A core element of ISCB's mission is to advance the scientific understanding of living systems through computation. A concerted effort toward achieving this mission is focused on serving our global membership through high quality meetings. Intellectual leadership through meetings is a long standing tradition of the ISCB as evidenced by the growing list of conferences and events the Society produces directly or co-sponsors/affiliates-with each year. Each conference that bears the ISCB name or logo is intended to achieve rapid dissemination of the latest scientific trends and topics by highlighting emerging and continuing challenges of our science. Society activities are further diversified through specialized tracks/workshops/sessions within these conferences or as stand-alone events.
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ANNUAL PRIMARY CONFERENCE
REGIONAL CONFERENCES WITH AN INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
- CSHALS - Annual Conference on Semantics in Healthcare & Life Sciences
- GLBIO - Annual Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference
- ISCB-Africa - Bi-annual ISCB Africa Conference
- ISCB-Asia - ISCB Asia Conference
- ISCB-LA - Bi-annual ISCB Latin America Conference
- The Next NGS Challenge Conference
- Rocky - Annual Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference
- RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges
- Youth Bioinformatics Symposium
PRIMARY SISTER CONFERENCES
- ECCB - Bi-Annual European Conference on Computational Biology (held jointly with ISMB in odd numbered years)
- PSB - Annual Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
- RECOMB - Annual Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology
OTHER
- Advances in Computational Biology Conference (AdvCompBio)
- ASHG/IGES/ISCB Joint Symposium: Working with Big Data in the Cloud--Research and Privacy
Annual Primary Conference
ISMB - Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology Conference
- ISMB 2022, July 10-14, 2022, Madison, WI, USA
- ISMB/ECCB 2021, July 25-30, 2021, Virtual Event
- ISMB 2020, July 13-16, 2020, Virtual Event
- ISMB/ECCB 2019, July 21-25, 2019, Basel, Switzerland
- ISMB 2018, July 06-10, 2017, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- ISMB/ECCB 2017, July 21-25, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic
- ISMB 2016, July 08-12, 2016, Orlando, Florida, USA
- ISMB/ECCB 2015, July 10-14, 2015, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
- ISMB 2014, July 11-15, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- ISMB/ECCB 2013, July 21-23, 2011, Berlin, Germany
- ISMB 2012, July 15-17, 2012, Long Beach, California, USA
- ISMB/ECCB 2011, July 17-19, 2011, Vienna, Austria
- ISMB 2010, July 11-13, 2010, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- ISMB/ECCB 2009, June 27 - July 2, 2009, Stockholm, Sweden
- ISMB 2008, July 19-23, 2008, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- ISMB/ECCB 2007, July 21-25, 2007, Vienna, Austria
- ISMB 2006, August 6 - 11, 2006, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
- ISMB 2005 June 25-29, 2005, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- ISMB/ECCB 2004 (a joint meeting in conjunction with GPCVIII) August 1 - 5, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- ISMB 2003 June 29-July 3, 2003; Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- ISMB 2002 August 3-7, 2002; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- ISMB 2001 July 21-25, 2001, Copenhagen, Denmark
- ISMB 2000 August 20-23, 2000; La Jolla, California, USA
- ISMB 1999 August 6-10, 1999, Heidelberg, Germany
- ISMB 1998 June 28-July 1, 1998, Montrèal, Quèbec, Canada
- ISMB 1997 June 21-25, 1997, Halkidiki, Greece
- ISMB 1996 June 12-15, 1996, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- ISMB 1995 July 16-19, 1995, Cambridge, England, UK
- ISMB 1994 August 14-17, 1994, Palo Alto, California, USA
- ISMB 1993 July 6-9, 1993, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Regional Conferences with an International Appeal
CSHALS - Conference on Semantics in Healthcare & Life Sciences
- C-SHALS 2014, February 26 - February 28, 2014, Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- C-SHALS 2013, February 27 -March 01, 2013, Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- C-SHALS 2012, February 22 -24, 2012, Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- C-SHALS 2011, February 23 -25, 2011, Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- C-SHALS 2010, February 24 -26, 2010, Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- C-SHALS 2009, February 2 -27, 2009, Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- C-SHALS 2008, March 5 -7, 2008, Cambridge/Boston, Massachusetts, USA
GLBIO - Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference
- Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2021 May 10-13, 2021, Virtual Event
- Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2019 May 19-22, 2019, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2017 May 15-17, 2017, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- GLBIO/CCBC Great Lakes Bioinformatics and the Canadian Computational Biology Conference 2016, May 16-19, 2016, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2015 May 18-20, 2015, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2014 May 16-18, 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2013 May 14-16, 2013, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2012 May 15-17, 2012, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2011 May 2-4, 2011, Athens, Ohio, USA
ISCB-Africa - Bi-annual ISCB Africa Conference
- ISCB Africa ASBCB 2021, June 07 - 10, 2021, Virtual Event
- ISCB Africa ASBCB 2019, Nov 11 - 15, 2019, Kumasi, Ghana
- ISCB Africa ASBCB 2017, October 10 - 13, 2017, Entebbe, Uganda
- ISCB Africa ASBCB 2015, March 09 - 11, 2015, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- ISCB Africa ASBCB 2013, March 13 - 15, 2013, Casablanca, Morocco
- ISCB Africa ASBCB 2011, Mar 9 - 11, 2011, Cape Town, South Africa
- ISCB Africa ASBCB 2009, Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2009, Bamako, Mali
ISCB Asia - Annual ISCB Asia Conference
- GIW/ISCB-Asia International Conference on Genome Informatics, December 15 - 17, 2014, Tokyo, Japan
- ISCB Asia Translational Bioinformatics Conference 2013, Oct 2 - 4, 2013
Seoul, Korea - ISCB-Asia and Shenzhen Conference on Computational Genomics, December 17 - 19, 2012, Shenzhen, China
- InCoB/ISCB-Asia Joint Conference 2011, November 30 - December 2, 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ISCB-LA - Bi-annual ISCB Latin America Conference
- ISCB-LA SoIBio BioNetMX 2020 October 28 – 29, 2020, Virtual Event
- ISCB-LA SOIBIO EMBnet 2018 November 05 - 09, 2018, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile
- ISCB-Latin America Conference 2016 November 21 - 23, 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- ISCB-Latin America x-Meeting on Bioinformatics with BSB & SoiBio 2014 October 28 - 30, 2014, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- ISCB Latin America 2012 Mar 17-21, 2012, Santiago, Chile
- ISCB Latin America 2010 Mar 13-16, 2010, Montevideo, Uruguay
The Next NGS Challenge Conference
- The Next NGS Challenge Conference, April 09 - 11, 2018 Barcelona, Spain
- The Next NGS Challenge Conference, April 03 - 05, 2017 Barcelona, Spain
- The Next NGS Challenge Conference, April 04 - 06, 2016 Barcelona, Spain
- The Next NGS Challenge Conference, June 02 - 04, 2014 Barcelona, Spain
- The Next NGS Challenge Conference, May 14 - 16, 2013 Valencia, Spain
Rocky Annual Mountain Bioinformatics Conference
- Rocky 2021 December 02-04, 2021, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky 2019 December 05-07, 2019, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky 2018 December 06-08, 2018, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky 2017 December 07-09, 2017, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky 2016 December 08-10, 2016, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky 2015 December 10-12, 2015, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky 2014 December 11-13, 2014, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky 2013 December 12-14, 2013, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky 2012 December 6-8, 2012, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky 2011 December 8-10, 2011, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky'10 December 9-11, 2010, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky'09 December 10-12, 2009, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky'08 December 4-7, 2008, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky'07 November 30-December 2, 2007, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky'06 December 1-3, 2006, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky'05 December 9-11, 2005, Snowmass, Colorado, USA
- Rocky'04 December 10-12, 2004, Aspen, Colorado, USA
- Rocky1 December 5-7, 2003, Aspen, Colorado, USA
RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges
- RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges 2020 November 16 - 19, 2020, Virtual Event
- RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges 2019 November 4 - 6, 2019, New York, New York, USA
- RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges 2018 December 8 - 10, 2018, New York, New York, USA
- RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges 2017 November 19 - 21, 2017, New York, New York, USA
- RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges & Cytoscape Workshop 2016 November 6 - 9, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges 2015 November 15 - 18, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges and Cytoscape Workshops 2014 November 09 - 14, 2014, San Diego, California, USA
- RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges 2013 November 8-12, 2013, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Youth Bioinformatics Symposium
- YBS 2021 May 23, 2021, Virtual Event
- YBS 2020 May 11, 2020, Virtual Event
- YBS 2019 January 12, 2019, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
- YBS 2016 June 5, 2016, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Primary Sister Conferences
ECCB - Bi-Annual European Conference on Computational Biology
(held jointly with ISMB in odd numbered years)
- ECCB 2020, August 31 - September 08, 2020, Virtual Event
- ECCB 2018, September 8-12, 2018, Athens, Greece
- ECCB 2016, September 3-7, 2016, The Hague. Netherlands
- ECCB 2014, September 7-10, 2014 Strasbourg, France
- ECCB 2012, September 9-12, 2012, Basel, Switzerland
- ECCB 2010, September 26-29, 2010, Ghent, Belgium
- ECCB 2008 September 21-24, 2008, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- ECCB 2006 January 21-24, 2007, Eilat, Israel
- ECCB 2005 September 28-October 1, 2005, Madrid, Spain
- ECCB 2003 September 27-30, 2003, Pari, France
- ECCB 2002 October 6-9, 2002 Saarbrücken, Germany
PSB - Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
- PSB 2021 January 5-7, 2021, Virtual Event
- PSB 2020 January 3-7, 2020, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2019 January 3-7, 2019, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2018 January 3-7, 2018, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2017 January 3-7, 2017, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2016 January 4-8, 2016, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2015 January 4-8, 2015, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2014 January 3-7, 2014, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2013 January 3-7, 2013, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2012 January 3-7, 2012, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2011 January 4-8, 2011, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2010 January 4-8, 2010, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2009 January 5-9, 2009, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2008 January 4-8, 2008, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2007 January 3-7, 2007, Maui, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2006 January 3-7, 2006, Maui, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2005 January 4-8, 2005, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2004 January 6-10, 2004, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2003 January 3-7, 2003, Lihue, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2002 January 3-7, 2002, Mauna Lani, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2001 January 3-7, 2001, Mauna Lani, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 2000 January 4-9, 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 1999 January 4-9, 1999, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 1998 January 4-9, 1998, Maui, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 1997 January 6-9, 1997, Maui, Hawaii, USA
- PSB 1996 January 3-6, 1996, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
RECOMB - Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology
- RECOMB 2021 August 29 - September 01, 2021, Virtual Event
- RECOMB 2020 June 22 - 25, 2020, Virtual Event
- RECOMB 2019 May 5-8, 2019, 2019, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- RECOMB 2018 April 21-24, 2018, Paris, France
- RECOMB 2017 May 3-7, 2017 Hong Kong, China
- RECOMB 2016 April 17-21, 2016, Los Angeles, California, USA
- RECOMB 2015 April 12-15, 2014 Warsaw, Poland
- RECOMB 2014 April 2-5, 2014 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- RECOMB 2013 April 7-10, 2013 Beijing, China
- RECOMB 2012 April 21-24, 2012, Barcelona, Spain
- RECOMB 2011 March 2-31, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- RECOMB 2010 August 12-15, 2010, Lisbon, Portugal
- RECOMB 2009 May 18-21, 2009, Tucson, Arizona, USA
- RECOMB 2008 March 30-April 2, 2008, Sinagpore
- RECOMB 2007 April 21-25, 2007, San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
- RECOMB 2006 April 2-5, 2006, Venice, Italy
- RECOMB 2005 May 14-18, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- RECOMB 2004 March 27-31, San Diego, California, USA
- RECOMB 2003 April 10-13; Berlin, Germany
- RECOMB 2002 April 18-21 2002; Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- RECOMB 2001 April 22-25, 2001; Montréal, Québec, Canada
- RECOMB 2000 April 8-11, 2000; Tokyo, Japan
- RECOMB 1999 April 11-14, 1999 at Lyon, France
- RECOMB 1998 March 22-25,1998, New York, New York, USA
Other Conferences
Advances in Computational Biology Conference (AdvCompBio) 2019 November 28 - 29, 2019, Barcelona, Spain
ASHG/IGES/ISCB Joint Symposium: Working with Big Data in the Cloud--Research and Privacy October 16, 2018, San Diego, California, USA
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