gif: iGEM 2020 Global Meetup - August 20-22

Join us at the iGEM Global Meetup

1 Week left! Schedule is Out Now

The i in iGEM stands for international. This event will celebrate the diversity and international spirit of our community. We invite you to join more than 250 iGEM teams all over the world at the biggest iGEM Meetup ever.

Last week, we asked iGEMers to submit content - and we have collected over 50 sessions! We even had to add an additional day to accommodate for this. We are excited to announce the full schedule:

GLOBAL MEETUP SCHEDULE

Direct Link: https://2020.igem.org/Teams/Global_Meetup

What kind of content awaits you on August 20-22?

Welcome Ceremony & Keynote Sessions
Thursday

The Meetup will start with a Welcome Ceremony, where you’ll go on a virtual world tour with the iGEM Ambassadors who will be reporting on what iGEM, synbio and 2020 is like in their part of the world. Do you want to be part of the stream? Contact your regional ambassador!

We will stream this session at three time slots 03:00 / 09:00 / 15:00 UTC (that's 11:00AM CST, CEST, EDT) - so that all of you can watch in the morning - wherever in the world you are!

The ceremony will be followed by one of three keynotes with inspiring leaders from every region:

Worldwide Synergy of Synthetic Biology: 04:00 UTC
Women in STEM: 10:00 UTC
World of 2030: Sustainable Development Goals: 16:00 UTC

Practical Competitions Tips
Thursday - Friday

The iGEM & After iGEM Committees will be offering a series of sessions with practical tips on succeeding at iGEM. These cover the basics of deliverables, preparing for the prizes, and other topics.

Committee Fair
How to Present Your Project by Story Telling
Communicating Science to Non-Experts
How to Build your Team Wiki
The VRT Hub: Videos in iGEM
How to Map your Project to Sustainable Development Goals
How to Prepare for the Entrepreneurship Prize

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Games, Activities, Networking
Thursday - Friday

We will be using various platforms for game activities and networking. Here are just a few of the topics on the schedule:

iGEM Bingo
What do you Meme?
Riff-off Game
Who wants to be an iGEMer?

How to Bake an iGEM role
Pass the Mask
BioBlox Tournament

Team Topics
Thursday - Friday

iGEMers will be sharing their thoughts about what is going on in the world within and beyond iGEM. Various team-led discussion will happen around topics like:

GMO ethics
Attitudes to BioMakerspaces
COVID diagnostics
Directed Evolution
Equality, Language & Accessibility

Team Spirit Poster Session
Friday

This is no ordinary poster session. Present your team members in a fun way on Friday, 15:00 UTC. Submit your posters by Tuesday, August 18:

SUBMIT A TEAM POSTER

Direct Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/iGEMTeamSpirit

Meetup Parties
NEW DAY ADDED Saturday

Saturday will be an open day for networking, gatherings, interactive activities and World Tour parties hosted by iGEM Ambassadors.. Do you want to host your own gathering? Let us know: globalmeetup [AT] igem [DOT] org