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Editorial
. 2015 Jan 29;11(1):e1003905.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003905. eCollection 2015 Jan.

Ten simple rules for organizing an unconference

Aidan Budd  1 , Holger Dinkel  1 , Manuel Corpas  2 , Jonathan C Fuller  3 , Laura Rubinat  4 , Damien P Devos  5 , Pierre H Khoueiry  6 , Konrad U Förstner  7 , Fotis Georgatos  8 , Francis Rowland  9 , Malvika Sharan  10 , Janos X Binder  11 , Tom Grace  12 , Karyn Traphagen  13 , Adam Gristwood  14 , Natasha T Wood  15
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Ten simple rules for organizing an unconference

Aidan Budd et al. PLoS Comput Biol. .
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Conflict of interest statement

All authors are, or have been, involved in organising unconference or unconference-like sessions. Some of these events require participants to pay a registration fee.

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