Organization team (so far)

• Gary Bader
• Chris Workman
• Francis Ouellette

2008 retreat theme: community outreach - developers and users

Logistics

• Retreat will be held July 16-19
• Location: Toronto, CCBR building, University of Toronto
• Main room: Red Room - capacity:~90 people (max 100 if needed)
• Breakout room 1/lunch room: Black Room - capacity:~20 people + conference table
• Breakout room 2: 6th floor conference room - capacity: ~20 people + conference table

TODO

• Finalize CCBR room booking
• Decide on registration fee (free for students) and set up eventbrite.
• Develop funding request package and approach potential funders
• Create schedule
  • Cytoscape 3.0 design discussions
  • Application/plugin showcase day
  • User/developer tutorial
• Get information about meals
• Plan social events
• Wireless internet access in all rooms
• Submit demo and BOF request to ISMB organizers
  • BOF: Network and pathway visualization and analysis
• Solicit showcase day presentations - enough material to create abstract book online

Survey results

• 31 respondents
• Dates favored for the event:
  • 73% July 16-19
  • 30% July 23-26
  • 20% July 19-22
• Event content requests:
  • 87% requested an application/plugin showcase day
  • 74% user discussion sessions to identify and prioritize desired Cytoscape features
  • 71% developer tutorials
  • 58% social activities for community building
  • 36% user tutorial part of ISMB
  • 19% user tutorial not part of ISMB
• Respondent comments:
  • Prioritization after application showcase day;
  • Discuss systems for profiling usage patterns and collecting user feedback;
  • BOF discussion at ISMB in addition to retreat;
  • One core developer discussion day not public;
  • Formal usability studies;
  • Usage showcase - more than a basic tutorial, presenting a complete workflow and not by plugin developers;
  • cyto3.0 design discussions;
  • Code sprints to focus development on needed areas;
  • Would be nice if developer events were contiguous instead of being split around the application showcase