[LUGSB] Call for Speakers Open Hardware Summit

[Jonathan Dahan]

Don't forget - Call ends July 31st!

**Call for Speakers***Please Redistribute***

Bug Labs, Creative Commons and MAKE invite open hardware advocates to submit
a talk to the Open Hardware Summit. The Open Hardware Summit will be a venue
to present, discuss and draw attention to the open source hardware movement
currently happening. The summit will focus on hardware as a system, thus
encompassing conversations of software, management, legal, and other factors
surrounding open source hardware. Talks should focus on your research and
insights in manufacturing, materials, licensing and hardware as a system,
offering advice to foster and inspire new open hardware innovations. A panel
will decide on speakers, however break-out rooms for mini-lectures and
discussions will be available. Talks targeted toward marketing your product
will not be accepted.

Talks will include topics of:

* Optimal paths to create hardware
* Open Source legalities
* Supporting derivatives and community interaction
* Manufacturing / Timeline advice
* Why Open Source Hardware is important
* Geographical hurdles in developing hardware

Submissions should be no longer than one page in length and be accompanied
with a bio of the speaker (That’s you!). Tell us in two separate paragraphs
the subject matter of the talk and what makes this talk significant to the
open source hardware community.

*Speaker abstracts and bios are due on July 31 by 11:59pm (EST).*
Submissions should be emailed to Alicia Gibb and Ayah Bdeir with the subject
line “Open Hardware Summit submission”. Talks will be be accepted by a panel
of reviewers. Plan to speak for approximately 45 minutes. The Summit will
take place on Sept. 23rd from 10am-5pm at the Hall of
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.

Please direct questions and submissions to Chairs Alicia Gibb and Ayah
Bdeir.

Alicia Gibb: alicia[at]buglabs.net
Ayah Bdeir: ayah[at]littlebits.cc

Thank you and hope to see you in September!

-- 
Alicia Gibb
Gadget Wrangler
alicia at buglabs.net
buglabs.net/edu
buglabs.net/testkitchen
646-723-9268
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