**Submissions for Talk Proposals have ended.**
The Open Hardware Summit (OHS) invites talk proposals for the 12th annual summit!
Submit your talk here
This year’s summit may be virtual, in person, or hybrid, but it will be held on April 22, 2022, 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM EDT. We’ll have details on this process shortly.
We invite talk proposals from individuals and groups. Submissions are due by Friday, December 17th at 11 PM EDT.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: January 17 2022
The Open Hardware Summit is for presenting, discussing, and learning about open hardware of all kinds. The summit examines open hardware applications, practices, and theory, ranging from environmental sensors to 3D printable medical devices to open hardware processors and beyond. We are interested in open hardware on its own as well as in relation to topics such as software, design, business, law, and education. Past talks have featured topics such as advances in space propulsion, humanitarian projects, right to repair legislation, open hardware in education, and open hardware marketing.
For our twelfth edition we are especially looking for speakers who can offer insights on the current climate of Open Hardware. Some suggested areas of interest are:
– COVID19, healthcare and biology,
– The environment and climate change
– Activism and equity
– Outer space tech and imagining the future of technology
We welcome all proposals that do not cover these topics.
Process:
All proposals must be submitted through this form. No other submissions will be accepted. Submissions will not be anonymized this year, which allows you to submit work that might contain identifiable information. Your submission should contain the following elements:
Title: e.g. “How I learned to stop worrying and love the BOM: Bills of Materials for Open-Source Hardware.” Try to be descriptive!
Summary: Tell us what your talk is about in under 150 words
Keywords: 3 identifying terms for your proposal, e.g. “Kitchen Tools”, “3D printing”, and “Chocolate”
Please also include 500 words of description, up to 2 photographs, and optionally a link to a video.
In your proposal, please be clear about what you intend to present and how it is relevant to the open hardware community. For example:
Show how you created a novel solution to a problem with open hardware
Explain best practices for designing/using/troubleshooting open hardware
Discuss the background and implications of a legal issue that impacts open hardware
We are interested in all kinds of submissions, from How-Tos, to historical surveys, to personal stories, to hardware testing results. However, submissions primarily consisting of marketing for a product, non-profit, or company will not be accepted. Submissions that share knowledge and insight derived from work on commercial products or at organizations are welcome.
Keep in mind we’ll be deciding what to accept based primarily on the submissions themselves and not external materials. Be sure to give us enough information to make a well-informed decision. Documentation of accepted submissions will be published on the OHS website. Proposals will be scored by a panel.
Expected duration for talks is between 5 and 20 minutes, depending on the number and quality of submissions.
All talks are plenary (i.e. presented to the entire summit audience). If selected, you will be expected to deliver a live presentation during the summit livestream.
The Summit, including its chairs and staff, is primarily volunteer-based and OSHWA operates as a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We cannot offer speaker stipends.
For questions, include [OHS22] in the subject line of an email to the summit@oshwa.org.