5.4. Accounting

 . 5.4.1. Which a/c to use (NL, US)?
 . 5.4.2. Invoicing & Receipts
5.5. Suggestions for other people / organisations / Universities to approach for sponsorship?

6. __'''Budget – Outgoings'''__ attachment:CytoBudget2007.xls

6.1. Spreadsheet

6.2. Assumptions underlying budget

 . 6.2.1. $10k from Cytoscape budget
 . 6.2.2. 2 pax per institute
 . 6.2.3. Economy flights
 . 6.2.4. Funded developers share twin rooms
6.3. Who and what are we paying for?

 . 6.3.1. Speakers (flights, accommodation)
 . 6.3.2. Developers (flights, accommodation)
Hope to see you all at next year's retreat that will be held in Toronto, July 2008!!!

Cytoscape Retreat 2007

Amsterdam; the Netherlands - November 6th - 9th, 2007

November 6-9 saw the largest ever annual Cytoscape Public Symposium hosted for the first time in Europe by the Human Genetics Department of the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam. With over 300 attendees the Symposium was fully booked. The Application Showcase the day before the Symposium draw an attendance of 150 working their way through separate tracks of application showcases, tutorials and developers coding sessions.

Find the conference booklet here

We're now gathering the presentations and tutorials that were given during the retreat and we will do our best to make these available through the wiki. Keep an eye on the announcement/discuss maillists for that. The conference booklet will be made available also.

Hope to see you all at next year's retreat that will be held in Toronto, July 2008!!!

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Funding for Cytoscape is provided by a federal grant from the U.S. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the Na tional Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number GM070743-01. Corporate funding is provided through a contract from Unilever PLC.

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