We’ve been speaking publicly about what we do since the beginning. We share our vision of open electronics at events across the country and beyond: from the London Design Festival to academic panels to informal tech gatherings. We’re always eager to reach diverse audiences – get in touch if you’d like us to speak.
Here’s a select list of talks and appearances.
2022
- Zero Waste San Diego – Zero Waste Symposium 2022
- East Midlands Fixfest
- Low Carbon Design Institute
- CE Week London / C40 Cities – Repairing our way to a zero waste society
- AMDEA – 2050 – Appliances of the Future conference: The Road to Net Zero
- Royal Society of Chemistry – Disposable Attitude: Electronics in the Environment
- European Right to Repair: Still Loading
- Fixfest
- Electrical Safety First Conference
2021
- “The future of citizen science: sharing experiences from the European community“, EU-Citizen.Science and ACTION
- “The role of software in a universal Right to Repair“, South Tyrol Free Software Conference
- Tate Lates
- Royal Academy of Engineers roundtable on Right to Repair
- Low Carbon Design Institute
- “Less is More: Rethinking Consumption for a Wellbeing Economy“
2020
- House of Commons Environment Audit Committee formal meeting on electronic waste
- UK Internet Governance Forum “The Internet and the Environment”
- Planted Unplugged talk series #LDF20 “The Right to Repair”
- Next Generation Internet Policy Summit
- Electrical Safety First Conference
2019
- EU Festival of Citizen Engagement
- Royal Society of Chemistry, Saving Precious Elements
- Resource Efficiency Wales Conference
- Fixfest 2019
- Nø School Nevers
- NEF: Business and the Environment: Enemies or Allies?
2018
- Festival of Maintenance
- Lush Showcase
- Green Alliance “What do people really think about the circular economy?“
- Sharefest
2017
- Thingscon (video)
- Mozilla Festival
- Electrical Product Safety Conference
- Ethical Electronics with Kickstarter at Machines Room
- Data Standards for Social Impact
- Maker Assembly, Edinburgh
2016
- V&A Digital Futures “Dreaming Zero Waste”
- London Design Biennale (summary of our talk)
- UnSchool Berlin
- Cleanweb: Cleaning up the Supply Chain
- WIRED: Next Generation
2015
- Dorkbot #87
- Green Youth Day, Bristol
- London Design Festival discussion with Fairphone and Lovefone
- Wuthering Bytes
- Maker Assembly, V&A Museum
- Makerspaces and Sustainability, University of Sussex (write-up)
2014
- Resource Conference
- Indie Tech Summit
- Shambala Festival
- Nesta Smart Resources: New forms of open data for a more circular economy
2013
- “Reclaiming Repair” panel at CHI
- TEDx Brixton (video)
2012
- Transition Town REconomy Day