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Tuesday, October 21, 6:00PM
Transformed! Information, Bioscience and Web 2.0
Tuesday, October 21
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Registration starts at 5:30
Innovation and creativity in the Biosciences are being crushed by the overabundance of data. All aspects of the Biosciences, not just Research, are being transformed by new technologies and new approaches. Luckily, Web 2.0 tools transform conversations, permitting us to surmount many barriers preventing knowledge creation.
This three hour seminar will provide a basic foundation for understanding how data become knowledge. We will see how inborn limits placed on us by evolution require new tools to overcome the barrier arising from too much data.
We will explore Bioscience's new life on the Internet and will focus on specific examples, as well as new tools with potential practical uses for both scientists and non-scientists alike.
Finally, we will examine how innovations diffuse throughout a community. Complex problems may only be solved by understanding how information flows across a social network. Web 2.0 tools help drive information flow, increasing the rate of innovation.
Richard Gayle, Ph.D. has 30 years experience in the biotechnology field. He spent 16 years in Discovery Research at Immunex Corporation. For the last 4 years, he has been at a small biotechnology startup, as Vice-President, Research. He has had crucial roles in the creation and management of several corporate research intranets, as well as the development of critical tools necessary for doing research online.
Mark E. Minie, Ph.D., has extensive government, academic and industry experience in both bioresearch and IT. Formerly manager of the University of Washington Biocommons and an Affiliate Instructor with the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Mark now works as an independent consultant to bioscience organizations, and his clients include computer companies, investment bankers, law firms, startups, the government and a noted science fiction writer. Mark is currently focused on crossover courses for engineers and computer programmers interested in biology and bioinformatics.
Food and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided. For more information see the SpreadingScience website: http://www.spreadingscience.com
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