Session 1: Curation and Data annotation: from molecules to communities
The session invites submissions in the areas of: applying existing biocuration principles & techniques to omics data sets; research & development of new solutions, processes, strategies, and techniques to curate, annotate & integrate omics big data sets; novel techniques, tools & information resources to annotate data at any scale.

Session 2: Curation: from genotype to phenotype
The session invites contributions related to the integration of biological data with physiological and medical information.

Session 3: Biological database, tool & framework
The session invites the informatics works of the development and application of databases, tools and frameworks.

Session 4: Drug & small molecules
The session is dedicated to small molecules with biological significance and their application in drug development.

Session 5: Data standards & Ontologies
Procedures, tools & knowledge system to improve data interoperability & comparability.

Session 6: Literature mining
Novel techniques & tools in mining scientific literature, and their application in annotating biomedical data.