FAB11 | The 11th International Fab Lab Conference & Symposium

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The 11th Fab Lab Conference and Symposium

MAKING: IMPACT

Drawing from over a decade of field experience, Fabbers are creating an interactive Fab11 program that includes hands-on workshops, talks, planning meetings, project demonstrations, Fab Academy graduation, Global Fab Awards, a Fab Youth track , informal opportunities to connect and fabricate and, of course, fun celebrations of our network. Join your colleagues at Fab11 and expand the impact you have on your world! Stay up to date on the emerging program by checking the Schedule here.

International Fab Lab Network members from more than 450 labs in 55 countries are gathering in August 2015 in the birthplace of the Fab Lab concept. We come together this year to explore how the ability to “Make (almost) Anything” is impacting individuals, communities, businesses and collaborative research and projects from Detroit to Togo, Barcelona to Shanghai and everywhere in between. At Fab11, members will share technical expertise, best practices, and the powerful stories behind Neil Gershenfeld’s statement “The power of Digital Fabrication is social, not technical”.

Fab11 Symposium

The Fab Symposium: Making : Impact will take place August 6th at Boston’s famed Symphony Hall. It is a one-day, public event that explores the principles, applications and implications of digital fabrication. This year our focus will be on the incredible makers who have emerged from fab labs and digital fabrication education over the last 12+ years, who have made significant social, economic and community impact in the world and who are inventing the future. From the White House to Google to Barcelona to Togo, these makers are changing the world around us. Details about speakers and participants will be updated frequently on the conference schedule web page and via our social media channels.

Fab Festival

Over the weekend of August 8 and 9 the cities of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville will come alive with a public Fab Festival. The 3-city Festival is a celebration of making and creativity. The weekend includes exhibitions, demonstrations, cool performances, hands-on activities for the whole family, and talks and panels featuring great makers from around the world. The Fab Festival is free and open to the public. Check the Fab Festival program often as new, fun activities will be added daily by Fabbers from across the city and around the globe!

Our Venues

Fab 11 Hosts

Neil GershenfeldDirector, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms

Sherry LassiterMIT Center for Bits and Atoms; President, Fab Foundation

Fab 11 Conversations

Mon Aug 3 11:00-12:00 Making Robots >>

Russ TedrakeDirector, Center for Robotics, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab

Sangbae KimMIT Biomimetic Robotics Lab

Mick MountzFounder, Kiva Systems

Gill PrattProgram Manager, DARPA Robotics Challenge, DARPA Defense Sciences

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Marc RaibertFounder, Boston Dynamics

Radhika NagpalSelf-organizing Systems Research and Robotics Group, Harvard University

Tue Aug 4 11:00-12:00 Making Movies >>

Will StaplesScreenwriter; Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, and Call of Duty video games

Paul DebevecChief Visual Officer, USC Institute for Creative Technologies

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Janet and Jerry Zucker (video)Zucker Productions; Science and Entertainment Exchange

Alex McDowellCreative Director, 5D GlobalStudio at Wondros; Professor of Practice, University of Southern California

Sebastian SylwanFormer Chief Technology Officer, Weta Digital

Bran FerrenCo-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Applied Minds

Wed Aug 5 11:00-12:00 Making Life >>

George ChurchRobert Winthrop Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Peng YinMolecular Systems Lab, Harvard Medical School

Joseph Jacobsen, Nominee European Inventer Award 13

Joseph JacobsonMolecular Machines Group, MIT; Co-founder, Gen9

Pamela A. Silver Ph.D.Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

Fri Aug 7 11:00-12:00 Making Policy >>

Megan SmithUnited States Chief Technology Officer

Rep. Bill FosterCongressman (Il-11); Fermilab; Electronic Theatre Controls

Rush HoltCEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Executive Publisher, Science Family of Journals

Sat Aug 8 11:00-12:00 Making Cities >>

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Martin J. “Marty” WalshMayor, Boston MA

