WEB01: Program
July 26, 2001



  Overview
0800-0830 Registration
0830-1030 Session 1: Shoba Ranganathan (Chair)
Education in Bioinformatics: Current Trends and Issues
1030-1100 Poster Session and Break
1100-1230 Session 2: Siv Andersson (Chair)
Bioinformatics Course Delivery: Tools and Infrastructure
1230-1330 Lunch Break
1330-1430  Session 3: Phyllis Gardner (Chair)
Starting a new Bioinformatics Program
1430-1530 Session 4: Frédérique Galisson (Chair)
Bioinformatics Training
1530-1545 Break
1545-1630 Session 5: Betty Cheng (Chair)
Panel Discussion
1630-1700 Concluding Session: Shoba Ranganathan (Chair)
Closing Remarks


  Session 1: Shoba Ranganathan (Chair)
0830-1030 Education in Bioinformatics: Current Trends and Issues
0830-0900 Russ Altman
Stanford University, USA 
President, ICSB
Opening Address: Bioinformatics Education - Looking to the Future
0900-0930 Shoba Ranganathan
National University of Singapore, Singapore
The S* Life Science Informatics Alliance
0930-0950 Kevin Karplus
University of California, 
Santa Cruz, USA
Bioinformatics BS at the University of California, Santa Cruz
0950-1010 Patricia Palagi
SIB-Geneva, Switzerland
A Masters Degree in Bioinformatics in Switzerland
1010-1030 Lynda Ellis
University of Minnesota, USA
Emerging US & UK Standards for Graduate Bioinformatics Training

  Poster Session
1030-1100 Education in Bioinformatics: Current Trends and Issues
083011030 Phil Cunnigham
Kings College, London, UK 
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Teaching 
of Bioinformatics: A Summary of 5 years experience at an English University
2 Henning Hermjakobxxx
EBI, Hinxton, UK 
EBI - SWISS-PROT Research Project 
Proposals
3 Ueng-Cheng Yang
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
A master degree bioinformatics program in 
Taiwan

  Session 2: Siv Andersson (Chair)
1100-1230 Bioinformatics Course Delivery: Tools and Infrastructure
1100-1130 Siv Andersson
Uppsala University,
Sweden
Bioinformatics: Introducing the concept of "evaluation-based" learning
1130-1150 Ueng-Cheng Yang
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Problem-oriented sequence analysis tool
1150-1210 C. Victor Jongeneel 
Ludwig Institite of Cancer Research, Switzerland
EMBER - A European Multimedia Bioinformatics Educational Resource
1210-1230 YY Cai 
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Virtual Reality and Visualization for Bioinformatics Education

  Session 3: Phyllis Gardner (Chair)
1330-1430 Starting a new Bioinformatics Program
1330-1350 Phyllis Gardner
Senior Associate Dean for   Education and Student Affairs
Stanford University, USA
Initiating a multi-disciplinary,  trans-institutional program: a Dean's perspective
1350-1430 Betty Chengxxxx
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Insights into starting a new Multi-disciplinary program

  Session 4: Frédérique Galisson (Chair)
1430-1530 Bioinformatics Training 
1430-1450 Stephen Herst 
Canadian Genetic Diseases Network, Vancouver, Canada 
The Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops
1450-1510 Bruno A. Gaëta
Entigen Inc, USA & Australia 
The BioNavigator Education Package - resources for practical instruction in bioinformatics
1510-1530 Lisa Mullan
HGMP-RC, Hinxton, UK 
The Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre - Encouraging Bioinformatics Awareness

  Session 5: Betty Cheng (Chair)
1545-1630 Panel Discussion
1545-1610 The S* Team xxxxxxx The S* Life Science Informatics Alliance: Question time
1610-1630 Open Discussion

  Concluding Session: Shoba Ranganathan (Chair)
1630-1700 Closing Remarks
1630-1700 Philip Bourne
University of California, San Diego & SDSC, USA 
Chairman, ICSB Education Working Group 
Bioinformatics Education: Future trends and perspectives