The 2024 Open {Hardware} Summit

On Could third and 4th in Montreal, Canada the Open Supply {Hardware} Group (OSHWA) will probably be internet hosting the 2024 Open {Hardware} Summit, that includes two full days of workshops, talks, unconference and dialogue periods devoted to exploring Open Supply {Hardware}. If you happen to can’t make it in individual, we’re additionally holding periods on-line through YouTube and Discord.

Our branding this yr was created by Enna Kim, who labored with us to create our 2024 brand in addition to a sequence of characters. We love the playful nature of the loombot, the googly eyed built-in circuit and the tangles of wires that we expect displays what we’re making an attempt to drag off for OHS2024. We wish the Summit to be partaking, intriguing, stuffed with surprises and chock stuffed with radical, new concepts.

Above all else we’re excited to have the ability to collect collectively the open supply neighborhood to discover all of the ways in which ‘open’ exists!

Right here’s the factor: we all know it’s an extended journey for a few of ya’ll. Fortunately we provide some ways to expertise the Summit, each in-person in Montreal and on-line with a completely hybrid convention. We’re working exhausting to make certain that irrespective of the way you attend you’ll get as a lot as potential out of OHS2024. With the assistance of livestreaming,our Discord server and plenty of volunteer coordination you’ll be able to take part in talks, Q&A’s with audio system, suggest subjects and take part in a digital unconference on day two!

Although the third and 4th are our official dates we’re additionally excited to have programming round either side of the convention.

On Could 2nd there will probably be a mini reuse make-a-thon to observe your recycling expertise, plus an open supply fragrance workshop and a Joyful {Hardware} Hour hosted by Helen Leigh and Crowd Provide!

The official Summit will begin on Could third at Concordia College.

We’re excited to welcome Danielle Boyer, an Indigenous robotics skilled, because the keynote speaker. Boyer will probably be talking on her work creating robots to revitalize Indigenous languages, and using them to deal with the systemic oppression of the Anishinaabe neighborhood. It’s sure to be a chat that you do not need to overlook.

That is simply one of many unimaginable components of OHS this yr.

Now we have additionally managed to slot in 19 different talks starting from e-textile manufacturing to creating bespoke open {hardware} on your family members to open supply medical gadgets, the subjects and high quality of the audio system is actually great.

We additionally observed a heavy push to debate the environmental impacts of constructing with proposals this yr that resulted in talks on repurposing disposable vapes, addressing air pollution in {hardware} manufacturing, and creating sustainable biomaterials for 3D printing.

On prime of all that we even have a devoted desk hour the place individuals can discover the very rad choices like a diy pc restore zine, afrofuturist gadgets for speculative PTSD remedy, and modding gameboys.

Although it’s such a full day we all know a few of ya’ll will nonetheless have to let off some steam which suggests we’re going to have an afterparty the place you’ll be able to hang around, socialize and dance till you might be exhausted.

On day two we will probably be transferring to LESPACEMAKER for workshops, unconference and dialogue teams. For these becoming a member of us IRL workshops vary from constructing robots, discovering wi-fi entry factors to creating paper. Ensure you join workshop choices so that you don’t miss out!

We all know that our neighborhood likes to discover concepts in-depth and we needed to make sure there was time for folk to debate ideas that they had come up over the course of day one so we’ve received house for dialogue teams.

Plus all day one each in-person and on-line attendees can counsel unconference subjects that will probably be voted on within the night to have periods operating easily on day two. Unconference subjects can actually be something and may have house devoted to have the ability to current to 1 one other.

With that we’ll come to the official shut of OHS2024.

On our unofficial day three we will probably be gathering at CyberLoveHotel for a calming, sharing and zinemaking session.

All this to say that we actually can’t wait to see everybody this yr. Please register for the Open {Hardware} Summit and be a part of us nevertheless works for you. You may sustain with all the newest information on OHS2024 on-line on Twitter,Mastodon and LinkedIn.