RSA Replay: RSA Makers Summit - Session #5-6

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Channel: Royal Society of Arts · 2015 · Education

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15:45 – 16:30    Session #5 – Taking maker start-ups to market

A debate looking at the opportunities and challenges facing micro manufacturers, and whether there is any truth to the widespread belief that it is becoming more viable to run a maker business in the UK.

Panellists: Fi Scott founder of MakeWorks; Laurence Kemball-Cook, founder and chief executive of Pavegen; Ande Gregson, co-founder Fab Lab London and creative technologist; Roland Ellis, designer.

Chair: Haidee Bell, Head of Design Programmes, Design Council

 

16:30 – 17:15    Session #6 – Forging an economy fit for the future

A session looking at how a burgeoning maker community might help us make the transition towards a different kind of economy where individuals are more creative, our economy more prosperous and our environment more sustainable.

Panellists: Tim Jackson ecological economist and author of Prosperity Without Growth; Vinay Gupta, global resilience guru; Kate Raworth, creator of Doughnut Economics

Chair: Tony Greenham, director of Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing, RSA.


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