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The International Conference of Bioinformatics (InCoB) is one of largest bioinformatics conferences in the Asia-Pacific. Now in its seventh year, InCoB has enjoyed national support since its first meeting held in Bangkok on 2002 when the event was coordinated by BIOTEC and NECTEC of the Thai science and technology agency, NSTDA. Subsequently, this conference was held in Penang (Malaysia), Auckland (New Zealand), Busan (Korea), Delhi (India) and Hong Kong.


True to its origins, although this meeting emphasizes more on the biological aspects and applications of bioinformatics than the informational and computing aspects, all are welcome. Today, bioinformatics practitioners from both biology or computing backgrounds attend this annual meeting. Moreover, InCoB is now hosted on a regular basis as an official annual conference for the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet), a network of people associated with the advancement of bioinformatics in the Asia Pacific region for the past 10 years since its inception in 1998. The annual general meeting (AGM) of APBioNet is held within the InCoB conference annually. Key strategic initiatives to promote the bioinformatics revolution in our life science research and educational community are discussed at the AGM.