Information on Maker Faire 2015, as shared in the Makers Town Hall meeting

1. Make: The Power to Create

2. Encourage the public to step into Science,
Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths
(S.T.E.A.M) though tinkering.
Invite people to
Experience
STEAM
Reaching Out to… By…
Families
Young Children
Community Centres
Students
Youth
•Show and tell of your
project
•Holding workshops
•Giving talks
•Participating in the lead
up events
Maker Faire Singapore 2015– a great Show
and Tell event targeting over 10,000 visitors.

3. Maker Faire in
Singapore
Singapore Mini
Maker Faire 2012
• 20 Maker Groups
• 1000 attendees
Singapore Mini
Maker Faire 2013
• 50 Maker groups
• 3000 attendees
• 2 pop up workshops
Singapore Mini
Maker Faire 2014
•110 Maker groups
•5 workshops
•2 Pop up Maker spaces
•10,000 attendees
Maker Faire
Singapore 2015
•200 Maker groups
•Targetted 20,000
attendees over
workshops, pop ups and
Maker Faire 2015

4. Quick
factsSingapore Mini Maker Faire 2014
• 2 pop up Makerspaces
• 5 family workshops
• Community initiated events and workshops
• Maker Faire Education Day
• Maker Immersion Camp 2014
• Hour of Code SG
The workshops, camps and pop up spaces and
Maker Faire Singapore, reached out to over
10,000 people in 2014.

5. Makers

6. Who are these
Makers?
Full list of makers:
http://makerfairesingapore.com/makers/makers2012/
http://makerfairesingapore.com/makers/makers-2013/
http://makerfairesingapore.com/2014/07/04/who-will-you-
meet-at-smmf-2014/
Sponsors and Partners

7. Maker Profiles
“Maker”: The Technological Tinkerer of
the 21st Century
“Hobbyist”
What they are, in their own words:
What they do, in their own words:
“Tinkerer” “Engineer”
“Hardware/software” “Electronics” “Fun projects”

8. Attendees
Who are they?
Students
Friends of Makers
Secondary – JC students
Polytechnic/ITE groups
University students
Family groups
Looking to learn new things
Family and Friends of Makers
Hobbyists
Makers themselves
Friends of Makers
Clients of vendors
Tech enthusiasts
Hackerspace & makerspace
members
Professionals in the tech
industry

9. What’s new
in 2015?
More diversity…
Educators, crafters, musicians, steampunk,
RC hobbyists, even more tech enthusiasts…
Regular lead up events including
maker workshops for kids and parents
train the trainer workshops
Maker Camps, Makerthons
Contact us if you want to host or
collaborate on a Lead up programme
Wider reach…
Out of the Science Centre, and into the
community!

10. 11th July 2015
11.00am Start of Maker Faire Singapore
11.00am-
7.00pm
Maker Booths
Workshops
Talks
7.15pm-9pm Networking Dinner
12th July 2015
10.00am-
6.00pm
Maker Booths
Workshops
Talks
8.30pm-11pm Maker Deejay party
13th July 2015: Maker Spaces in Singapore tour
Programme

11. 11th July 2015
11.00am Start of Maker Faire Singapore
12.00nn to
2.30pm
Keynote speeches
Launch of Maker families in Singapore Book
90 second presentation by selected makers
3pm-5pm Making in Education Forum
5pm-7pm Free and Easy tour of Maker booths
7.15pm-
9pm
Networking Dinner
12th July 2015
9am-12nn Business of Making
2pm-5pm Making for Social change
8.30pm-
11pm
Maker Deejay party
13th July 2015: Maker Spaces in Singapore tour
Special Programme

12. How can we take part?
•Booths
•Workshops
•Talks
•Maker
•Commercial Maker
•Vendor
•Maker families in Singapore
•Just propose and we’ll do
something

13. Voices
“…good opportunity for cross
pollination of ideas...”
“… found several concepts that with
sufficient work will be commercially viable
in the future...”
“It really brought a lot of local
Singapore makers together…”
“… hopefully next year we could make it a
bigger "mini" Maker Faire and reach out to
more people...”
“Woo hoo!! Singapore has its own
pool of Makers!!”
“…Everyone was packing up at the end of
the Faire, when a young boy went up to
a Maker dismantling something and
asked – ‘how do you make that?’ ‘Well,
this is how…’ said the Maker, who then
sat down and patiently explained despite
it getting late! And that’s what the whole
spirit of a Maker Faire is about… “

14. http://makerfairesingapore.com
https://www.facebook.com/SingaporeMiniMakerFaire
twitter.com/SingaporeMMF
Organised by:
With thanks to:
An event of the:
Find out more:
Mf.singapore@gmail.com
Dr Kiruthika Ramanathan
kiruthika_ramanathan@science.edu.sg
DID: 6425 2521
Ms Sue Chan
Chan_sue_li@science.edu.sg
DID: 6425 2379