You can attend this event either live at Waag or join the online livestream. Please keep in mind a valid Corona QR code is required to get acces to the live event.

Join OPENNEXT for an intimate deep-dive into the commercial and social potentials of open source hardware manufacturing!

Why should you give away your blueprint for free? In this event, the OPENNEXT consortium consisting of open source researchers, business model experts, design thinkers, makerspaces and companies, invite SMEs, makers and individuals interested in the potentials of open source to join us for an informative evening of keynotes, panel debates, drinks and networking.

The EU project OPENNEXT brings together makerspaces/fablabs and SMEs from across Europe to collaborate on open source product development. OPENNEXT has already successfully led 6 pilot SMEs through the open source development journey. Now, we invite 12 new SMEs to join the 2022 demonstration phase and together with OPENNEXT go from idea to tested prototype and roadmap in just a couple of months.

Join the event to learn key results and findings from the pilot phase. Discover why giving your blueprint away for free is possibly the best idea anyone could have, and dive into the commercial and social potentials of being part of OPENNEXT.

The overarching goal of OPENNEXT is to build a long-lasting ecosystem for open source hardware creation by leveraging the potential of company-community collaboration (C3). Along the way, we’re developing an open source toolkit incorporating everything from Community Building 101 to OS business model development.

Programme

1st Keynote: "Open Source Woodwaste - Cutting down by opening up" with Marije Remigius, Sustainability Manager at Fiction Factory

2nd Keynote: "Open Source Hardware — an Engineers’ Commons" with Peter Troxler, Research Professor at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Panel Discussion: "Giving away your blueprint for free is the best idea you've never had" - a deep-dive into the benefits of betting on an open-source business strategy.

Doors open: 6 PM

Start event: 6:30 PM

To find out more, visit opennext.eu