This document introduces Border Labs, which provides opportunities for participants at the Border Sessions tech conference to start missions and labs focused on technology and culture. Previous Border Labs resulted in projects like AstroPlant, an open source citizen science project involving a core team of 5 developers. Attendees at this session can define their own lab mission, with examples given like using blockchain to reduce food waste or growing an autonomous forest. Results will be summarized on a website, and participants can RSVP for the next co-creation session on March 7th.

1. WELCOME!
Define your mission and kickstart your lab today

2. What is Border
Sessions?
# tech-culture festival
# 13-16 June in The Hague
# 2000 participants
# 50 speakers
# 2017: 4 labs
# 2018: 20+labs

3. WTF is Border
Labs?
# You chance to start a mission
# Ongoing program with our support
# Building a conversation, a
community, a product
# More than a one-day lab at #BS18
# Today first of a series of
co-creation sessions

4. Previous labs
2016: Open Space lab with ESA
❏ Resulting in the open source
AstroPlant citizen science
project
❏ Currently building first 10 kits
❏ Core team of 5
developers/designers
❏ Strong ESA involvement
More info: astroplant.io

5. Previous labs
2017:
# Open Space Lab with Mars One
# Open Wetlab with WAAG Society
# Artificial Womb with Next Nature
Network
2018: more focus on continuation

6. Define your
mission today
For example
# 50 restaurants serve insect food
during #BS18
# Using blockchain to reduce food
waste
# Grow a self-owned autonomous
forest in the Hague
… etc. be creative!

7. And not to forget
Summarise your results here:
http://bit.ly/BLab2018
RSVP for 7 March on
meetup.com/Border-Labs
Go for the moon!