Abstract
In last year's report on microblogging ISMB 2008 [1], the authors anticipated that new methods of using the Web and of reporting the conference would make live blogging even easier (http://www.bork.embl.de/~jensen/ismb2008/keynotes.php.html). This year, the ISMB/ECCB 2009 Web site contained all of the features of the mock-up, far more live bloggers participated than last year, and there was increased coverage of talks and special sessions. We, in turn, look forward to the new technologies appearing on the horizon (such as Google Wave), and how both tools and bloggers will make next year's conference an even greater success. In summary, conference organizers found that microblogging added value for all conference attendees, and allowed attendees to follow the thoughts of others as well as to follow presentations that conflicted with others they wished to see. The usefulness of live blogging extends beyond the duration of the conference, remaining accessible long after the conference has closed.
Highlights
The International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) 2008 conference in Toronto was probably the first life science conference that saw a meeting report based on microblogging activity
The live blogging efforts described here can be seen as a model for future conferences, with the organizers providing a tight link between the FriendFeed ISMB/ECCB 2009 room and the conference Web site in the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Web portal
The live blogging event was advertised in various ways: mailings to all attendees and ISCB members, announcements in the printed ISCB newsletter, links from the portal and conference Web sites, advance notification of journalists, and advertisements in The Life Scientists room on FriendFeed
Summary
The International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) 2008 conference in Toronto was probably the first life science conference that saw a meeting report based on microblogging activity This activity started several days before the conference through discussions on the FriendFeed (http:// www.friendfeed.com) platform and the creation of an unofficial room dedicated to the conference. The live blogging efforts described here can be seen as a model for future conferences, with the organizers providing a tight link between the FriendFeed ISMB/ECCB 2009 room (https://friendfeed.com/ismbeccb2009) and the conference Web site in the ISCB Web portal (http://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2009/). The live blogging event was advertised in various ways: mailings to all attendees and ISCB members, announcements in the printed ISCB newsletter (http://www.iscb.org/images/stories/ newsletter/newsletter12-1/index.htm), links from the portal and conference Web sites, advance notification of journalists, and advertisements in The Life Scientists room on FriendFeed (http://friendfeed.com/thelife-scientists). Miller discovered that the Tasmanian Tiger diverged from the Tasmanian Devil about 40 million years ago, and that an epidemic was the probable cause of their extinction in 1936
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