World Championship Jamboree/Handbook
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Jamboree Handbook |
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Welcome to the iGEM 2013 World Championship Jamboree and congratulations to all the teams that have advanced! The next few days will be full of exciting presentations, stimulating conversations, well-deserved awards, and most of all, a lot of fun! The following information will guide you through the whole Jamboree event from what to expect at Friday night practice all the way up to the awards ceremony on Monday. Please read through this whole guide! It contains useful instructions and information that will ensure your Jamboree experience will go as smoothly as possible. And as a special note to team leaders, you will have some extra responsibilities so please read the section below for team leaders. |
General Information | November 01 | Further Details | Contact Information |
General Information
iGEM HQ Staff Stata Center and Lobby 13 |
Contact Information |
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If you have a question or need help at any point during the Jamboree, you can visit the information center at the iGEM Headquarters desk in the Stata Center, Lobby 13 or look for one of the iGEM staff members on site.
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If you you need to get in touch with anyone at iGEM Headquarters (HQ) for an urgent matter, you may contact the following people:
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Transportation | Guests, Family and Friends |
Ihere are iGEM shuttles from the Hyatt hotel to on- campus and from on-campus/Hyatt to and from Jillian's Boston.
See the flyer in your registration folder for details. |
Guests, including family and friends are welcome to register for all iGEM Jamboree events. If guests want to attend the presentation sessions, poster session, social on Sunday, and the awards ceremony, they have to officially register and get a badge (on-site registration is available and can be paid for with all major credit cards, US$450). Entrance to the awards ceremony is not guaranteed, and is dependent on the capacity of Kresge Auditorium.
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Meals | |
Food will be provided throughout the Jamboree. There will be lunch stations at both hubs: Stata Center and Lobby 13. Your team box will contain lunch tickets, which will be used to pick up your lunch. Badges must be visible in order to have access to all food. |
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November 01
Registration/Check-In Building 12 Room 156 November 02 - 3:00 pm |
General Release Forms |
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World Championship Teams can check-in on Friday afternoon (November 2nd) for the Jamboree beginning at 3:00pm. Registration will be located in Compton Lounge in Building 26, room 110. |
The iGEM 2013 World Championship Jamboree will be a multimedia event: in addition to the team presentation
videos that will be uploaded online, we will also be uploading photos and videos from the entire event so
others can get an idea of what iGEM and the Jamboree is like. In order to comply with the law, all participants
attending the World Championship Jamboree must print, fill out, and bring a general release form with them to the
Jamboree.
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