• Posters in iGEM
• Presentation Guidelines
• Presentation Evaluation Criteria
• Example Presentations

In iGEM, the purpose of the presentation is to communicate the project to others in an information and engaging manner. Teams are welcome to add an interactive or theatrical component to their presentation as well. Powerpoint slides or Prezi presentations are the most common methods of giving a presentation.

Presentation Guidelines

Please see below for presentation guidelines:

• Each team is assigned a 30 minute session:
  • 5 minutes for setting up
  • 20 minutes for presenting
  • 5 minutes for questions from the audience
• Teams are given a 2 minute warning, then a 1 minute warning, and then will be cut off after the full 20 minutes
• Only registered student members of the team should be presenting or answering questions
• Presentations should include an attributions section
• Speak loudly and clearly

Presentation Evaluation Criteria

When judges are evaluating team presentations, they are looking for the following:

• Presentation clarity: Is your presentation easy to follow? This is of critical importance when presenting complex material. If possible, practice presenting to an audience outside of your research group. Oftentimes, asking another PI, postdoc or senior graduate student to listen to your talk will help improve your talk's clarity.
• Presentation design
• Project attribution
• Team's ability to answer questions

Presentation Examples

In 2014, Teams UCSF UCB (undergraduate) and ITESM-Guadalajara (overgraduate) won Best Presentation. You can see their presentation slides here:

• UCSF UCB
• ITESM-Guadalajara

Additional presentation slides can be found on the Results page. You can navigate to different years from the top menu bar, and view team presentation slides by clicking on the slide icon next to a team's name.