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The Bioinformatics and Open Science Skills Conference (BOSS) is the culmination of the five phase BOSS events that have taken place from October 2021. The conference is a representation of the collaborate and community phases that are the 4th and 5th phases in the model developed by OpenScienceKE in 2018 during the Open Science in Kenya Hackathon.
To keep our community safe during the global COVID-19 pandemic. From the very beginning, GitHub has been built on the power of asynchronous and remote collaboration, and we’re applying everything we’ve learned to make Universe an exciting and engaging virtual experience.
This year sessions are grouped into four channels based on interest/job function: Developer, Enterprise, Univers(ity) and Play.
Developer: geared towards open source contributors and maintainers running projects of all sizes, as well as developers looking to understand the latest software tools, techniques, and best practices.
Enterprise: tailored for senior leaders and decision-makers from global companies interested in transformation, security, scalability, and productivity. Univers(ity): designed specifically for college students seeking the tools, techniques, and connections that will help expand their resumes and prepare them for their future. Play: take a break, get inspired, or discover something new with entertaining performances, tutorials, and unexpected stories, all driven by code. And Universe is flexible - you can focus on one channel, or decide to pick-and-choose sessions that are most interesting and relevant to you across the program. All talks will require basic software understanding, there will not be entry-level sessions.
Tune in starting on December 8 right here at githubuniverse.com and:
Watch GitHub CEO Nat Friedman’s opening keynote Join breakout sessions in any of our four channels Join the conversation and ask questions on GitHub Discussions Download additional resources provided by speakers Enjoy live creative coding performances and tutorials on the Play channel Design your own Octocat uy some cool Universe swag (and support great causes) Network and connect at an Orbital event around Universe Check out our sponsor demos
To support viewers across the globe, we’re offering two broadcasts. Broadcast 1 will start on December 8 at 17:00 GMT (09:00 PST) with generally convenient viewing times for North and South America, Europe, and West Africa. Broadcast 2 will start on December 9 at 04:00 GMT (09:30 IST) and be optimized for viewing in Asia Pacific.
Broadcast 1 will be primarily live and Broadcast 2 will be hosted by live regional hosts and local performers, but much of the session content will be a replay from Broadcast 1 earlier in the day.
Registration is not be required to watch the livestream or on-demand sessions. We recommend favoriting and/or adding a calendar invite for the keynote and other sessions to make sure you don’t miss out on the live experience. The hands-on Workshops taking place the day before Universe cost $100 for two sessions, require advance registration, and space is limited.
All keynote and breakout sessions are free this year. Workshops require advance registration and cost $100 for two sessions.
To watch any of the live streaming content, simply go githubuniverse.com, at the date and time of the broadcast. Comments and questions will take place on GitHub Discussions, which requires a (free) GitHub account. If you register for workshops, we will provide details about logging in and participating.
Session will begin at their scheduled start times in the Developer, Enterprise, Play Channel or in the Univers(ity) portal. Keep the livestream running while you work, or build a personalized agenda by setting individual calendar reminders for the sessions that interest you most. While watching sessions, you’ll be able to join the conversation and ask questions live via GitHub Discussions.
GitHub Discussions is a product feature we rolled out at GitHub Satellite. It’s a tool developers are encouraged to use to improve their workflows—and we will be using it for community conversations throughout the event.
Discussions live in your project repository, so they’re accessible where your community is already working together. Their threaded format makes it easy to start, respond to, and organize unstructured conversations. Questions can be marked as answered, so over time a community’s knowledge base grows naturally. And because discussions aren’t closed the way issues are, they can easily serve as a place for maintaining FAQs and other collaborative documentation. We recognize that community discussion is as much a part of development as coding, so discussion contributions appear in users’ contribution graphs.
Every session will be recorded and made available for on demand viewing soon after it ends! Catch up by clicking on past session titles in the schedule once they’re uploaded.