Ten simple rules for organizing a virtual conference - Anywhere

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Gichora, Nelson N ^a,b   Fatumo, Segun A ^c   Ngara, Mtakai V ^a,b   Chelbat, Noura ^d,e   Ramdayal, Kavisha ^f   Opap, Kenneth B ^g   Siwo, Geoffrey H ^h   Adebiyi, Marion O ^c   El Gonnouni, Amina ^e   Zofou, Denis ⁱ   Maurady, Amal A M ^e   Adebiyi, Ezekiel F ^c   De Villiers, Etienne P ^j,k   Masiga, Daniel K ^l   Bizzaro, Jeffrey W ^m   Suravajhala, Prashanth ^m,n   Ommeh, Sheila C ^j   Hide, Winston ^f,o  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

^d JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^e Moroccan Society for Bioinformatics Institute   (Morocco)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^j INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^k International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

^l INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^m Bioinformatics Organization   (United States)

ⁿ CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING   (India)

^o HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SIMPLE++; VIRTUAL CONFERENCES;

AFRICA; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; INTERNET; VIDEOCONFERENCING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 77649221585     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000650     Document Type: Editorial

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