Event support
Australian BioCommons regularly supports community members to deliver events that align with our mission to uplift life sciences digital research. We welcome opportunities to enable events related to bioinformatics and/or research infrastructure for life sciences that benefit a national audience.
Organising an event but need some tips? Eager to deliver training but lack the computational resources for your class? Our team can advise on all aspects of event organisation to support individuals and groups to share their specialist knowledge.
| Support | Co-host | |
|---|---|---|
| We can | Help you deliver your event (must benefit Australian researchers) |
Share a co-branded event (must be open to all Australian researchers) |
| Advise on bioinformatics training best practice | Y | Y |
| Provide computational resources e.g. Galaxy Australia, ARDC Nectar Research Cloud | Y | Y |
| Advertise via extensive networks to connect with an engaged audience | Y | Y |
| Advise on content and connect you to subject matter specialists | Y | Y |
| Source expert facilitators to help with delivery | Y | |
| Implement a framework for virtual or hybrid training | Y | |
| Collect and manage registration and evaluation data | Y | |
| Host and manage logistics of live online and in-person events | Y | |
| Capture and share events according to FAIR principles | Y |
In exceptional circumstances Australian BioCommons may provide limited funding to events - see ‘Sponsorship’ section below
Australian BioCommons Co-hosted Events
We take pride in delivering training and public events of a consistently high standard, in line with international best practice and our funding obligations. All Australian BioCommons events must:
Be available to all suitable Australian life science researchers
Service researchers who are affiliated with an Australian research organisation or university
Be publicly advertised for a minimum of one month before the event
Acknowledge Australian BioCommons support through the use of our logo (in line with our brand guidelines)
Collect detailed data on attendance (in line with our privacy statement)
Be presented by an expert practitioner and have clear learning outcomes
Have had the structure and content reviewed by the Australian BioCommons Training and Communications team
Be recorded and made public on the Australian BioCommons YouTube channel along with the artefacts shared via the public Documents or Training Materials repositories (subject to negotiation)
Adhere to the Australian BioCommons code of conduct to create an inclusive and respectful environment.
Read more below about how we collaborate to deliver national training
Sponsorship
Australian BioCommons has a limited capacity to provide funding for the uplift of events hosted by others. The goal of sponsorship is to support our peers to offer great bioinformatics or biodata-related events and activities. Rather than passive brand representation, we seek sponsorship opportunities that offer strategic interactions between BioCommons staff and delegates, to raise awareness of BioCommons fully subsidised services and explore avenues for collaboration.
Sponsorship may be available for events that:
Serve a national audience
Are held in different locations (if recurrent)
Directly relate to bioinformatics and/ or research infrastructure for life sciences
Be aligned to a topic of relevance to our Mission, and/or one of the domains we support
Offer a high quality opportunity to engage at a respected forum
Offer a meaningful opportunity to interact and/or raise awareness of BioCommons activities.
Given BioCommons is a federally (NCRIS) funded project that partners with many stakeholders to deliver activities and services requested by research communities, we often find that regular conference sponsorship arrangements that are tailored to for-profit companies don't align with our tax-payer funded model.
Representation at events should allow BioCommons to present the range of highly accessible, fully subsidised and well-resourced bioinformatics tools, platforms and services that are available for anyone to use, and/or and opportunities to engage directly with Australian researchers and bioinformaticians to discuss their needs and invite them to participate in our community consultations and roadmapping exercises. Alternatively, we welcome the opportunity to help improve accessibility of events for geographically-dispersed Australian researchers through supporting virtual participation, student scholarships or travel grants.
If you’d like to chat about potential sponsorship of your event please contact comms@biocommons.org.au.
An example we’re proud of…
Australian BioCommons sponsorship of AMSI BioInfoSummer 2022
BioCommons was proud to sponsor this excellent conference once again in 2022. It attracted 120 participants from 20 universities, 4 research institutes and 3 industry organisations ranging from undergraduate students through to academics and industry professionals. Our sponsorship provided travel and accommodation support for 14 interstate students (7 males and 7 females) from 7 universities to travel to Melbourne so they could maximise their conference experience by mingling with their peers and speakers to build their national networks. AMSI profiled each of the grant recipients here: http://rhed.amsi.org.au/grant-recipients/.
If you’d like to chat about potential support or sponsorship opportunities please contact comms@biocommons.org.au.