After a week of preparation for aGEM, the team was on their way to the Banff Centre. The poster presentation began at 8:00pm for all three Albertan teams: UofC, UofA and UofL. The University of Calgary students arrived early and set up the iMacs for the Second Life tour, set up the posters and had hand-outs ready to be distributed.
The team members took turns visiting the other teams' poster presentations and made sure that there was always someone by our poster to address any questions or concerns that visitors and/or judges should have.
I also had the opportunity to speak to the analyst from iNOVIA Capital, Laura Montes, who I had met at the Dragon's Den earlier this year. She was interested in the marketing and outreach part of the project and was astonished to find out the progress that the University of Calgary's students have made with marketing, media and outreach this year. I also distributed the Human Practices handouts and addressed the relevance of Human Practices to the iGEM 2009 project.
Later that evening, the team got together and helped the presenters prepare for the powerpoint presentation on Saturday.
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