Nadeem MazenCouncil Member, Cambridge, MA

Joseph CurtatoneMayor, Somerville MA

Shirley FengExecutive vice president and Secretary-General, N.I.D.I.A., ShenZhen Industrial Design Profession Association

Mondli GungubeleMayor of Ekurhuleni, South Africa

?Dr Jayasankar Prasad CChief Executive Officer; Kerala Start Up Mission

Irakli KashibadzeChairman, Innovation and Technology Agency; Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development

Fab 11 Symposium

Moderators

Mitchell BakerChair of the Mozilla Foundation

Haakon KarlsenSolvik Gard, Norway

Mel KingDirector, South End Technology Center

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Stuart KestenbaumFormer Director, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Melissa FranklinDepartment Chair and Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University

Martin Luther CulpepperMaker Czar, MIT Mechanical Engineering

Andrew McAfeeCo-Director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; Associate Director, Center for Digital Business

Marko AhtisaariCo-founder, The Sync Project; former Head of Product Design, Nokia

Neil GershenfeldDirector, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms

Speakers

How To Make Design >>

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Markus KayserMediated Matter Research Group, MIT

Hiroya TanakaKeio University; Fab Lab Japan

Skylar TibbitsMIT Self-Assembly Lab; SJET LLC

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Vicente GuallartBarcelona City Architect; founder Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

Meejin YoonHead, Department of Architecture, MIT

Kelly DobsonGoogle ATAP; Former Head of Digital + Media, Rhode Island School of Design

How To Make Business >>

Sam CalischMIT Center for Bits and Atoms

Kamau GachigiFounder, Fab Lab, University of Nairobi; Executive Director, Gearbox

Ed BaafiFounder, Modkit

Max LobovskyCo-founder, Formlabs

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Raffi KrikorianEngineering lead, Uber Advanced Technologies Center; former VP of Platform Engineering, Twitter

Ayah BdeirFounder, littleBits

How To Make Tools >>

Matt KeeterFormlabs; Antimony developer

Fiore BasileFab Lab Toscana, Italy; Fab modules developer

Ara KnaianCo-founder, NK Labs; Project Ara

Tomas DiezBarcelona fab lab; Smart Citizen developer

Nadya PeekMachines That Make developer, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms

Amon MillnerAssistant Professor, Olin College; developer, Scratch

How To Make Research >>

Will LangfordRobotics, Fabrication; MIT Center for Bits and Atoms

Kenny CheungNASA Ames Research Center

Manu PrakashDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University

Rehmi PostLead Scientist, Samsung Think Tank Team; Co-Founder, ThingMagic

Rich DeVaulLeader, Google [x] Rapid Evaluation Team

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Yael MaguireEngineering Director, Facebook Connectivity Lab; Co-Founder, ThingMagic

How To Make Community >>

Josh GordonsonCo-Founder, Olopede

Ted HungFabLab Asia Network Board member; Founder, FabLab Taipei

Ohad MeyuhasFounder, FabLab Israel / Hope Lab

Heloisa NevesDirector, Fab Lab Brazil Network; Coordinator, Insper Fab Lab; Founder, WE FAB

Reginald BryantIBM Research Africa

Blair EvansExecutive Director, Incite Focus, Detroit

How To Make Education >>

Richard DavisTransformative Learning Technologies Lab, Stanford University

David SengehMIT Media Lab; TED Fellow

Abubakari AdamCentury College, Minnesota; Takoradi fab lab, Ghana

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Makeda StephensonNat'l Tech Outreach and Community Help Chair, NSBE

Dina El ZanfalyMIT Design and Computation; Fab Lab Egypt

Sherry LassiterMIT Center for Bits and Atoms; President, Fab Foundation

Hosts

Fab Lab Underwriters

Fab Movers & Shakers

Fab Sponsors

Fab Production Partners

Fab Affiliates

Fab Scholarship Sponsors