[Sketching18] Sketching in Hardware 2018, Detroit, July 27-30 CONFIRMATION and WELCOME

[Mike Kuniavsky]

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On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Mike Kuniavsky wrote:

> Hi. Welcome to the mailing list for Sketching in Hardware 2018! If you’re 
> seeing this that means you put down a deposit for Sketching (if that’s not 
> the case, please email rsvp at sketching-in-hardware.com ASAP and we’ll figure 
> out what happened).
>
> CONTENTS
> - THANK YOU!
> - Conference Dates/Times
> - Hotel information
> - Summit theme
> - This list and the Slack channel
> - Childcare
> - Bringing new technology?
> - Contact information
>
> THANK YOU
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> First of all, THANK YOU for participating in Sketching in Hardware this year. 
> We’re very excited to see all of you.
>
> CONFERENCE DATES AND TIMES
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> Sketching in Hardware is divided into two components this year: a 3 day 
> summit during which all attendees will have the opportunity to present (more 
> on presentations in a later update) and a 1 day charrette, during which we 
> plan to design and make in-depth to responses to the ideas presented during 
> the summit.
>
> Summit: July 27-29, The David Whitney Building 
> (http://www.davidwhitneybuilding.com/)
> Charrette: July 30 (optional, but highly recommended!), TechTown 
> (https://techtowndetroit.org/)
>
> HOTEL INFORMATION
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> We are currently negotiating a special conference rate with the Aloft Hotel 
> that’s also located inside the David Whitney Building 
> (http://www.aloftdetroit.com/).
>
> We will send an update to this list when we have completed room rate 
> negotiations.
>
> SUMMIT THEME: THE NEW MACHINE AGE
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> The possibility created by digital technology today to directly alter the 
> physical world is perhaps only equalled by the postwar material science 
> explosion. The 1950s and 60s gave us metal replacement hips and Tupperware. 
> Today we have (or will soon have) woodworking tools that compensate for their 
> operator’s imprecision, CAD tools that anticipate and correct for errors, 
> sensor-enabled logistics chains, and robots that etch musical grooves into 
> frozen lakes (cf Kazuhiro Jo’s Sketching presentation last year). The wisdom 
> of lifetimes can be algorithmically distilled, extended, shared and embedded 
> invisibly in everyday physical objects. Expertise is now a design material.
>
> What are the tools we need to build for and in this world? What are the 
> creative and technical possibilities? What are the warnings we should be 
> heeding? How should we heed them?
>
> THIS LIST AND THE SLACK CHANNEL
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> You may use this mailing list to discuss preparations for Sketching18 and to 
> make sure that everyone who is coming can see your message. If you prefer, 
> you may join the Sketching in Hardware18 channel on the Sketching in Hardware 
> Slack. We’ll also probably create a dedicated Slack for the event itself to 
> reduce the amount of noise in the main Slack.
>
> https://join.slack.com/t/sketchinginhardware/shared_invite/enQtMzA5NDI5ODE3MDI5LWQyYzZkYzc1NWRlMzVmNGM1MDRlZGE4MTIwNDAwYzY5NWU0NGQwZjQxN2ZkODkxNDk3MmFlMTgwZWQ1OGQ0OGM
>
> CHILDCARE
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> We plan to have childcare available at the event. We don’t yet know the 
> costs, but hope to be able to cover all the costs as part of the conference 
> budget to make it free to all attendees.
>
> BRINGING NEW TECHNOLOGY?
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> Are you bringing things to show off? Please do! We want to see unannounced, 
> pre-release, half-baked, experimental, totally great stuff. If you're 
> wondering if it's ready, it is. Bring it.
>
> CONTACT INFORMATION
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> Throughout the conference, if you have any questions, please feel free to 
> email me at mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com. If you need an urgent reply, my 
> mobile phone number is +1-415-235-3468. Leah McKibbin is producing the event 
> on the ground (THANK YOU, Leah, again!). Her email is 
> leah.mckibbin at thingm.com.
>
>
> -- Mike Kuniavsky, Sketching in Hardware host, ThingM co-founder, PARC Inc. 
> head of UX
>
> -- Mike Kuniavsky mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com

-- 
Mike Kuniavsky
mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com