Open Source Hardware Comes to the Nation's Capital

Public Knowledge
April 20th, 2012
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Rayburn House Office Building
http://ohdc.eventbrite.com/?utm_source=Upcoming+Events+on+Open+Hardware%...

Stay tuned for a full agenda, but here's a sneak peak: Squishy Circuits, Open Source Hardware Association, littleBits, Arduino, SparkFun Electronics.

1:00-1:15 – Registration (Rayburn House Office Building 2168, Gold Room)

1:15-1:25 – Introduction

1:25-2:40 – Panel 1: What is Open Source Hardware? (Rayburn House Office Building 2168, Gold Room)

• David A. Mellis , PhD Candidate, MIT Media Lab; Co-Founder Arduino
• Catarina Mota, Co-chair, Open Hardware Summit
• AnnMarie Thomas, Assistant Professor, University of St. Thomas; co-creator, Squishy Circuits

Moderated by Alicia Gibb, President, Open Source Hardware Association

2:40-3:30 – Panel 2: Open Source Hardware for Fun and Profit (Rayburn House Office Building 2168, Gold Room)

• Ayah Bdeir , Founder, littleBits; TED Fellow
• Leah Buechley, Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab; creator, LilyPad Arduino
• Andrew "bunnie" Huang, owner bunniestudios LLC
• Nathan Seidle, CEO, SparkFun Electronics

Moderated by Michael Weinberg, Senior Staff Attorney and Innovation Evangelist, Public Knowledge

3:30-5:00 – Hands-on Demonstration: Experience Open Source Hardware First Hand(Rayburn Foyer)
Arduino
LilyPad Arduino
chumby
littleBits
MakerBot Industries
NeTV
The Rascal
RepRap
The Resistor Jeltone
Safecast Geiger Counter
Seeing Eye Gloves
Sparkfun
Squishy Circuits
And more to come!