I am leaving soon to Toronto to attend ISMB 2008. I usually stay way from big conferences since typically in small conferences is easier to really have time to talk to everyone. The nice thing about attending a big conference is that it looks like everyone is there. There is no shortage of science bloggers attending and it is going to be nice to get to know the people behind some of the blogs for the first time.
There is a room in FriendFeed were several people attending are gathered and for those not going it will probably be a good place to check for coverage of the conference. Alternatively here is a list of bloggers that are attending ISMB or some of the conferences before/after it: