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iGEM 2020: Opening Weekend Festival

The Zoom password is the answer to ’Name of the city where iGEM Foundation is located’ in lower case letters

8:15am EDT

COVID-19 projects in 2020 Zoom Main StageSafety & Security Committee • Piers Milett (Vice President of Safety & Security)

9:00am EDT

GenScript - Molecular Cloud Zoom Main StageGenScript • Jason Meyer • Cindy Fortin

10:00am EDT

Welcome to iGEM 2020: An Exceptional Year Zoom Main StageiGEM Headquarters • Meagan Lizarazo (Executive Vice President) • Nemanja Stijepovic (Director of Video & Technology)

10:15am EDT

Meet HQ - Navigating the Competition Zoom Main StageiGEM Headquarters • Traci Hadock Angeli (iGEM Director of the Competition)

11:00am EDT

Discovering the data need to model biochemical networks with Datanator Demo StageSoftware Committee Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Risks Zoom Main StageSafety & Security Committee • Piers Millett • Pim Klaassen iGEM & The Sustainable Development Goals Hop-Interactive StageiGEM SDG Working Group • Lala Faiz • Marc Santolini • Alfred Birkegaard • Emilie Bergmann Hannibal • Manuella Cunha Brito

12:00pm EDT

iGEM Startup Stories Zoom Main StageiGEM Entrepreneurship Committee (EPIC) • Will Wright (Director of Entrepreneurship) • Niek Savelkoul • Nerea Capon Lamelas • Kevin Chen • Albert Annis • Bethan Wolfenden

1:00pm EDT

Wiring the Past & Future: A Transition for Engineering Biology Zoom Main StageMegan Palmer • Pamela Silver • Drew Endy • Tom Knight

2:30pm EDT

iGEM Insights: Understanding iGEM Through Data Zoom Main StageInsights Committee • Marc Santolini • Megan J. Palmer (Director of Human Practices)

4:00pm EDT

Cloud-based software for efficient virtual collaboration Zoom Breakout StageBenchling

9:00pm EDT

Voice of Life: Interview with Researchers Hop-Interactive StageTeam: Nanjing China Sequence Optimization for Expression and Synthesis Demo StageSoftware Committee

10:00pm EDT

Live Music by After iGEM 1 Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Ambassadors

4:00am EDT

Wondering about Your High School iGEM Journey? A Conversation with HS iGEM Alumni (Asia, Europe) Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM High School Committee

5:00am EDT

Developing Synthetic Biology Designs using ShortBOL Demo StageSoftware Committee

6:30am EDT

Live Music by After iGEM 2 Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Ambassadors

7:00am EDT

The BioFutures Initiative Zoom Breakout StageHello Tomorrow + iGEM Europe

7:15am EDT

Meme, myself and I (by iGEM Memes) Hop-Interactive StageiGEM Memes

8:00am EDT

Sustainable Development Goals Ideation Workshop Zoom Breakout Stage (*)After iGEM Ambassadors + EPIC

9:00am EDT

Fostering Open Collaboration Between iGEM Teams Zoom Main StageJust One Giant Lab (JOGL) • Thomas Landrain • Marc Santolini Fundraising Workshop Zoom Breakout Stage (*)After iGEM Ambassadors

10:00am EDT

GMOs in Agriculture - The Nobel Laureates’ Campaign Zoom Main StageAfter iGEM Communications Committee • Sir Richard J. Roberts • Piers Milett

11:00am EDT

Pub Quiz with iGEMers Zoom Breakout StageVideo & Remote Technology Committee

11:15am EDT

How to Avoid Plagiarism in Your Work Zoom Breakout StageAfter iGEM Policy Committee

12:00pm EDT

Planning and Designing Your Project Zoom Main StageMeasurement Committee

1:15pm EDT

Cloning and Assembly Plans Demo StageMeasurement Committee

1:30pm EDT

Team Building Workshop Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Ambassadors

2:30pm EDT

Software Tools for Genetic Design Demo StageSoftware Committee

8:00pm EDT

Icebreakers & Games 1 Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Ambassadors

10:00pm EDT

High School “Avengers” - Creating rapid solutions with SynBio! Zoom Breakout StageAfter iGEM High School Committee

11:10pm EDT

Wondering about Your High School iGEM Journey? A Conversation with HS iGEM Alumni (Asia, North America) Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM High School Committee

4:00am EDT

Regional iGEM Stories: Asia Pacific (Fireside Chat by After iGEM) Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Ambassadors

5:00am EDT

How to Find Insights from Social Science Research Related to Your Project Zoom Main StageHuman Practices Committee

6:00am EDT

A Secret Key to Mass Media Hop-Interactive StageTeam: Moscow State University

6:15am EDT

Biodiversity, the Nagoya Protocols and Digital Sequence Sharing Zoom Breakout StageAfter iGEM Policy Committee

6:30am EDT

PowerPoint Karaoke Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Ambassadors

7:15am EDT

Engineering Biological Information Processing Systems Demo StageMeasurement Committee

8:15am EDT

Designing Scientifically Valid Surveys Zoom Main StageHuman Practices Committee

9:15am EDT

Creative Challenge: SynBio SciFi Stories Hop-Interactive StageiGEM Entrepreneurship Committee (EPIC)

10:15am EDT

Judging in iGEM 2020 Zoom Breakout StageExecutive Judging Committee

11:15am EDT

Doing Human Practices during a Global Pandemic Zoom Main StageHuman Practices Committee Education and Accessibility in the SynBio Ecosystem Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Communications Committee + Diversity & Inclusion Committee

12:00pm EDT

Icebreakers & Games 2 Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Ambassadors

12:15pm EDT

Modeling for Synthetic Biology Demo StageMeasurement Committee Frugal/Low-Cost Science Zoom Main StageAfter iGEM Communications Committee • Dr. Saad Bhamla • Gaurav Byagathvalli • Soham Sinha • Dr. Ally Huang • Bethan Wolfenden

1:15pm EDT

How to Build an Inclusive iGEM Project Zoom Main StageDiversity & Inclusion Committee

2:00pm EDT

PT/ES: Histórias Regionais / Historias Regionales iGEM: América Latina (Bate-papos por After iGEM) / (Conversatorio por After iGEm) Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Ambassadors Regional iGEM Stories: North America (Fireside Chat by After iGEM) Hop-Interactive StageAfter iGEM Ambassadors

3:15pm EDT

iGEMbox Party (Hispam Meetup Finale) Hop-Interactive StageTeam: FCB-UANL