Session 2: Lynda Ellis (Chair)

0910-1030

Bioinformatics Education: Issues & Curricula

0910-0930	Lynda Ellis University of Minnesota USA	Graduate Training in Bioinformatics at the University of Minnesota
0930-0950	Ueng-Cheng Yang National Yang-Ming University Taiwan	A Ph.D degree bioinformatics program in Taiwan
0950-1010	Bruno Gaeta  University of New South Wales Australia	The Bachelor of Engineering in Bioinformatics at the University of New South Wales
1210-1230	Randy Zauhar  University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, USA	The New Bioinformatics Programs at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

  Session 3: Shoba Ranganathan (Chair)

1100-1230

Initiatives from the Worldwide Universities Network

1100-1110	Philip Bourne University of California San Diego & SDSC, USA	Welcome and Introduction to WUN
1110-1130	John Wooley University of California San Diego, USA	On-line distributed learning in bio-informatics: meeting the needs of academia and industry by WUN
1130-1150	John Findlay University of Leeds, UK	Masters courses and WUN
1150-1210	Andy Brass University of Manchester, UK	Experiences from developing and delivering the current programme in Bioinformatics by Distance Learning
1210-1230	Andrew Booth University of Leeds, UK	The On-Line Learning Environment - flexible support for the pedagogic model

  Session 4: Siv Anderssen (Chair)

1330-1420

Industry Needs

1330-1400	Andrew Gaughan AstraZeneca, UK	Targetting Training: the AZ Informatics Corporate University
1400-1420	Nicholas Murgolo Schering-Plough Research Institute, USA	Industry-Academia Partnerships in Bioinformatics Education

  Session 5: Francis Ouellette (Chair)

1420-1500

Bioinformatics Training

1420-1440	Jomuna Choudhuri Bielefeld University, Germany	BREW - Bioinformatics Research and Education Workshop
1440-1500	V. Mahalakshmi ICRISAT, India	Bioinformatics Training using Genomic Sequence Derived Simple Sequence Repeats Markers - A Case study with Medicago spp.

  Session 6: Betty Cheng (Chair)

1530-1650

Bioinformatics Course Delivery: Tools and Infrastructure

1530-1550	Betty Cheng Stanford University, USA	The Third Degree: Distance Education and BioMedical Informatics
1550-1610	Alexander Schliep Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany	Experimenting on Algorithms: Teaching Bioinformatics Methods visually
1610-1630	Cathy Abbott Finders University, Australia	Teaching Bioinformatics at the Undergraduate level: Is it a form of Problem Based Learning (PBL)?
1630-1650	Shoba Ranganathan National University of Singapore, Singapore	Curriculum Development and Technical Coordination of a Global Bioinformatics Course: the S* experience

  Concluding Session: Shoba Ranganathan (Chair)

1650-1700

Closing Remarks