The conference starts 4 February and features two full days of keynotes, accepted and sponsor talks, poster and sponsor sessions, birds­-of-­a­-feather gatherings, the conference dinner, and lots of opportunities for networking. The meeting is preceded by a Researcher Training Day on 3 February aimed at biomedical researchers who need to do bioinformatic analysis. Finally, the meeting is followed by a four day Galaxy Admin Training session for those installing and maintaining Galaxy servers.