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November 9 Update: Thanks to all who attended! We are grateful for everyone's participation in making this year's workshop a smashing success! We will be busily working to capture recordings of talks and display them on this page. In the meantime, links to presentations are posted below in the agenda. Workshop Feedback and Links
XNAT Workshop in London: October 31 – November 4, 2022
The XNAT Team, in partnership with the Health and Bioscience IDEAS training program at University College London, with support from the Institute for Cancer Research UK, NCITA, SyneRBI, and Flywheel, are excited to announce a return to in-person workshops!
Agenda
The goal of this workshop is to maximize the benefits of being able to meet in person. This means hands-on time with expert XNAT developers for newcomers and experienced stakeholders alike, coupled with the ability to discuss key topics relevant to XNAT's past, present, and future.
Day 1: Welcome Day (Oct 31)
| Topic | Presenter | Archived Materials | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration / Coffee | 9:00 | ||
| Welcome to London! | Dave Cash, UCL Simon Doran, ICR UK | 9:45 | |
Reintroducing XNAT – Our purpose, our mission, and a recommitment to open source as part of the Flywheel team | Dan Marcus, Flywheel | Download Slides (PDF) | 10:00 |
Coffee Break | 11:00 | ||
What is XNAT? (Core Capabilities Demo) | Will Horton, Flywheel | Download Slides (PDF) | 11:15 |
What's New in XNAT? | Tim Olsen, Flywheel Kate Alpert, Flywheel | Download Slides (PDF) | 11:30 |
| Lunch | 12:30 | ||
XNAT Roadmap Presentation – Presenting the vision and high level goals of the next generation of XNAT. Includes open discussion. | Kate Alpert Tim Olsen | Download Slides (PDF) | 1:30 |
| Coffee | 3:00 | ||
XNAT Project Presentations – A forum to promote the breadth of current XNAT installations around the world, including presentations by conference attendees.
| Multiple presenters | 3:30 | |
End of the Day 1 Program | 5:30 |
After the Day 1 program, join us at 7:00 at The Marquis Cornwallis for an informal gathering, featuring small plates, potent potables, and stimulating conversation!
Day 2: Hands-on Learning
| Topic | Presenter | Archived Materials | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee / Breakfast / Overview of the day | Dave Cash | 9:00 AM | |
XNAT Bootcamp
| Will Horton | Download Slides (PDF) | 9:30 |
Blinded Study Demonstration - making use of custom user groups to restrict access to certain types of data | Tim Olsen | 10:45 | |
Brief Break | 11:00 | ||
XNAT Tools - An introduction to the ecosystem of XNAT utilities:
| Will Horton | 11:15 | |
Lunch | 12:30 PM | ||
XNAT Admin 101 – Basics and Best Practices for XNAT Administration
| James Dickson, Flywheel | Download Slides (PDF) | 1:30 |
XNAT - DICOM Import Demonstration
| Rick Herrick, Flywheel | 2:30 | |
| Coffee | 3:30 | ||
Panel Discussion: "XNAT DevOps 403" An overview of the various ways XNAT has been deployed at scale in the field, featuring
| Moderator: Tim Olsen Panelists:
| 4:00 | |
End of the Day 2 Program | 5:00 |
At the end of Day 2, join us for a group dinner at Riding House Bloomsbury, sponsored by Flywheel. – Let's gather and enjoy an evening of good food and great company. Hosted by Dan Marcus and Gunnar Schaefer, co-founder and CTO of Flywheel.
Day 3: Supporting Emerging Use Cases
| Topic | Presenter | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee / Breakfast / Overview of the day | Dave Cash | 9:00 |
| Emerging Feature Demo: Form.io for dynamic data development | Will Horton | 9:30 |
Emerging Feature Demo: OHIF viewer
| Simon Doran Mo Alsad | 10:00 |
| Brief Break | 11:00 | |
| Emerging Feature Demo: Using the Container Service at scale | John Flavin, Flywheel | 11:30 |
| Lunch | 12:30 | |
| Emerging Feature Demo: Using Jupyter Notebooks with XNATpy | Andy Lassiter, Washington University in St Louis Hakim Achterberg, Erasmus MC | 1:30 |
| Afternoon Coffee | 2:30 | |
Panel Discussion: Federated data workflows | Moderator: Kate Alpert Panelists:
| 3:00 |
| Quick Break | 4:00 | |
| Topic talk: XNAT and FAIR principles – How to be FAIR? | Tim Olsen Hakim Achterberg | 4:15 |
| End of Day 3 Program | 5:30 |
Day 4: Hackathon Day 1
Nominate a Project: XNAT Workshop 2022 Hackathon Projects
We will have four breakout areas available for teams to assemble in, and we are tentatively organizing them as follows. Feel free to dedicate yourself to a single project, or hop between efforts as you see fit.
Space 1:
- Mini XNAT academy: Hands-on learning for new users
- Container development: Guided creation of containers and Command JSON structures
Space 2:
- JupyterHub sandbox: Guided tours and an open data playground using Jupyter and XNATpy
- XNATPy roadmap: Huddle with Hakim and the open source XNATpy team to scope and contribute to future development
Space 3:
- Datatype and other plugin development
Space 4:
- Management dashboard: Active ideation and development of XNAT monitoring and management tools
- XNAT federation: Continued conversation and design thinking on how to enable federated networks of imaging research data.
| Topic | Presenter | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee / Breakfast / Overview of the day | Dave Cash | 9:00 |
| Hackathon Project Selection | Rick Herrick | 9:30 |
HACK! Snacks and coffee will be available | 10:00 | |
| Lunch | 12:30 | |
HACK! Snacks and coffee will be available | 1:30 | |
End of Day 4 Program | 5:30 |
Day 5: Hackathon Wrap-up & Final Presentations
| Topic | Presenter | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee / Breakfast / Overview of the day | Dave Cash, UCL | 9:00 |
HACK! Snacks and coffee will be available | 9:30 | |
| Lunch | 12:30 | |
Final Hackathon presentations | Group | 1:30 |
Workshop wrap-up and acknowledgements | Will Horton, Flywheel | 3:30 |
End of Workshop | 4:00 |
Archived Content
Workshop Registration - CLOSED
Workshop registration fees are based on your registration date:
- Early bird registration (Extended until September 16!): £250.00
- Full registration (Extended until October 14!): £300.00
Registration for the workshop is handled through the UCL conference registration form.
Please contact us with any questions regarding group registrations or our cancellation and refund policy.
We Want To Know More About You
After you have successfully registered for the workshop, please be on the lookout for an additional email from the workshop organizers, which will contain important information about the conference and how you can sign up for projects and get involved with the agenda. Included in this email will be a link to a simple Attendee Profile Form. We invite you to share a little information with us about your past experience with XNAT and what you hope to get from this conference.