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Post-HLab14 Dissemination Session at Tech4Dev International Conference, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 4-6 June 2014
The UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development hosted by the Cooperation and Development Center (CoDEV) will hold the third International Conference on Technologies for Development and asks "What is Essential?" How to alleviate poverty in this world? Innovative technologies? What is appropriate technology?
Panel Discussion (Part of the official Conference; 4 June)
TH2-SE02-11 The Openness Paradigm: How Synergies Between Open Access, Open Data, Open Science, Open Source Hardware, Open Drug Discovery Approaches Support Development?
- Panel Chairs:
- Sachiko Hirosue, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Denisa Kera, National University of Singapore
- Water Hackathon 6-7 June 2014Open Source Technologies for Rivers, Oceans and Lakes - Explore the Possibilities of Open Hardware for Open Science Projects
- With
- Gabriella Levine Tisch School of the Arts New York University, and Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
Water Hackathon (Parallel Event; 6, 7 June)
6-7 June 2014 waterhackathon: Open Source Technologies for Rivers, Oceans and Lakes - Explore the Possibilities of Open Hardware for Open Science Projects
co-produced by BIO-DESIGN for the REAL WORLD and hackteria.org
For clarification on what this waterhackathon is, it is
- a satellite program of the UNESCO Conference Chair in Technologies for Development: What is Essential?, of the Open Science session, co-chaired by Sachiko Hirosue and Denisa Kera
http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2014Tech4Dev/WaterHackathon
Enrollment
For the hackathon, please register online prior to the event, so we know who will be joining us.
The hackathon will start on 6 June Friday at 10am. People are required to register on Friday morning at the Conference Registration at the Swiss Tech Convention Center on EPFL campus.
Everyone who is registered on the site above for the hackathon will have access to the Convention Center Friday all day.
If you are already attending the Conference, and you would like to sign up, please look for us in the main hall, where we will have an exhibition space throughout the conference.
Venues
1) Exhibition table at entrance hall of the Swiss Tech Convention Center conference venue
During the whole conference (4-6 June), place to show some prototypes, discuss, welcome people, last minute on-site enrollment etc.
2) Hackathon Lab Space within the conference venue
6 June 10 am to 5pm / setup the day of
3) UniverCity / hackuarium in Renens
6 June after 5pm, and full day Saturday 7 June. (24/7 access)
New biohacker space, launched by Luc Henry, Yann Heurtaux
At the ground floor of the conference center there will be "poster sessions"
Core Team
making sure we have a nice program and sufficient materials available for the waterhackathon:
- Gabriella Levine (June 3rd to June 7th (or longer))
- Nur Akbar Arofatullah (June 3rd to 15th)
- Urs Gaudenz (June 4th to 8th)
In collaboration with:
UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development hackteria Lifepatch biodesign for the real world hackuarium UniverCity
With support from:
Migros Kultur Prozent seeed studio SNF
Affiliations:
Open Source Hardware Association Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Open Hardware
Participants
- Marc Dusseiller
- Denisa Kera
- PECHBLENDA bIOpUNKhACKs
- ...
- about 25 hackaton participants
Planned Side Events
- Discussion on UNESCO Bioethics declaration
"unique capacity of human beings to reflect upon their own existence, to perceive injustice, to avoid danger and to assume responsibility, to seek cooperation"
- ...
Material
Provided by SGMK
- Electronics lab equipement
- soldering irons
- lamps
- electronic tools like tweezers, side cutters
- wires
- breadboards
- aligator clips
- arduinos
- ...
Provided by EPFL (Biodesign)
- Wetlab materials
- pipetes
- tubes
- ...
Provided by GaudiLabs
- Silkprinting materials
- OpenPCR
- WebCam Mircoscope
- DIY Nanodrop
- DIY GelBox
- ..
Provided by LifePatch
- Some seeed studio materials
Provided by UniverCity
- 6 tables with corresponding 6 chairs each
- electrical outlets, and extension cables
- running water/faucet
optionally
- good sound system
- projector
- fridge
Items to be sold at the conference:
micam3.0 kit by Akbar
T-Shirts by Marc
