Regions/Europe/Jamboree/Volunteer

Volunteer

This year we welcome hundreds of iGEM participants in Amsterdam for the iGEM Regional Jamboree Europe. The Jamboree will take place on October 5-7 on the VU campus in Amsterdam. During this event, we rely on a team of hardworking volunteers to help us to ensure that every iGEM participant has an amazing experience.
If you're a student, interested in synthetic biology and would like to take a peek at what we're doing at iGEM, please contact iGEM@kluyvercentre.nl. We're currently looking for your helping hands.

Basic requirements for all our volunteers:

• Good spoken English
• Preferably available at all three days of the Jamboree (5–7 October), with the understanding that these are long days
• Available on the training session, October 5th around 13:00
• Arrange your own accommodation

What will you get in return?

• The opportunity to experience the iGEM Jamboree
• Great experience in international event production
• Free t-shirt
• Dinner on Friday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday; breakfast and lunch on Sunday
• Taste the fantastic iGEM atmosphere
• Exposure to senior and young scientists: the current and future European leaders in the field of Synthetic Biology

Main duties as volunteer

• Videotape the team presentations
• Live blogging the team presentations, what's happening during the Jamboree
• Help to coordinate sessions
• Answer questions and help the attendees