Public Symposium
Public Academic Symposium on Digital Fabrication – Monday 27th August
The one day public academic symposium will be held at the Michael Fowler Centre. It will feature a combination of live video conferences and in-person presentations by some of the world’s most innovative thinkers and practitioners in the field of digital fabrication. This is a truly a one-off opportunity in New Zealand for anyone interested in this area of design, creativity, technology and science.
Extended Earlybird Prices until 30th July
Adult – NZ$150
Adult – NZ$175
Unwaged / Student – NZ$50
Online registrations close on 22nd August but registrations will be taken on the day a the MFC
Academic Symposium on Digital Fabrication
Symposium on Digital Fabrication
Michael Fowler Centre
8.00 Registration
9.00 Welcome
9:15 Foundations
Printing Functional Materials
Jennifer Lewis, University of Illinois (video)
Analisa Russo, University of Illinois
Bioprinting
Anthony Atala, Wake Forest (video)
Robin Levin, Levin Strategic Consulting
Living Foundries
Alicia Jackson, DARPA (video)
10:30 Break
11:00 Implementations
Fabricating Fabricators
Vik Olliver, Diamond Age Solutions
Suz Olliver, Diamond Age Solutions
Solar Sinter
Markus Kayser, MIT (video)
Rapid-Prototyping and Security
Michael Hopmeier, Unconventional Concepts Inc.
Benjamin Mako Hill, MIT, Harvard (video)
12.15 Lunch
13.45 Applications
Share What You Make — Under the hood at Instructables
Eric Wilhelm, Instructables (video)
Saul Griffith, Instructables (video)
Bridget McKendry, pixelbrid
Ponoko
David ten Have, Ponoko
Prototyping for Design and Construction
Andrew Maher, Arup
James Gardiner, EnExG Laing O’Rourke
Fabrication For and In Space
John Hines, NASA (video)
15.25 Break
15.55 Implications
Blurring the Lines Between Physical and Fantastic
JP Lewis, Weta
Innovation: Good, Bad, and Ugly
John Kao, Institute for Large Scale Innovation (video)
Technology and Refugees
Christopher Earney, UNHCR Innovation (video)
Te Aro Taumata : Where Two Worlds Meet
Piri Sciascia, Victoria University, Pro Vice-Chancellor Mãori
17.35 Fab Academy Graduation
19.00 Massey University Great Hall and Fab Lab
Inauguration, Open House, Exhibition & Reception
