EnvO Manchester workshop

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[edit] Third Environment Ontology Workshop at The University of Manchester, March 13-15, 2008

[edit] EnvO project

Developing an ontology for describing the environment of organisms / biological samples

[edit] Workshop Logistics

[edit] Useful Stuff to Print Out Before You Leave!

• Print out this page!
• Map for locating the Days Hotel / Manchester Conference Centre, including directions from Manchester Piccadilly Train Station (10 mins walk) (link to map)
• The University of Manchester campus map.
  • Building Keys:
    • Days Inn Hotel, Manchester conference Centre (Number 11).
    • Kilburn Building, School of Computer Science (Number 39).

[edit] Dates

Thursday 13th to Saturday 15th, March, 2008

[edit] Meeting Location

The workshop will take place in the Atlas Suite in the School of Computer Science, at The University of Manchester UK.

The full address of the venue is :
School of Computer Science,
University of Manchester,
Kilburn Building,
Oxford Road,
Manchester, M13 9PL.

NB: The entrance to the Kilburn Building is on the first floor level (something that confuses many visitors!). Climb the wide brick steps, located next to the precinct centre bridge that passes over Oxford road, then follow the signs to the Kilburn Building. I will post signs on the doors directing you towards the Atlas Suite.

[edit] Travel

• Please buy your own tickets and arrange to arrive by March 13th 2008.
  
• Everyone is expected to stay up to the end of the meeting on Day-3, therefore, please make your arrangements accordingly.
  

[edit] Travel by Air

Manchester Airport is one of the largest and busiest in the country. It is located about 10 miles (16km) south of the city centre, about 30 minutes from the university.

The airport has a number of transport links to the city:

• Train - The airport's two terminals are linked directly to the city centre by a fast, frequent 24 hour train link to both Piccadilly and Oxford Road stations.
• Taxi - A taxi from the airport to the University will cost approximately £15.
• Bus - Local buses also run to the Oxford Road and Sackville Street areas of the campus.

Most major airlines fly to and from Manchester. For more information please visit the Manchester Airport Website

[edit] Further Travel Info

The Manchester University Maps & Travel pages have lots of useful information about getting to/from the University.

[edit] Accommodation

Accommodation for delegates has been arranged at the Manchester Conference Centre. Information about getting to the centre can be found here.

Days Hotel Manchester, Weston Building, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB, UK Tel: +44 161 955 8400

[edit] Eating Out

Initial reservations have been made at three different restaurants in Manchester over the course of the workshop.

• Please indicate your availability for each of the evenings here.

• Wed 12th - 7.30pm. East-Z-East. Punjabi Restaurant, very close to the hotel.
  • http://www.eastzeast.com/homepage.html
  • Note: For those of you arriving on Wednesday evening, there has been a suggestion to meet up before going to the restaurant at the Lass O'Gowrie pub at 6pm. It's very close to the hotel and I'm sure the receptionist will be able to point you in the right direction.

• Thurs 13th - 7.30pm. Sam's Chop House. Classic British food in victorian surroundings.
  • http://samsmanchester.thevictorianchophousecompany.com/
  • NB: As we are a large group, Sam's Chophouse has requested that we provide them with menu choices 24 hrs in advance:
    • You can download a copy of the a la carte menu here.
    • Please make your selection here.

• Fri 14th - 7.30pm. Yang Sing. Manchester's most famous Cantonese restaurant.
  • http://www.yang-sing.com/restaurant/index.html

[edit] Meeting contacts

For questions on the travel, local transportation and accommodation please contact Norman Morrison by email or telephone:

Email: norman.morrison AT manchester.ac.uk Phone: +44 161 275 0646

[edit] Expenses

IMPORTANT: Please include all original receipts/invoices/tickets and make a copy for your records (just in case anything gets lost). Credit card receipts will not be accepted. Please submit all forms within one month to the following address:
EnvO III Workshop
FAO: Caroline Wills-Wright
CEH Oxford
Mansfield Rd
Oxford, UK. OX1 3SR

An electronic copy of the expenses claim form can be found here: Expenses Claim Form

[edit] Participants

[edit] Participants unable to attend

[edit] Program

[edit] Workshop program

     Exposure: ISMB poster abstract.

       Timeline for publication(?)
       

[edit] Meeting Documentation

Meeting White Board Notes

[edit] Post-Meeting Curation Priorities

[Prioritized Curation Tasks for EnvO and Gaz]

[edit] Links of interest

• Link to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Research Collections (BRC) RFP

[edit] EnvO ontology

• Download the most recent version
• View/download previous versions

[edit] GAZ ontology

• Gaz Wiki Pages
• Download the most recent version
• View/download previous versions

[edit] Phenote annotation tool

• Download or launch Phenote via webstart

[edit] EnvO mailing list

• EnvO mailing list

[edit] Previous meetings

[edit] EnvO I

• EnvO Workshop held at Oxford, UK (August 29-31, 2007)
  
  • Workshop Report: .doc format (Image:EnvO Meeting Report Final.doc) and .pdf format (Image:1st EnvO Workshop report final.pdf)

[edit] EnvO II

• EnvO_CSHL_workshop held at Cold Spring Harbor, US (November 14-16, 2007)
  • Notes from the workshop

[edit] Photos from the meetings

• EnvO Consortium flickr site

[edit] Sponsors

This meeting has been sponsored by: