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- May 5: Talk/poster acceptance notifications
- May 7: Late poster submission deadline
- July 12-16: [ISMB 2026](https://www.iscb.org/ismb2026/home) (Washington, DC and online)
- **July 13-14 or July 15-16:** **BOSC 2026** (part of ISMB 2026)
- **July 14-15:** **BOSC 2026** (part of ISMB 2026)

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![Larry Hunter and Melanie Courtot at BOSC 2024](/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Larry-and-Melanie-in-BOSC-audience-1.jpeg)
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### What to submit

- A 250-word short abstract (text only) is required for ALL submissions (talk and/or poster).
- If you want to be considered for a talk, you also MUST attach a 1-2 page "long abstract" as a PDF. Figures welcome as long as the total length is 2 pages or less.
- If you want to be considered for a talk, you also MUST attach a 1-2 page "long abstract" as a PDF. Figures are welcome as long as the total length is 2 pages or less.
- In your long abstract, please describe how your work fits into the open source / open science ecosystem. We like to see examples of biological applications of your work, and a summary of the current and/or projected community aspects of your project.

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- **Relevant**: Your abstract must describe how your work relates to some aspect of open source software, open science or open data applied to biology or biomedical science.
- **Available**: Your code / data / materials must be available **at the time of review** at the URL you list.
- **Open Content**: Work discussed in BOSC presentations must be open source / open content, with a recognized license (which must be included in the repository). For abstracts about non-software products (e.g., educational materials), these should also be freely available with an appropriate open license (see below).
- **Open Content**: Work discussed in BOSC presentations must be open source / open content, with a recognized license (which should also be included in the repository). If your abstract concerns non-software products (e.g., educational materials), these should also be freely available with an appropriate open license (see below).
- **Updated**: If you presented this work at a previous BOSC in any form, your abstract must describe progress since the last BOSC presentation.

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- Abstract template for formatting your PDF (optional): [bosc-abstract-template](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/bosc2022-abstract-template.docx) (MS Word)
- You don't need to register before you submit your abstract, but to present your talk or poster you will need to register for ISMB.

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<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ismb2026" class="btn btn-lg btn-primary">Submit Abstract</a>
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## BOSC Open Content Requirement

The [Open Bioinformatics Foundation](/), which coordinates BOSC, is dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of Open Source Software Development and Open Science within the biological research community.
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### Presentation formats

Talks chosen from submitted abstracts are generally either "long" (around 15-20 minutes + 3 minutes for question) or short/"lightning" (5 minutes, scheduled in groups of three lightning talks followed by 5 minutes for questions for all three). Abstracts submitted in the Late Poster round are not eligible for talks.
At BOSC, talks chosen from submitted abstracts are generally either "long" (around 15-20 minutes + 3 minutes for question) or short/"lightning" (5 minutes, scheduled in groups of three lightning talks followed by 5 minutes for questions for all three). Abstracts submitted in the Late Poster round are not eligible for talks.

![BOSC 2024 organizing committee](/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BOSC-org-committee-Montreal-1.jpeg)

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<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ismb2026" class="btn btn-lg btn-primary">Submit Abstract</a>
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