Welcome to the 2013 Hardware Innovation Workshop
Experience the open hardware revolution firsthand!
MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop 2013
When: May 14-15, 2013
Where: College of San Mateo, CA
Tuesday May 14th 2pm-8pm
2pm |
Registration Opens
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3pm |
Welcome
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Liking the GuestCaring about your user is a design principal
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3:15pm |
Keynote
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3:45pm |
Getting Started: Case Studies in SuccessIn fast-moving markets we can learn from makers who faced the challenges of going pro and succeeded.
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4:30pm |
Break |
4:45pm |
Pitches with PrototypesFive minutes to sell your innovation isn't easy. Come watch, assess, and gain insight. |
5:30pm |
VC Panel: Where We Invest and Why
What maker seeking funding doesn't want to know what VCs are thinking? Hear it here, first hand.
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6:30pm |
Innovation ShowcaseNetwork and socialize in a show-and-tell event with over twenty very early, very interesting hardware innovations. |
Wednesday May 15th 8am-6pm
8am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9am |
Keynote #1 Drones Take FlightRobots are taking to flight and nobody is flying higher than Chris Anderson's 3D Robotics.
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10am |
Keynote #2 CAD for MakersMost hardware ideas don't become real without design software. Learn how the landscape is changing from Autodesk's Carl Bass.
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10:20am |
ShopBot Tools Announcement
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10:30am |
Break |
11am |
New Dimensions to 3D PrintingAdditive manufacturing is heading in new directions, including the cloud.
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11:45am |
Incubation: Mentorship and ResourcesEvery maker going pro can benefit from help but one size doesn't fit all. Come hear from three models of incubation.
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12:30pm |
Lunch and Table Topics |
1:30pm |
Board BuildingThe electronics of hardware innovation leverage great platforms and build on them. Key players discuss parts of the board ecosystem.
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2:15pm |
Things and the InternetCome hear how more things, new things, strange things are getting connected to the Internet.
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3pm |
Collaboration: The Wisdom of the CrowdLeveraging a community to pre-sell, to gain funding, to improve design and more will be discussed by those who know from experience.
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3:45pm |
Break |
4:15pm |
Partnering to Get it MadeMany paths are available for getting your product manufactured; hear from experts who know.
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5pm |
Tales of EvolutionLittle is standing still in the maker movement and as with so many other things, software tools are changing.
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5:30pm |
Closing Comments |
6:00pm |
Reception |
Title Sponsor
Supporting Sponsors
Media Sponsor
Press
The Maker Movement Meets the VCs
"[The maker movement is] as significant as the shift from agriculture to the early industrial era." Jeremy Rifkin, Wharton economist. Bloomberg Business Week, 2/16/12
Why It's China's Turn to Worry about Manufacturing
"Artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital manufacturing . . . these technologies will make manufacturing more creative, less expensive, more local and more personal." 1/10/12
More than Just Digital Quilting
"The maker movement could change how science is taught and boost innovation. It may even herald a new industrial revolution." 12/3/11
Moving the Economy: The Future of the Maker Movement
"I'm motivated and moved by the idea, the belief-that the people who invent and build and make things have the power to change the world." TJ McCue, 10/26/11 Forbes Blog
Big DYI: The Year the Maker Movement Broke
"Between MakerBot, Adafruit, MakerSHED and SparkFun, that's well over tens of millions of revenue . . .it's a real industry now." Phillip Torrone, Adafruit. 8/6/11
Maker Faire and the Growth of Do-It-Yourself
"The movement that caught on in the garages and basements of California's Bay Area is showing signs of true financial power." Gwen Moran 10/25/11