Schedule
Sunday, August 7, 2016
| 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Welcome Reception for Early Arrivals |
Monday, August 8, 2016
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER | ROOM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 11:30 am | Tours of UVM Fab Lab, Champlain College Maker Lab, Green Mountain Power Inspire Space, and Burlington Generator; depart from Hilton at 8:20 am | Tours provided by Maker Space hosts | Hilton Lobby |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Keynote: MassChallenge – Creating a Startup Renaissance | Scott Bailey | Vermont Conference Room |
| 2:15 – 3:15 pm | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Session 1: | Biomimicry: Bringing Nature’s Tools into a Makerspace – Old Lyme Connecticut | Randall Anway | Green Mountain |
| Session 2: | Maker Movement: Collaborating with Federal Funded Initiatives | Karen Birch, Connecticut College of Technology PI, National Science Foundation Next Generation Manufacturing | Lake Champlain |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Session 1: | Road Pitch, Churn, and Growing Entrepreneurial Communities | Cairn Cross, FreshTracks Capital | Green Mountain |
| Session 2: | Integrating Makerspaces with Art and Technology Programs | Adam Kemp, Princeton | Lake Champlain |
| 4:30 – 6:00 pm | Reception with choice local Maker Exhibits | n/a | Mezzanine |
| 8:00 – 9:30 pm | Film: Most Likely to Succeed | n/a | Vermont Conference Room |
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER | ROOM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Breakfast Buffet | n/a | Mezzanine |
| 8:45 – 9:45 am | Keynote: “Maker Cities, Towns and Hamlets: How communities come together and what are the pivotal modes of change?” | Peter Hirshberg, Maker Media and The Re:imagine Group | Vermont Conference Room |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Session 1: | How to Inspire Early Makers | Greg Defrancis, Montshire Museum & Thad Gembczynski, Deborah Rawson Memorial Library | Season of the Lake |
| Session 2: | Building a Community to Support Makers: The Burlington Generator Story | Michael Metz, Burlington Generator, Burlington City Arts, Champlain College | Green Mountain A |
| 11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Integration of Art and Technology | Jenn Karson, UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences; Eugene Korsunskiy, UVM and SparkTruck; Coberlin Brownell, Champlain College, Ken Howell, Champlain College Maker Lab | Vermont Conference Room |
| 12:15 – 12:45 pm | Lunch | n/a | Mezzanine |
| 12:45 – 1:15 pm | Keynote: Building Local Networks to Support Robotics and Technology Teams | Steve Cremer, FIRST Robotics | Vermont Conference Room |
| 1:30 – 4:00 pm | Community Teams working session on Building a Cross Functional Maker Community | Peter Hirshberg | Vermont Conference Room |
Thank you to our partners for their generous support!
