Intelligent Systems for Molecule Biology

Volunteer Meeting

10th Annual Conference

Edmonton, AB

Aug. 3-7, 2002

www.ismb02.org

ISMB 2002

• Largest & Oldest Bioinformatics Conference in the World

• 1700 Registrants + ~700 Affiliated Conference (SIG) Attendees

• 2nd Time in Canada (Montreal, 1998)• One of the Largest Scientific

Conferences Held in Alberta• Located at Shaw Conference Centre

ISMB By the Numbers

• 8 Invited Speakers

• 42 Invited Paper Presentations

• ~50 Exhibitors and Exhibitions

• 60 Volunteers & Coordinators

• ~350 Posters

• 1700 Attendees

• $1.8 million (Budget)

Conference Organization

ISCB

ISMB Organizing Committee - 10

ISMB Local Organizing Committee - 4

Professional Conference Managers - 2

V o l u n t e e r s - 60

Key Local People

• David Wishart (Conference Chair)• Russ Greiner (Vice Chair)• Warren Gallin (Vice Chair)• Steven Leard (Conference Manager)• Guohui Lin (Volunteer Coordinator)• Bob Parker (Scholarship Coordinator)• Gina MacIntyre (Poster Coordinator)• Jack Newton (Tutorial Coordinator)• Karim Sayani (Job Fair Coordinator)

Why Be A Volunteer?

• Free Conference Registration ($500)• Free Pass to Ft. Edmonton BBQ ($50)• Free Tutorial Attendance (for some $125)• Free T-shirt(s) & Conf. Materials ($50)• Free Lunches/Snacks/Pop/Coffee/Tea• Free Pizza Dinners (March & June)• Chance to Hear/Meet/Visit With Some World

Famous Scientists

Why Be A Volunteer?

• Chance to Hear/View/Learn About World Class Science

• Great for Networking (Jobs/Studies)

• Great for “Seeing the Latest Toys”

• Showcasing University of Alberta

• Showcasing Edmonton & Alberta

• Knowing You Contributed….

Volunteer Responsibilities

• Time Commitment ~20 hrs (minimum)

• Professional Attitude & Sense of Responsibility (It’s your conference too!)

• Doing What You Signed Up To Do (and hopefully more!)

• “What can I do for you?” “Need help?”

• Volunteers Pre-meeting & At-meeting

• Local Volunteers & Non-local Volunteers

We Need...

• Bag Stuffing Volunteers (10)

• Office Set-up Volunteers (4)

• Central Office Volunteers (4)

• Registration Volunteers (16)

• Airport/Arrival Volunteers (2)

• Driver Volunteers (4)

• Speaker Liaison Volunteers (8)

We Need...

• Audio-Visual Volunteers (4)

• Travel Fellowship Volunteers (6)

• Poster Board Volunteers (6)

• Information Desk Volunteers (16)

• Room Monitors/Security (28)

• Cyber Café Set-up Volunteers (4)

• Cyber Café Monitors (6)

We Need...

• Conference Proceedings Help (6)

• Paper/Journal Help (3-4)

• Poster Review & Set-up Help (1-2)

• Birds-of-a-Feather Coordinators (3)

• Software Demo Coordinators (3)

• Job Fair Runners (4)

• “On-call” Rovers & Runners (6)

We Need...

• Commitment

• Information– Days you are available– Preferred Jobs (Pre-meeting, at-meeting,

and/or both)– Preferred Times– Estimated Hours of Commitment– Special Skills or Talents