Nordic iGEM Conference
NiC 2016
In June this year we, the iGEM Stockholm team, hosted a Nordic iGEM Conference (NiC), a meet-up for all Nordic iGEM teams. Around 80 people from different teams in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland attended. It was a three day conference with two workshops (Ethics and Speculative Design of Synthetic Biology) with the purpose to encourage everyone to think and work on other aspects of their iGEM projects. We also organized a mini-Jamboree, where the requirements set by iGEM Headquarters were in focus, as well as social activities to get to know each other. This meet-up gave the teams an opportunity to get a feel of the big iGEM competition, refine their projects and seek collaborations with other teams, creating a platform to connect students with their peers in an international setting.
Workshops
Ever wondered how the future of biotechnology will look like? Or how synthetic biology could be used as a weapon of mass destruction, and for that reason why we should keep it safe?
Ethics
Speculative Design
Mini-Jamboree
kommentar: typ skriva allt i dåtid, nämna domarna, kommentera vilka fina bilder man kan ha (typ på domarna, några av teamen, se även community i human practices)
The Mini-Jamboree was an event during the conference where all Nordic Teams presented their synthetic biology projects. Each team attending the conference will had 10 minutes to present their project, followed by questions. There was a panel of judges that choose a winner based on the official iGEM criteria for standard tracks: https://2016.igem.org/Judging/Medals (se below!)
During the Gasque (a Swedish student dinner party) the same night the winners were announced and they got the honorable task to host the next annual NiC in their city. Congratulations to XXXX!
The judges we no less than iGEM Stockholm 2015 project leader Felix Ricther and XXX. A great thank you to them, and to all who attended the second NiC conference!
Criteria
*Demonstrate your work - research based project idea and plan
Proof of concept of your project - Functional testing
*New standard BioBrick Part
*Improve previous part/project
*Collaboration with any registered iGEM team
*Integrated Human Practices
The project presentations were judged based on a point system similar to the giant jamboree:
Project
How impressive is this project?
How creative or novel is the team’s project?
How much did the team accomplish?
Is the project likely to have an impact?
How well are engineering and design principles used?
How thoughtful and thorough was the team’s consideration of human practices?
How complete is the team’s effort to attribute work?
Presentation
Clarity
Graphic design, layout & composition
Engaging
Team effort
Questions will be asked & answers will be assessed
NiC was sponsored by Fontana.
