Civic Hacknight 007: Open Lab, search engine for citizen science & open hardware

Come help us chip away at civic challenges! We've got everything you need for a friendly and productive night: an invited speaker to learn from, wonderful co-conspirators to meet, some projects to work on, and delicious food to eat!

https://link.g0v.london/rsvp

We're working up to hosting regular weekly events. We'll need your energy and contributions to make that work! (See ABOUT US section below)

‣ PRESENTER: Jonathan Minchin @jonminchin

‣ TOPIC: Open Lab platform, a search engine for citizen science projects and open source design & hardware

‣ BIO:
Jonathan is a multidisciplinary architectural designer and maker, working between the built environment, digital fabrication with a particular focus on rural contexts. He founded the Green Fab Lab at Valldaura Labs, IAAC Campus in Barcelona in 2013 and is currently the Project Manager of an EU Horizon 2020 program that develops tools for Climate Resilient Agriculture; (ROMI) Robotics for Microfarms.

In the field ‘International Cooperation, Sustainable Emergency Architecture’ he has worked on housing and development projects alongside ‘UN habitat’ in Barcelona, ‘Habitat for Humanity’ in Costa Rica, ‘UNESCO’ in Cuba and with ‘Basic Initiative’ in Tunisia. He holds a particular interest in appropriate technology and local manufacturing. His writing on “Geographic referencing for Technology Transfer” was published in the book ‘Reflections on Development and Cooperation’. He has studied and taught in the Fab Academy, Bio Academy and setup the Zero Series workshops in Biology, Agro Ecology and Forestry. He founded the Open Lab platform for technology transfer and the Open Source Beehives project for sustainable beekeeping.

‣ VENUE SPONSOR
Newspeak House is an independent residential college founded in 2015 to study, nurture and inspire emerging communities of practice across civil society and the public sector in the UK. https://newspeak.house

‣ CHECK-IN DETAILS
Enter through the eastern-most glass door. We might informally confirm RSVPs.

(We might informally confirm RSVPs, which help attendees to connect after the event, and help us ensure enough food.)

‣ ACCESSIBILITY
The event will take place on the ground floor. The event space has no steps inside. The main entrance has a 2" lip onto a graded concrete ramp.

‣ ABOUT US
g0v London is an exploration of seeding a g0v community in London, UK. We are currently running hacknights roughly every few weeks and, with your support, we aspire to run them weekly.

‣ INSPIRATION
g0v is a grassroots social movement community dedicated to deepening the civic engagements and connections between the social arena and citizens. It is a decentralised civic tech community with core values of information transparency, open results and open cooperation. https://g0v.tw/intl/en/

Civic Tech Toronto is a diverse community of Torontonians interested in better understanding and finding solutions to civic challenges through technology, design or other means. They run weekly "civic hacknights for everyone", where people of all backgrounds and skill levels are welcome to attend. https://link.civictech.ca/meetup (Civic Tech Toronto was in turn inspired by the values and format of Chicago's ChiHackNight. )

‣ AGENDA
6:15 Doors open. Food!
6:30 Welcome and intros
7:00 Presentation, Q&A
7:30 Breakout groups (make something!)
9:00 Pack up and find a pub (alcohol optional)

Hope to see you there! Don't forget to bring your laptop for hacking!