Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)

Disaster relief and the aid industry must innovate dramatically to keep pace with technology, human needs and the speed and internationalization of commerce. Because innovation must come from all players, grassroots organizations can influence the process by bringing their “bottom up” brand of innovation to the problem. By building dynamic, collaborative, on-the-ground spaces in places where the population is in greatest need, a space is created where big aid can serve local needs more effectively than ever before.

From Brazilian Gambiarra to African DIY and repair culture in Europa, makers are exploring more sustainable production methods around the world. This new mindset can contribute significantly to the drive towards a more circular economy and also to validate a creative work done in the peripheries of the world.

Tricotautomat is a workshop where people can get an introduction to working with a hacked knitting machine.
Basic Machine Knitting in done on a punchcard knitting machine and will help you understand machine knitting.

What do Olympic Athlete Denise Schindler and Berlin based Syrian innovator Asem Hasna have in common? They are using 3D printing and technologies such as brain-computer interface and VR to improve their own prostheses as well as the lives of others. DIY electronics are promising a means to make customized, advanced technology available to the masses.

The workshop will focus on integrating interactivity in gaming as well as thinking outside the box through the creation of innovative gaming elements. During the workshop we will build an electronic circuit to interact with a game to experience a different environment.

Learn soldering electronics with recycling unused electronics, you will learn how basic electronics work and you will learn how to solder it yourself.

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Unter dem Motto “Jede Woche ist Code Week!” konnten im vergangenen Jahr deutschlandweit tausende Kinder und Jugendliche mit Projekten der EU Code Week und des Code Week Awards begeistert werden. Auch 2016 fördern wir mit dem Code Week Award wieder kreative Workshop-Formate rund um das Thema Coding.

Auf der re:publica 2016 bieten wir dem Gewinnerprojekt "Mach dein Ding – Kinder Makeathons für kreative Köpfe" der Jungen Tüftler die Möglichkeit eines Workshops!

Teach the internet the language of your plants. Learn how to communicate with and monitor your garden with internet of things (IoT) basics.

Peace-Hack-Camping is an ICT4D action bringing tech and social innovators, peacebuilders and open culture activists together to jump-start and promote new forms of learning and collaboration to support post-conflict development. On the heels of the first ever #PeaceHackCamp Dec. 2015, in Juba, South Sudan this rp16 workshop aims to develop the format in and for other post-conflict regions - making it the fledgling country's first (and likely only) peacebuilding and innovation export.

Digital tools can help us in the most unexpected ways: A storytelling Zucchini helps Colombian farmers take contact with end costumers in Bogotá trough their kid's smartphones, brings pride to the farmer's job, reactivates rural market places and teaches kids how to hack. In June 2015 a group of governmental actors, educators, hackers, entrepreneurs, environmentalists and farmers came together with the goal of leveraging synergies. The augmented reality vegetable 'Zuchi Zucchini' came to life.

Enthusiastic about electronics but intimidated by its complex system? Can you believe you only need to learn four basic blocks to start building your own electronic systems and repair your home appliances? Come and learn with us hands on, build the four circuits and start feeling like an engineer. In fact, after building the four circuits we will use them to make an simple piano and learn how they combine to make an electronic system. Easy and fascinating way to introduce yourself to electronics

There are so many Innovation Hubs, Labs and Makerspaces around the world - most of them in big cities. But the magic of co-creation happens in rural areas as well - we just don't know about it. In this meetup, different mobile lab projects will present their ideas and experiences and discuss the best ways to get innovation on the road.