Autodesk Celebrates Makers:

When:

Monday, May 9, 2016 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM

This is open house format so stop by when you can.

Cost:

It’s free for those who register!

Who should attend?

• Students considering developing their own product or starting a company
• Entrepreneurs wanting to meet other founders who are using state-of-the-art design and making tools
• Anyone curious about 3D design and distributed manufacturing

Autodesk supports SFMade Week (http://www.sfmade.org/) and the organization’s mission to empower makers to utilize the local resources that enable them to design and produce in San Francisco, creating new businesses and jobs for makers, doers, and thinkers.

Fusion 360 software is free* for students, educators, hobbyists and entrepreneurs earning less than $100,000. For more information visit the Fusion 360 website.

Speakers:

Star Simpson

Star is an Electrical Engineer from MIT and found her love for electronics when she was 14. She has been a maker/tinkerer/builder and has been happy to take things apart ever since. Star’s latest venture is Circuit Classics which brings Forrest M. Mim’s original hand-drawn circuits projects, by creating an exquisitely designed series of finely crafted, and highly detailed boards. Circuit Classics is on Crowd Supply now!

Lisa Winter

Lisa has been building and battling Robots since she was a little girl, and is a 20 year veteran on Battlebots! That’s right, she has been competing since she was 10! (Watch her compete on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno). Lisa competed in the last Season of Battlebots that aired on ABC and may or may not (shhhhh!) be competing in the season to air this summer.

Additional exhibitors include:

Hong Quan, designer of the Karmic Koben electric bike. http://www.karmicbikes.com/
Suz Somersall, jewelry designer who started a platform to teach 3D design to young women.http://www.kirakira.com/
Founding partners of OhmniLabs, builders of affordable high-performance personal robots. https://ohmnilabs.com/
And more…

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