Programme

Day 0 (Canopy Kitchen and Courtyard, Central Edinburgh)

19:00 - 21:00: Optional pre-event networking dinner.

Day 1 (0.01, Edinburgh Future's Institute)

09:00:  Registration and coffee

09:30: Welcome and introduction

09:40: Keynote address- Developing Making Community in Europe by Dr Pete Mylon, University of Sheffield

10:10: Panel discussion - Organic growth of makerspaces and making spaces

10:45 Coffee break and networking

11:15 Panel discussion: Staff development

12:30 Lunch and networking

13:30 Panel discussion: Sustainability of Makerspaces

14:45 Roundtable: Future of Makerspace offering: Challenges and opportunities (2.55 EFI)

15:45 Afternoon tea break

 16:00 - 18:00: Tours of central Edinburgh University making facilities

18:00 - 20:30: Dinner and drinks networking at the West Court, Edinburgh College of Art

Day 2 (Yew Lecture Theatre, Nucleus Building, King's Buildings) 

08:30 Coffee (and registration)

09:00: Keynote talk: Arion project, Ken Talbot.

09:30: Talk session A: Curriculum Integration and Pedagogy

10:30: Coffee and Networking

11:00: Talk session B: Makerspace operations

12:00: Lunch and Sponsor stalls

13:30: Roundtable Open Forum: What does the Future of European Makerspace holds and how we as Unimaker as a community enable that. 

14:45: UNIMAKER -- adopting a structure

15:00: Closing address and Unimaker 27 Announcement

15:15: Afternoon tea break

15:45 - 16:30: Optional tours of Engineering Makerspace and workshops

17:00+ Optional closing drinks and networking at the Old Bell Inn or departure