Hardware Innovation Workshop – Keynote & Featured Speakers

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Update! Speaker list is posted! Hardware Innovation Workshop – Keynote & Featured Speakers.

  • Chris Anderson, CEO of 3D Robotics and founder of DIY Drones
  • Massimo Banzi, co-founder of Arduino
  • Robert Faludi, co-creator of LilyPad XBee and Botanicalls
  • Bunnie Huang, co-founder of Chumby
  • Ben Kaufman, founder and CEO of Quirky
  • Dave Merrill, co-founder and president of Sifteo
  • Scott Miller, co-founder and CEO of Dragon Innovation
  • Peter Weijmarshausen, co-founder and CEO of Shapeways
  • Robert Stephens, founder of Geek Squad
  • David Lang, co-founder of OpenROV
  • Lisa Qui, co-founder of Nomiku
  • Jay Silver, founder of Makey Makey
  • Jeremy Conrad, co-founder of Lemnos Labs
  • Eric Jennings & Sally Carson, co-founders of Pinoccio
  • John Dimatos, Kickstarter
  • Zach Smith, program director of HAXLR8R
  • Zach Kaplan, CEO of Inventables
  • John Park, chief marketing officer, AQS
  • Nick Pinkston, founder of Plethora
  • Kai Backman, co-founder of Airstone Labs
  • Tim Chang, managing director of Mayfield Fund
  • Eric Klein, entrepreneur-in-residence, Lemnos Labs


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2 Comments

  1. I can’t wait! I wasn’t able to go last year but will be there this time. Will any Adafruit folks be there?

    cheers,
    drew

  2. @drew, no travel this year for the most part 🙂 last year some of the adafruit team spoke at the event, time for others to be in the spotlight!

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