Open Design & Production - Thurs 11th Sept Limerick

limerick | public consultation / irish social forum | event notice Wednesday September 03, 2014 23:01 by p2p - P2P Foundation, WeCreate, Cultivate

Part of Open Everything - A Collaborative Economy - Convergence Week

As part of the week of convergence on Open Everything and A Collaborative Economy brought to you by the P2P Foundation, WeCreate and Cultivate there are a series of talks and these are taking place in Dublin, Limerick and in Cloughjordan ecovillage in Co. Tipperary

How can a commons-based collaborate economy strengthen the resilience of our communities?

An exploration of commons based peer production and design with Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation. Participants will gain practical experience of open hardware projects including Wiki House.

Venue: Fab Lab Limerick, Rutland Street, Limerick

When: Thursday 11th September @ 2pm - 5pm

€5 suggested donation (pay on the door)

"At the heart of our economies, a diversification and increasing importance of collaborative practices can be observed. By proposing alternative paths of value creation and sharing, these practices open new perspectives in terms of consumption, production and innovation models."

- Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation - Synthetic Overview of the Collaborative Economy (PDF)
http://p2p.coop/files/reports/collaborative-economy-201...2.pdf

More about the other venues and background at the link below.