Guest Speakers

Here's our list of wonderful speakers who you can see on stage during the fest!

10:30am

Makerspace Urbana and the Heartland Maker Fest

Emily Knox
Assistant Professor, GSLIS

11:00am

Info City

Christopher Hamb
Founder, Director of New Media, Chrisp Media, LLC

11:30am

Call for Participation: Collaborative Community Art

elizaBeth Simpson
Strategic Artistry 

12:00pm

Servers to your Devices, Broad Overview of the Internet

Yonathan Tulu
Software and Hardware Engineer and Organizer

12:30pm

Why Making Matters: Stories from the Fab Lab

Jeff Ginger
Operations Manager for CU Community Fab Lab

2:00pm

Latin American Hack Labs

Anita Chan
Assistant Professor, Media & Cinema Studies

2:30pm

Animation, Quilting & Embroidery

Nina Paley
Animator, Artist, Free Culture Proponent

3:00pm

Workers and Weirdos: Youth Arts Programs in the US

Tyler Denmead
Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design

Download a printable schedule here. Talks are scheduled to last ~15 minutes with time for questions at the end.