aGEM 2016 Competition & Workshop

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Take the opportunity to share your team's synthetic biology project at geekStarter's Fall 2016 aGEM Competition and Workshop. Alberta's collegiate and high-school iGEM teams will come together to present their work, receive feedback from a panel of subject matter experts, and get ready for the 2016 iGEM Giant Jamboree.
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Prior to competition: The iGEM teams will submit a summary of their project (max. 500 words) no later than Sept. 8. The judging rubric will be shared two weeks prior to the competition.
Competition day - Saturday 17 Sept: Each iGEM team will give a 20 min presentation on their project and current results. The order will be decided by random draw during the 5 minute changeover between presentations. 
The presentations will be evaluated by a panel of judges according to the evaluation criteria on the rubric.
Each presentation will be followed by a 10 min Q&A. This will give judges the opportunity to clarify any remaining questions and complete their evaluations. 
Travel awards: The recipient teams and the award amounts will be decided based on the teams' scores.
Workshop day - Sunday 18 Sept: Each iGEM team will meet individually with each of the judges to discuss their projects and receive feedback.
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<LI>David Rozak (President and Founder, Ars Biotechnica Inc.)</LI>
<LI>Emily Hicks (President and Co-Founder, FREDsense Technologies)</LI>
<LI>Karmella Haynes (Assistant Professor, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University)</LI>
<LI>Megan Palmer (Senior Research Scholar & Perry Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University)</LI>
<LI>Patrick Wu (Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology Consultant, BioAlberta)</LI>
<LI>Todd Kuiken (Senior Research Scholar, Genetic Engineering & Society Center, North Carolina State University)</LI>
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<H4 CLASS="MsoNormal">Saturday 17 September 2016 </H4>
Location: Libin Theatre (HSC)
 
9:00 am - 10:00 am: Judges Meeting
 
10:00 am - 10:20 am: Welcome and Introductions. Draw to decide which high-school team presents first.
 
10:20 am - 10:50 am: High-School Team Presentation #1
10:55 am - 11:25 am: High-School Team Presentation #2
11:30 am - 12:00 pm: High-School Team Presentation #3
 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: LUNCH (HRIC Atrium)
 
1:00 pm - 1:10 pm: Get back together. Draw to decide which collegiate team presents first.
 
1:10 pm - 1:40 pm: Collegiate Team Presentation #1
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm: Collegiate Team Presentation #2 
2:20 pm - 2:50 pm: Collegiate Team Presentation #3
 
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm: COFFEE BREAK
 
3:20 pm - 4:30 pm: Judges Deliberate / Student Focus Groups 
 
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: AWARDS CEREMONY
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SATURDAY EVENING: Check out the Beakerhead annual event: http://beakerhead.com/application/files/8114/7165/1148/2016_Beakerhead_Program_Guide.pdf
Note: Best way to reach Beakerhead/Beakernight is to take the train from the Banff Trail station (just outside the hotel) to the train station closest to the destination listed in the pamphlet.
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<H4 CLASS="MsoNormal">Sunday 18 September 2016</H4>
Location: O'Brien Centre (HSC)
 
Each team will be assigned their own classroom. Judges will rotate between classrooms and have 45-min discussions with each individual team. The exact schedule will become available once all judges have been confirmed.
 
9:30 am - 9:45 am: Coffee & Tea
 
9:45 am - 10:30 am: session #1
10:30 am - 11:15 am: session #2
11:15 am - 12:00 pm: session #3
 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: LUNCH (HRIC Atrium)
 
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm: session #4
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm: session #5
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm: session #6
 
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm: GOOD BYE

University of Calgary - Foothills Campus

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