 To emphasise the international aspect of the conference, ISMB 1995 was held at Robinson College, Cambridge.ISMB 1995 also marked a shift in the focus of the conference.ISCB Board member and Director of the Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute Alfonso Valencia has stated that, in 1995, "the conference changed from a computer science-based conference to a point where everyone realized that, if you want to make progress, there has to be more focus in biology."