The Open Hardware Summit is the annual conference organized by the Open Source Hardware Association and the world’s first comprehensive conference on open hardware; a venue to discuss and draw attention to the rapidly growing Open Source Hardware movement. The 2013 OHS will be held September 6, 2013 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  It is chaired by Addie Wagenknecht and co-chaired by Jimmie Rogers.

Speakers include world renowned leaders from industry, academia, and the maker community. Talks cover a wide range of subjects from electronics and mechanics to related fields such as digital fabrication, fashion technology, self-quantification devices, and DIY bio. Discussions and panels focus on, but are not limited to, education, manufacturing, design, business, and law. As a microcosm of the Open Source Hardware community, the Summit provides a friendly forum for discussion desire to be as inclusive as possible.

The Open Hardware Summit was founded in 2010 by Alicia Gibb and Ayah Bdeir with support from Peter Semmelhack and Bug Labs in its founding years. Read more history.

Open Hardware Summit 2013 Team 

Addie Wagenknecht, Chair

Jimmie Rodgers, Co-Chair

Far McKon, Master of Ceremonies

Windell Oskay, Review Chair

Kipp Bradford, Demo Chair

Paulo Blikstein and Richard Davis, Poster Chairs

Darius Kazemi, Sponsorship Chair

Big Thanks to Tyler Christensen and Josh Gordonson of MITers for sponsoring our venue..!