ALPACA ANNUAL WORKSHOP - PANGAIA ANNUAL WORKSHOP

20 - 24 November, 2023

Background

ALPACA and PANGAIA are two EU-funded projects dedicated to the development of algorithms and data structures for computational pangenomics.

Invited Speakers

• Jasmijn Baaijens, TU Delft, the Netherlands
• Tobias Marschall, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
• Giulio Ermanno Pibiri, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
• Teresa Przytycka, NCBI, USA

Schedule

The complete schedule of the workshops is maintained here. All sessions will be hosted at the Euler room of the Amsterdam Science Park Congress center (map).

Venue

The events will be held at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands, which will also organize the events. CWI is located at the Amsterdam Science Park on the east side of Amsterdam. All sessions will be hosted at the Euler room of the Amsterdam Science Park Congress center (map).

Registration

Due to limited space, attendance is possible by invitation only. You will receive a registration link if you are eligible to participate. Deadline to register is November 1, 2023.

Food & Fun

The welcome reception will take place on Monday at CWI. Right after that we will have dinner at Cafe Restaurant Polder (pay yourself). The social dinner will take place on Tuesday at IJ kantine. On Thursday, we will have lunch at Poesiat & Kater. On Friday, we will have goodbye drinks at CWI! For the timings, see the schedule here.

Accommodation

The participants are responsible for booking their own accommodation. Amsterdam is a rather busy and expensive city, so please make a booking as soon as possible. We can suggest the following:
• MEININGER Hotel Amsterdam Amstel
• Hotel V Fizeaustraat
• Hotel Casa Amsterdam

Funding