Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
JDG ASSOCIATES, LTD.
JDG Associates has been retained by the International Society for Computational Biology to conduct the search for its Executive Officer position.
Client
Founded in 1997, the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is a scholarly society dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of living systems through computation. The ISCB communicates the significance of the science to the larger scientific community, governments and the public at large. Representing over 3000 members in over 70 countries, ISCB works to impact government and scientific policies, provide high quality publications and meetings, and distribute valuable information about training, education and employment in the field. ISCB is a growing scientific society in a growing scientific field. A member of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) community, ISCB has a $2M annual budget, a staff of three, and a contingent of contractors. For more information please visit www.iscb.org.
Position Summary
Reporting to the President, the Executive Officer is responsible for efficiently and effectively running the day-to-day operations of the Society and implementing the strategic initiatives and policy decisions of the Executive Committee (EC) and the Board. The EO also provides professional management services and continuity; supports the Society’s elected and appointed volunteer leadership; liaises among staff, leadership, and members; monitors Society activities; provides a record of institutional memory; and directs the administration of the Society.
Strategic and Governance Support
Meeting Management
Committees, Task Forces, Affiliates, and Special Interest Groups
Membership Management
Marketing, Communications, and Fund Raising
General Administration
Bachelor’s degree is required; an advanced degree is preferred; an advanced degree in a scientific field relevant to the Society is a plus. Senior management experience in a professional society with experience in the areas of meetings, membership, publications, fundraising, marketing, outreach, and board governance/support is required. Experience with international scientific, engineering or medical societies is preferred. Must be an effective verbal and written communicator and able to give presentations to a diverse range of audiences. Negotiation, conflict resolution, problem solving and strategic thinking skills are essential as are strong financial management and budgeting skills. Travel up to 20%, including international.
Contact:
Tiffany McCarty, Principal
Paul Belford, Principal
JDG Associates, Ltd.
301-340-2210
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Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
The ISCB Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences is the premier annual event focused on the use of semantic technologies in the pharmaceutical industry, including hospitals/healthcare institutions and academic research labs. With an expanded scope that includes the emerging field of data science, CSHALS 2013 should be part of your plans for 2013!
Topics covered by CSHALS 2013 span the continuum between standards development and big data workflows - the scope between Life Science data representation and its analysis. To find out more about CSHALS topics follow the link here.
This is YOUR invitation to participate:
>> CALL FOR ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS IS NOW OPEN <<
Call for Oral Presentations closes November 30, 2012
Call for Poster Abstracts closes January 11, 2013
Conference registration will open at the end of October. We look forward to your participation!
Sincerely,
The CSHALS 2013 Organizing Committee
November 12-15, 2012
Hotel Sofitel San Francisco Bay
Redwood
City, CA
Early registration closes on Friday, October 12th,
for the fifth annual RECOMB Satellite Conference on Regulatory and
Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges.
Register now to take
advantage of reduced registration rates.
We are happy to announce
that the conference
agenda is now available online. Any changes to the program between now and
the conference will be made a quickly as possible.
Over four days, the
meeting will feature 15 keynote talks, additional lectures, poster sessions, and
discussion of the results of this year's Dialogue for Reverse Engineering
Assessments and Methods (DREAM), a project designed to identify best practices
for predicting the structure of biological networks. Best performers from this
year's DREAM challenges will have an opportunity to present their methods.
Keynote
speakers include:
For more information about the conference,
please visit the
conference website.
We look forward to seeing you in the
Bay Area!
Conference Chairs,
Andrea Califano - Columbia University
Manolis Kellis - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sylvia Plevritis -
Stanford University
Gustavo Stolovitzky - IBM
Nomination deadline: November 30, 2012
ISCB's annual awards are the most prestigious international awards designated
exclusively to researchers in the field of computational biology/bioinformatics,
and you are invited to submit nominations for the 2013 Overton Prize and the
2013 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award.
The Overton Prize is awarded to an early career scientist, generally within ten
years post-degree, and the Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award is in
recognition of highly significant, long-term career achievement. The winners of
both awards will deliver keynote talks at ISCB's annual meeting,
ISMB/ECCB 2013, in Berlin,
Germany.
Nominations from all regions of the world are encouraged, and the selection of
award winners will be made by an international panel of current and past members
of the ISCB Board of Directors. The nomination form, list of past winners with
links to their bios, and a link to the full policies and procedures of these
ISCB awards, are all accessed at the above URL.
Please consider nominating your highly accomplished peers and senior researchers
who have helped to advance our field in significant and meaningful ways, and
then proceed to the nomination form to ensure they are considered for these
prestigious awards.
Thank you,
Alfonso Valencia
Chair, ISCB Awards Committe
December 6 - 8 , 2012, Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado, USA
Dear ISCB
Members and Colleagues,
The 10th
Annual Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference is now less than two months
away. Over the last decade this conference series has grown into an
international program with a spotlight on regional development in the
computational biosciences. Invited and accepted presenters represent a broad
spectrum of universities, industrial enterprises, government laboratories, and
medical libraries from around the world. The meeting is a chance to get to know
your colleagues near and far, seek collaborative opportunities, and find
synergies that can drive our field forward.
EARLY REGISTRATION DATE IS APPROACHING: Be sure to take
advantage of early registration rates while they last. If you are not a current
member consider joining ISCB now
for immediate additional savings on your conference registration to this and any
other ISCB conference. Please note that accepted presenters must register at
applicable conference attendee rates by November 6 in order to give a
presentation at Rocky 2012.
Register Here Now
Early Registration Deadline: November 8,
2012
ACCOMMODATIONS SELLING OUT: The
conference has moved to the new Viceroy Snowmass Hotel this year. A special
group rate has been negotiated for Rocky 2012 attendees: $105 single or $140
double occupancy, plus tax. As rooms are booking up fast be sure to book yours
before these special rates are no longer accessible. You must enter the group
code of Rocky2012 to secure rooms at the special rate (if linking to the online
hotel booking form from the conference website, double check that the correct
code auto fills - if it fills as ISCB2012 please manually correct it as that
code is an error and may not result in presenting the deeply discounted group
rate).
Access Full
Hotel Details Here
Until November 8th the Rocky conference offers a special Academic Retreat
package for groups attending from the same lab or school, including a free
student registration. Forward this invitation to your colleagues and
collaborators and come for a lab retreat in addition to attending for the great
science and networking.
We look forward to your participation!
Sincerely,
The Rocky 2012 Conference Organizing Team