Some members from the 2011 dream team with Ayah & Alicia

After two amazing and inspiring iterations (2011 and 2010), we are excited to announce we are passing the Open Hardware Summit torch!

We had an amazing two years: we collectively created the first OSHW definition (which has been adopted by CERN), communally created a logo for our movement, grew into a community that supports each other on forums, mailing lists and sponsorships, launched the first Open Hardware Scholarship, turned a conference goodie bag into something you would wrestle over, and created a geek red carpet that would have the Oscar’s drooling!

It was inspiring serving such an impassioned community, and we will both continue to serve in our own ways. The Open Hardware Summit is a mission-driven conference. It’s non-profit, and a labour of love. Our aim is to continually involve more and more of the community. In that effort we are announcing Catarina Mota and Dustyn Roberts as the two new co-chairs for the 2012 Open Hardware Summit.

With Catarina’s expertise in Open Materials, and Dustyn’s work in open mechanisms and robotics, each will bring a unique new dimension to the term “Open Hardware” and together broaden the relevance and reach of our movement and summit.

Thank you to all for attending, participating, supporting, sponsoring, and helping the Summit be a huge success this year! Thank you to our speakers, breakout session facilitators and demo’ers, the content you all shared is truly what makes the Summit exciting, captivates the audience, and accelerates discussion. And thank you for sharing your slides! Videos will be up soon, in the meantime check out the photos from Jacob Gibb and John De Cristofaro on the Open Hardware Summit’s flickr stream.

Thank you to our SPONSORS who generously support the Summit. Each donation both from individuals and companies made a huge difference. We urge you to check out our sponsors, these are the companies believing in the open source hardware movement today and sharing a very large part of what it takes to run a conference – money!

The Summit is completely volunteer run and non-profit. We couldn’t have done it without our dream team and several last minute volunteers who stepped up to tasks we didn’t expect! We are so fortunate to have an amazing community full of talented, giving people – please carry the excitement of the day with you into 2012.

The winner is:
BITPONICS – Michael Zick Doherty & Amit Kumar :: Brooklyn, NY.  – 200 votes (%13 of all votes)

Second place:
Buswick Taz – Sean McIntyre :: Brooklyn, NY – 157 votes (%10 of all votes)

Third place:
The Scrap to Stuff Project – Alex Thomson – 150 votes (%10 of all votes)

CONGRATULATIONS to BITPONICS, you’ve won $2,000 courtesy of the generous Open Hardware Community!

Thank you all for your participation.

The winner will be announced very soon. Stay connected!

THE VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 14 6PM TO SEPTEMBER 15 6PM. The winner will receive a prize of $2000.

Support the Open Hardware community with your contribution.

You can look at the projects and vote for your best project here.

DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED to 12:00pm, September 14th EST.

TICKETS
Please, purchase your tickets here: http://ohs2011-eorg.eventbrite.com/
Tickets include breakfast, lunch, snack time, cocktails, plus an amazing goodie bag from our fabulous sponsors. The goodie bag will also include one (1) complimentary Maker Faire ticket. More about tickets and accommodations on the Attend page.

This year we’ve created an overflow space in the cafeteria to accommodate more people. The auditorium seating is first come.

BREAKOUTS

Due to popular demand, this year we have breakout sessions in the afternoon session, to facilitate smaller group discussions. You will be asked to select a breakout session when purchase your ticket.

SPONSORSHIPS

Sponsors, we still need you! The Open Hardware Summit would not be possible without you. We strive to keep the summit accessible, and still need some help covering our budget. Please consider joining our current rockstar sponsors, and see the amazing benefits you can get!

We’re excited to announce that Maker Faire, our partner in crime and catalyst to the Open Hardware Summit, will be including one (1) complimentary ticket to Maker Faire in the Open Hardware Summit goodie bag! As many people are familiar with Maker Faire in this crowd, we think you’ll be excited too.

If you haven’t been to Maker Faire, it’s a very a prominent and important part of the DIY movement and has extremely strong overlap with open source hardware. The New York Maker Faire is Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 17th and 18th), just 2 days after the Summit. You can check out other Maker Faires locations on the Maker Faire website: makerfaire.com

We hope you’ll take advantage of the complimentary ticket and further support the DIY / Maker movement. The fabulous people on the Maker Faire crew have given the Summit a large amount of support from getting us hotel room blocks, and allowing us to take over NYSCI on one of their days, to advice about speakers and twitter. We are honored to be part of this community, standing on the shoulders of giants. We couldn’t do it without you!

Sponsorship for the Open Hardware Summit is open! Special thanks to our sponsors who have already donated.

The summit is in its second iteration in partnership with MAKE and Makerfaire at the New York Hall of Science. Last year, 350 people came together to share knowledge about bringing open hardware to market, solving issues around open design, protocols and licensing. Many more people watched online and got involved in the conversation through the forums and twitter. Together with support from you, we have gained more momentum as a team. The definition we signed last year was turned into a license by CERN. We held a logo competition which received 129 submissions and chose one by popular vote. The summit continues to be about the DIY, Maker, small scale (and growing to large) fabrication movements and Open Hardware, and legalese around open source hardware.

By sponsoring the Open Hardware Summit you’ll be fostering the open source hardware movement. Read more about Why to Sponsor.

Sponsor Levels

SUPPORTER: $300-$1,499

• ONE complimentary ticket to the Summit
• Your logo will appear on the banner, website and program
• You will be able to add one (1) item in the goodie bag.

ENTHUSIAST $1,500 – $3,999

• TWO complimentary tickets to the Summit
• Your logo will appear on the main section in the banner, website and program
• You will be able to add one (1) item in the goodie bag.

FANATIC $4,000 – $5,000

• TWO complimentary tickets with RESERVED SEATS in the auditorium
• Your logo will appear on the main section in the banner, website and program
• You will be able to add one (1) item in the goodie bag.

This is a non-profit event. Extra funds from sponsorship will be put toward a scholarship for creating open hardware.

Would you like to Sponsor?

Your donation is tax deductible. Thanks to Eyebeam Art and Technology center, our non-profit fiscal sponsor for handling the finances.