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To prepare for the meetup, a team was assembled to manage and organize the scheduling, food costs, designs and logos, accommodation, etc. Sponsors had to be found and boxes had to be checked to make sure that nothing can go wrong for such a large occasion. Vier Vogel Pils sponsored the beer for the event, while Promega hosted a seminar on RT-qPCR. We had planned everything to the millisecond that by the time the conference came around, we were prepared. | To prepare for the meetup, a team was assembled to manage and organize the scheduling, food costs, designs and logos, accommodation, etc. Sponsors had to be found and boxes had to be checked to make sure that nothing can go wrong for such a large occasion. Vier Vogel Pils sponsored the beer for the event, while Promega hosted a seminar on RT-qPCR. We had planned everything to the millisecond that by the time the conference came around, we were prepared. | ||
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| + | The German Wide Meetup was hosted for the first time by the TU Dresden iGEM team. In a 3-day affair, 60 students from 11 universities attended with the aim to practice their presentation demeanor, setup future collaborations and most of all, make new friends ahead of the Giant Jamboree and have fun. </br> </br> | ||
| + | Friday consisted of checking into the hostels, exploring the city of Dresden, and getting a chance to meet the fellow iGEM teams. </br> </br> | ||
| + | Saturday started off with a few introductory talks, as well as the presentation of “iGEM Goes Green”; part of the project of our iGEM team to push sustainability and environmentally-friendly lab work. Next, each attending team was given the chance to present their own project ideas; with the intent of promoting inter-lab collaborations.</br> </br> | ||
| + | Sundays main events consisted of two workshop events, held in smaller groups. The participants chose between the option to take part in a speed dating for last-minute collaboration agreements or an introduction workshop of iGEM goes green with interactive tasks on how to calculate the greenhouse gas emission of their projects and exploring ideas for more sustainable lab work. | ||
Revision as of 11:01, 22 October 2017
German-wide Meetup
The Idea
The concept of the German-wide Meetup was as to gather all the teams to network and set up collaborations for the iGEM Giant Jamboree. In the beginning of October, the team was a small group of Bachelor’s and Master’s students with very little diversity. By November, the team doubled in size and included members from many departments: CRTD, BIOTEC and the Biology Department at the TU Dresden. We became a truly international iGEM team, covering many disciplines and nationalities. With the resources, we had pulled together now, we thought we can plan something big, a German-wide meetup. We could host the meetup, using the whole of Dresden and be able to accommodate all the German iGEM teams. Out of the 13 that were invited, 9 came to the assembly, with a total of 50 people attending. The goals of the meetup were:
- Sharing our iGEM experience so far
- Getting to know the projects and visions of all attending teams
- Train the pitch and presentation skills in order to prepare for the Giant Jamboree
- Finding collaborations and strengthen the bonds between the teams
- Increasing the general knowledge about Synthetic Biology through conferences and events
- Having a fun weekend together
Preparation
To prepare for the meetup, a team was assembled to manage and organize the scheduling, food costs, designs and logos, accommodation, etc. Sponsors had to be found and boxes had to be checked to make sure that nothing can go wrong for such a large occasion. Vier Vogel Pils sponsored the beer for the event, while Promega hosted a seminar on RT-qPCR. We had planned everything to the millisecond that by the time the conference came around, we were prepared.
