Teams/Meetups
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 - 2018 Meetups
Is your team organizing a Meetup?
Let us know by email: hq AT igem DOT org.
Please include:
- Name of the Meetup
- Dates
- Location
- Itinerary
- Brief description of the Meetup (2 - 4 sentences)
- Contact information (to be posted online)
March
April
- April 12-14: BioBrick Tutorial
- April 13: iGEM Shanghai Regional Conference
May
- May 3-5: iGEM Spring Festival
- May 5: Southern China Regional Meeting
- May 17-19: Nordic iGEM Conference (NiC)
- May 17-19: iGEM Collaboration Meet Up
- May 19: The Third iGEM Nanjing Regional Meetup
June
- June 13-14: iGEM meetup for teams and supervisors
July
- July 5-7: German iGEM Meetup
August
September
- September 19: Israel's Mini iGEM Jamboree
- September 20-22: SynBio Gone Viral
October
- October 25: BeNeLux Mini Jamboree
Dates: April 12-14, 2019
Location: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Lyngby, Denmark
Description: DTU will host the 7th Annual BioBrick Tutorial April 12-14th. The tutorial is a combination of hands-on BioBrick assembly workshop in the lab, presentations about the iGEM process, and a chance to get to know the other Nordic teams.
Itinerary: Friday: Arrival of teams and lectures. Saturday: Lab exercises and workshops. Sunday: Lab exercises and lectures
Contact Information: dtubiobuilders [AT] gmail.com
Dates: April 13, 2019
Location: NYU Shanghai
Itinerary: 10am to 4pm
Description: The NYU Shanghai team will be hosting the iGEM Shanghai Regional Conference. Local iGEM teams are invited to share their previous competition research, help each other troubleshoot for future experiments, and learn about ways to continue their passion of synthetic biology beyond the competition for the 2019 season.
Contact Information: Daisy Bugarin. Email: db3696 [AT] nyu [DOT] edu.
Dates: May 3 - 5, 2019
Location: Bonn, Germany (Center for Advanced European Studies and Research - CAESAR)
Itinerary: 3 days, program to be announced soon
Description: Kick off the iGEM season with a different kind of meetup! We invite you to Bonn to celebrate the iGEM values with us in a festival-style meetup, attend exciting talks from research scientists, present your teams in a fun way, share ideas and receive feedback, visit the famous Rhein in Flammen and Panama Opening festivals in Bonn with an incredible firework show, visit the Cherry Blossom Avenue, and attend various workshops. The meetup is an initiative started by European Ambassador Nemanja and our team with goals to connect iGEMers with a fun event, include After iGEM with a separate workshop, and promote and recruit potential new teams. Check out our website for more information. We hope to see you in May!
Contact Information: info [AT] igembonn.de
Website: igemspringfest.com
Dates: May 5, 2019
Location: Shenzhen University
Itinerary: 9:30AM to 5:20PM
Description: In this event, many iGEM teams are invited and will take turns to talk about their own projects, progress they have made and difficulties they have met. During this period, other teams can ask questions or help solve their problems to achieve the purpose of learning and communication among teams.
The Meetup will start at 9:30 a.m. and end at 5:20 p.m.. Eight teams will be on the stage to give speeches. Meanwhile, we have invited Dorothy, the Asian iGEM ambassador, to give us a lecture on how to prepare the competition, which can help us improve and further our project.
Contact Information: 1005745813 [AT] qq.com, or WeChat LLL_Wendy
Dates: May 17 - 19, 2019
Location: University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Description: The Nordic iGEM Conference (NiC) is a three-day meetup for the Nordic iGEM teams. This year the event is hosted by University of Copenhagen. There will be workshops, a mini-jamboree, an After iGEM panel discussion and social activities to strengthen the ties between Nordic iGEM teams.
Contact Information: Cecilie, email: cich [AT] plen.ku.dk
Website: synbio.ku.dk/igem/nordic-igem-2019/
Dates: May 17 - 19, 2019
Location: Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany
Description: iGEM, although being a competition, it lives from its big community and all the collaborations. For this reason we want to meet all of you as soon as possible and start working together! Come join us in Erlangen, Germany for a weekend of socializing, interesting talks, workshops, poster sessions and our collaboration speed-dating. Oh, and Franconia is known worldwide for its amazing beer.
Contact Information: email: project-igem [AT] fau.de
Website: igemmeetup.com
Dates: May 19, 2019
Location: China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing
Itinerary: 10:00AM to 4:30PM
Description: The Third iGEM Nanjing Regional Meetup is held by China Pharmaceutical University iGEM (CPU_CHINA) team. In this meetup, many teams are invited to share their own projects and communicate with the others, to achieve the purpose of learning and communicating among teams. We also invited many experienced iGEMers to provide suggestions to each team, which can further their projects.
Contact Information: email: KKeHuandi [AT] 163.com
Dates: June 13 and 14
Location: former US embassy @ The Hague, the Netherlands
Itinerary: Day 1: workshops, presentations, panel discussions & Day 2: unconference: you set the programme
Description: Do you want to increase your chances to succeed in the iGEM competition 2019? Acquire useful tools, skills and knowledge, exchange best practices, and learn all about human practices, safety & security, including how to work Safe-by-Design. In other words: get a head start! So save the date and join the iGEM Europe meetup during the Border Sessions festival on 13 & 14 June in The Hague, hosted by Rathenau and RIVM. Keep an eye on our website and Facebook for more information about the programme.
Contact Information: biotechnologie [AT] rivm.nl
Website: www.rathenau.nl/nl/igem-europe-meetup-teams-and-supervisors
Dates: July 5 - 7, 2019
Location: Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf
Description: The German Meetup will be hosted in Düsseldorf, Germany from July 5 - 7, 2019. There will be exciting talks, a panel discussion and poster presentations, where we invite you to present and discuss your team’s project. In addition, there will be many opportunities to socialize with your fellow iGEM participants.
Receive input from experts, discuss your ideas and get to know the German iGEM teams!
Contact Information: igem [AT] hhu.de
Dates: September 19
Location: Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Description: The main aim of this meetup is to prepare all the Israeli's igem groups to the great jamboree. During the meetup every group will present the project and it will be like a dress rehearsal.
Contact Information: Ofir Vardi, +972-544260888
Dates: September 20-22
Location: Brussels / Leuven, Belgium (More info soon!)
Itinerary: A collection of Keynote Speakers, Workshops and Preparation for the Jamboree, with a Black Tie Gala at night!
Website: Website coming soon!
Description: The iGEM KU Leuven team, Aachen and GO Paris Saclay teams are proud to announce a new conference hosted in the heart of Europe. The KU Leuven team will host several key note speakers from all over Europe, workshops and a practice session for the great jamboree! Alongside the assemblage of speakers and interactivity, there will be poster and presentation session to allow your team some practice for Boston, and a lovely Black Tie dinner to relax on a weekend night. We hope to see you in September, and feel free to E-mail with any questions!
Contact Information: synbio [AT] igemleuven.be
Dates: October 25, 2019
Location: Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Itinerary: 9 am to 6 pm
Description: During this meetup, we want to invite all the teams of the Benelux to Eindhoven to exercise their presentation and poster for the Giant Jamboree. Experts in the field will give feedback so you can optimize your work for the last time before going to Boston.
Contact Information: igem [AT] tue.nl
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