From 2007.igem.org

Opportunities for experienced iGEM participants.

We are looking for people who would like to run or participate in an iGEM Alumni Program.

If you are interested, sign up below. Thank you - Randy

Volunteers to run the program:

• Natalie Yeung, Toronto 2006. --NatalieYeung 23:35, 24 July 2007 (EDT)

• Sreemati Lalgudi Seshasayee, Edinburgh 2006 -- [http://parts2.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/User:Sree] preeti.sree@gmail.com

Volunteers to participate:

Ideas for alumni participation:

• Animate on online community network for iGEM members (Alumni Profiles, Forum, Classifieds -jobs, projects, studies-)
• Organize virtual workshops for current/future iGEM members (skype + wiki):
  • How to set-up an iGEM team (Funding, Academic support, Equipement, Funding) ?
  • If I had to do it again, how would I do it ?
  • Ethical and societal issues in Synthetic Biology.
  • ...
• Alumni could become online mentors for future iGEM teams (track and give feedbacks on the wiki of the team(s), and organise regular phone conferences with them)
• Alumni could try to recruit more teams in their local region (give some presentations)
• Alumni could form a special judging panel at the Jamboree, with their unique prize (the 'Alumni prize'). They could select, with their own set of criteria, the most successful team (could be done purely online for cost reasons)

FAQ: Where to sign up? Sree from iGEM Edinbrugh 2006 team. Would like to volunteer in running the programme in iGEM 2007. Would be glad if you can contact me at preeti.sree@gmail.com