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Team Meetups

Meetup events are happening around the world. Teams share ideas, help each other, and spend time with their fellow iGEMers! There is the opportunity to have a representative from Headquarters come to your event!

Last year's Meetup page - 2016 Meetups

Is your team organizing a Team Meetup during the 2017 competition season?

Tell us about your Meetup by sending us an email to hq AT igem DOT org .
Please include:

  • Name of the Meetup
  • Brief description of the Meetup (2 - 4 sentences)
  • Dates
  • Location
  • Itinerary
  • Contact information (to be posted online)

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5th Annual BioBrick Workshop at DTU

Dates: March 10-12, 2017
Location: Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Lyngby, Denmark
Description: DTU hosted its 5th Annual BioBrick Workshop March 10-12. The workshop is a combination of hands-on BioBrick assembly tutorial in the lab, presentations, and a chance to get to know each other.

Contact information: Please contact Associate Professor Christopher Workman, DTU Bioengineering, for more information about this meetup!
E-mail address: cwor [AT] dtu.dk

Itinerary: You can see a detailed itinerary for this meetup here.


Brazilian Meetup

Date: March 17, 2017
Location: Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB) 3, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
Description: The community of iGEM teams from Brazil invites anyone interested to join this meetup in the USP main campus, in São Paulo, Brazil. We will have a full day of talks and get-togethers to present the 2017 projects and foster iGEM in the whole region! The meeting will be held in portuguese, with some video-conferences in spanish, but it is open to all the iGEM community.

Contact Information: Facebook Group and Facebook Event


iGEM Southern China Regional Meeting

Date: April 29, 2017
Location: Shenzhen University XILI Campus, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Description: 2017SZU-China iGEM team invited 8 other iGEM teams to our school to have a meetup about our project this year. It was a one day meetup. Starting with the presentation of each team's project this year and as the host we prepared gifts for everyone of our guests. We learned and communicate a lot that day.


May festival in Tokyo University

Dates: May 20-21, 2017
Location: Tokyo University, Bunkyo, Japan
Description: May festival is an annual school festival in Tokyo University. iGEM UT-Tokyo organizes an assembly of iGEM Japan as a part of the festival. iGEMers have poster sessions to communicate with high school students and university students who do not belong to iGEM currently, tell the public about iGEM and inform other teams of projects in 2017.

Contact information: Please contact the hosts, UT-Tokyo 2016 for information about the event
E-mail address: info [AT] igem-ut.net

Itinerary:
1st day
9:00~18:00 Poster session
19:00~21:30 Dinner

2nd day
9:00~18:00 Poster session


Nordic iGEM Conference

Date: June 9-11, 2017
Location: August Krogh Building, Copenhagen
Description: The iGEM team Copenhagen is hosting the annual Nordic iGEM Conference (NIC) from the 9th-11th of June. On the second day we will be hosting the Nordic Mini Jamboree, competing in presentations, ending with a Gala event in the evening. For More information go the Facebook event here.
Contact information: igemku2017 [AT] gmail.com

Itinerary: Download the PDF here.


New England iGEM (NEGEM) - Summer Meetup

Dates: June 21, 2017
Location: Boston University Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering (CILSE), 610 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215
Description: This year, BU and MIT have teamed up to co-host this year's NEGEM meetups! This first meeting will take place at BU on June 21st, and the second at MIT in early October. NEGEM has been an invaluable experience in the past few years, allowing teams to learn about each other's projects, get helpful feedback, establish collaborations, and network with each other. This early meeting will allow New England iGEM teams to get preliminary feedback on their project goals and set up potential summer collaborations. We hope you will join us at BU in June!

Contact Information: Alan Pacheco, BU Team Instructor
E-mail address: bu.igem2017mentors[AT]gmail.com

Interary: TBD


Benelux Meetup at Wageningen

Dates: June 24, 2017
Location: Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Description: This year, the iGEM team of Wageningen University will again organise the meet-up for all iGEM teams in the Benelux. This meet-up will take place the 24th of June on the campus of Wageningen University. The official program will start at 12am, and will finish around 6pm followed by a BBQ. Registration can be done by emailing us, and more information can be found on the Facebook Event .
Contact information: email to igem.wageningen [AT] gmail.com


Germany Team Meetup

Dates: June 30 - July 2, 2017
Location: The Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden and the Biology building of TU-Dresden
Description: We would like to formally invite a delegation of your iGEM team to attend a German-wide iGEM Meetup, hosted by the Technical University of Dresden’s iGEM team. If you are in the mood to visit us in Dresden and to get to know the other teams, then please fill out the confirmation of participation form below, and send it by email to igem2017[AT]mailbox.tu-dresden.de by June 15th at the latest.

Contact Information: TU Dresden Team
E-mail address: iGEM2017[AT]mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Interary: Confirmation of Participation Form
Meetup Brochure
Accommodations


European Meetup at TU Delft

Dates: July 7-8, 2017
Location: Faculty Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Description: This year’s European meetup is held on the 7th of July in our home town, Delft. We will start with a symposium during which three interesting speakers will talk about Synthetic Biology and how they implement this in their field. In the afternoon we will start with a poster presentation of every iGEM team attending, to find out what everyone is up to and get discussions going. To end the day, we will be having a nice BBQ for some extra iGEM bonding. Next to the serious sessions on the Friday, we would also like to invite you to join in some fun Dutch activities on Saturday the 8th of July. For this, we have planned three different activities (participation optional).

Joining this event is a perfect chance to meet other iGEM teams, find out about each-other's projects and perhaps even begin collaborations, so don’t miss out on this great opportunity!

Contact: Registration is requested by the 5th of June for all teams who wish to attend. Please contact the TU Delft iGEM team for more information and how to register.
Email address: tudelft.igem [AT] gmail.com

Itinerary: You can see more details about this meetup here.


5th Asia Pacific International Genetically Engineered Machine Conference

Dates: July 30 - August 3, 2017
Location: National Chiao Tung University, HsinChu, Taiwan
Contact Information: Please contact Associate Professor Wen-Liang Chen, National Chiao Tung University, College of Biological Science and Technology, for more information about this meetup!
Phone number: 886-3-5712121*59711
E-mail address: nctu_formosa2017.bt05 [AT] g2.nctu.edu.tw

Itinerary: You can see a detailed itinerary for this meetup here.


UK Meetup at Westminster

Date: August 18, 2017
Location: University of Westminster
Description: The Westminster team will be hosting a UK team meetup in August! The conference will have a plenary speaker and sessions for the iGEM teams to present. There will also be a poster and networking session. Participating teams are asked to submit their abstracts by July 14th.

Email address: Please contact the team at uow.igem [AT] gmail.com to register and submit your abstract.


4th Conference of China iGEMer Committee (CCiC)

Dates: August 26-28, 2017
Location:Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Description: The Conference of China iGEMer Committee (CCiC) has been becoming a traditional meet up around China iGEM community. This year, we will try to provide diverse lectures in CCiC. We will update the details and schedule of this conference in iGEM China Community QQ Group.
Contact Information: Please contact meeting coordinator, Hao Feng or co-coordinator,Junhao Lu
E-mail address: funghao [AT] foxmail.com (Hao Feng); junhao3 [AT] ualberta.ca (Junhao Lu)
Phone number: 17720805623 (Hao Feng)
QQ Group: Please feel free to join the QQ group: 363055707 (Group Number).