| Monday, September 21 | Abstract submission opens |
| Friday, October 16, 11:59p.m. | Abstract submission deadline |
| Friday, October 23 | Notification of selected abstracts |
| October 31, 11:59p.m. | Early registration deadline |
| Saturday, November 7 | BCATS 2009 conference |
| 8:00 am | On-Site Registration, Badge Pickup, and Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Opening Remarks: Russ Altman, MD, Ph.D. |
| 9:00 am | Keynote Address: Matthew Cooper, Ph.D., DABT
Informatics Trends in the Biopharmaceutical Industry |
| 9:45 am | Scientific Talks I (3 Talks) Karen Yan: Quantitative characterization of multi-signal activation of cellular responses in multiple biological systems Peng Qiu: Discovering Biological Progression underlying Microarray Samples Richard Roettger: Estimating the size and completeness of gene regulatory networks |
| 10:30 am | Spotlight Session I (5 Spotlights) |
| 10:45 am | Poster Session I |
| 11:45 am | Scientific Talks II (3 talks) Ying Wang: A belief propagation algorithm for network alignment Richard W. Lusk: Evolutionary mirages: selection on binding site composition creates the illusion of conserved grammars in Drosophila enhancers Cory Y. McLean: Searching for the Genetic Basis of Human-specific Traits |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Keynote Address:
Zoran Popovic, Ph.D.
Visual computing methods for discovering natural animal motion and solving protein and drug design problems |
| 2:15 pm | Scientific Talks III (3 Talks) Gaurav Chopra: Remarkable Patterns of Surface Water Ordering Around Nonpolar Solutes Katherine M. Steele: Contributions of the ankle plantarflexors to joint and mass center accelerations during crouch gait Edith M. Arnold: Fiber Operating Ranges of the Vasti and Implications for Isometric Force Generation |
| 3:00 pm | Spotlight Session II (4 Spotlights) |
| 3:15 pm | Poster Session II |
| 4:15 pm | Scientific Talks IIII (4 Talks) Fraser Cameron: Closed-Loop Control of Diabetes through Meal Detection and Hypoglycemia Risk Management Alexander Schoenhuth: Constrained Mixture Estimation for Analysis and Robust Classification of Clinical Time Series Martin Tall: Mapping Eye Movements in Three-Dimensions: Analyzing Gaze Paths when Interpreting Volumetric Chest CT Data Hoameng Ung: Detecting Chronic Pain in the Brain |
| 5:15 pm | Awards and Closing Remarks |
| 5:30 pm | Reception |
