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How to Join the Festival
We'll be hosting 50 sessions designed especially for iGEM 2020 teams, and we're trying out a few new platforms to make it all work. Registration is free across all events!
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Click to expand1. GET THE SCHED APP
Get the Sched App or view Sched in your browser to bookmark sessions you are interested in, and create your own customized schedule! You can also join sessions through join links directly in Sched.
2. PRE-REGISTER ON HOP-IN
Pre-register for access to interactive events on Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 on Hop-In, or join at any time during the weekend by clicking the Hop-In link for that day.
3. PRE-REGISTER ON DEMIO
Pre-register for access to the individual software and measurement sessions on Demio, or join during the session by clicking the join link on the session details.
4. CLICK TO JOIN ZOOM SESSIONS
All sessions hosted on Zoom can be joined at any time during the session by clicking the join link on the session details. All Zoom meetings and webinars will now need passwords to enter. Please see the top of this page for the password.
You can also join the iGEM Global Slack Workspace to chat with fellow teams during the weekend.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL STAGES
Zoom Main Stage
Zoom Main Stage events will be hosted using Zoom Webinars. To join a main stage event, you'll need to join each session individually through the join link provided.
Hopinteractive stage
Interactive sessions will be hosted using HopIn. To join an interactive session, you'll just need to sign up separately for each day that you want to join. Signing up for a day gets you access to all of the events on that day.
Demo Stage
Demo stage events will be hosted using Demio. To join a Demo Stage event, you'll need to join each session individually through the join link provided.
Breakout Stage
Breakout rooms will be hosted on zoom.
ZOOM MAIN STAGE
Featured Sessions are held on Zoom. Join these sessions individually via their join link. Find a session to join.
Sessions on this stage:
- COVID-19 projects in 2020
- GenScript - Molecular Cloud
- Welcome to iGEM 2020: An Exceptional Year
- Meet HQ - Navigating the Competition
- Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Risks
- iGEM Startup Stories
- Wiring the Past & Future: A Transition for Engineering Biology
- iGEM Insights: Understanding iGEM Through Data
- Fostering Open Collaboration Between iGEM Teams
- GMOs in Agriculture - The Nobel Laureates’ Campaign
- Planning and Designing Your Project
- How to Find Insights from Social Science Research Related to Your Project
- Designing Scientifically Valid Surveys
- Doing Human Practices during a Global Pandemic
- Frugal/Low-Cost Science
- How to Build an Inclusive iGEM Project
HOPINTERACTIVE STAGE - DAYS 1, 2 & 3
Sign-up required! You can sign-up for as many days as you want. Signing up for the day gets you access to all of the events on that day.
Activities on this day:
- iGEM & The Sustainable Development Goals
- Voice of Life: Interview with Researchers
- Live Music by After iGEM 1
- 1:1 Networking
- Themed Meeting Rooms
- Fun Activities
Activities on this day:
- Wondering about Your High School iGEM Journey? A Conversation with HS iGEM Alumni
- Live Music by After iGEM 2
- Meme, myself and I (by iGEM Memes)
- Team Building Workshop
- Icebreakers & Games 1
- PowerPoint Karaoke
Activities on this day:
- Regional iGEM Stories Series (Fireside Chats by After iGEM: Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America)
- A Secret Key to Mass Media
- Creative Challenge: SynBio SciFi Stories
- Education and Accessibility in the SynBio Ecosystem
- iGEMbox Party (Hispam Meetup Finale)
DEMO STAGE
Demo stage events will be hosted using Demio. To join a demo stage event, you'll need to register individually via their join link. Find a session to join.
Sessions on this stage:
- Discovering the data need to model biochemical networks with Datanator
- Sequence Optimization for Expression and Synthesis
- Developing Synthetic Biology Designs using ShortBOL
- Cloning and Assembly Plans
- Software Tools for Genetic Design
- Engineering Biological Information Processing Systems
- Modeling for Synthetic Biology
ZOOM BREAKOUT STAGE
Breakout rooms will be hosted on zoom. Join these sessions individually via their join link. Find a session to join.
Sessions on this stage:
- Cloud-based software for efficient virtual collaboration
- The BioFutures Initiative
- Pub Quiz with iGEMers
- How to Avoid Plagiarism in Your Work
- High School “Avengers” - Creating rapid solutions with SynBio!
- Biodiversity, the Nagoya Protocols and Digital Sequence Sharing
- Judging in iGEM 2020
Two break-out sessions are being hosted independently, and require pre-registration ahead of time using a separate registration form:
- Sustainable Development Goals Ideation Workshop
- Fundraising Workshop
iGEM Foundation
The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of synthetic biology, education and competition, and the development of an open community and collaboration. Visit us at igem.org
Contact
hq AT igem DOT org
45 Prospect Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Due to COVID-19, iGEM staff are working remotely and cannot receive phone calls.
Please contact us by email.
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