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The 23rd annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, BOSC 2023 (open-bio.org/events/bosc-2023), kicked off with a welcome from chair Nomi Harris, an overview of BOSC’s parent organization, the Open Bioinformatics Foundation, and a report about the pre-BOSC CollaborationFest (#CoFest), a collaborative work event (including but not limited to hacking) hosted by the nearby ENS de Lyon.

We're super-excited for our 24th annual BOSC, #BOSC2023, starting today (July 24) as part of #ISMBECCB2023!

Don't miss our opening keynote by Sara El-Gebali (
@@yalahowy
), after a brief "Welcome to BOSC" session including
@OpenBio and #CoFest overviews.

If any #BOSC2023 #CoFest participants in Lyon are running a little late and you didn't have breakfast, yet just come over to the CoFest. We have pains au chocolat, croissants, and a local specialty, bichons citron.

The #BOSC2023 #CoFest is in full swing (16 attendees in person so far, 2 online - more to join us), currently enjoying a very elegant looking outdoor lunch at ENS Lyon, France. Our local hosts ENS and Jérémy Just have excelled!

The #BOSC2023 #CoFest in Lyon has started, already 10 people here chatting, and sampling the coffee and snacks. The informal presentation starts at 10am local time. https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2023/obf-bosc-collaborationfest-2023/

The #BOSC2023 #CoFest room in Lyon is starting to fill up - official introduction any minute now...