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Cities and the Maker Movement Thomas Kalil Deputy Director for Technology and Innovation White House Office of Science and Technology Policy & National Economic Council [email protected]

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The Congressional Maker Caucus is a bipartisan group of legislators aimed at promoting American manufacturing and entrepreneurship by giving congressional support to new technologies that revolutionize manufacturing and help eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship. The White House will hold the first ever White House Maker Faire (date TBD). The Obama Administration believes that the Maker Movement has the potential to advance several national goals, including STEM education/workforce development, and entrepreneurship/job creation. Many cities are already playing an important role, the White House is interested in highlighting new/expanded commitments and a “sign on” letter.

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Cities and the Maker Movement

Thomas KalilDeputy Director for Technology and InnovationWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy &National Economic [email protected]

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Overview

• The White House will hold the first ever White House Maker Faire (date TBD, likely mid-June).

• The Obama Administration believes that the Maker Movement has the potential to advance several national goals, including STEM education/workforce development, and entrepreneurship/job creation.

• Many cities are already playing an important role, the White House is interested in highlighting new/expanded commitments and a “sign on” letter.

• Contact us at [email protected] if you’d like to get involved.

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President Obama on the White House Maker Faire

“We cannot wait to see more of that innovative spirit later this year when we host our first ever White House Maker Faire.  We already have a White House Science Fair.  This new event is going to highlight how Americans young and old -— tinkerers and inventors —- are imagining and designing and building tools and machines that will open our minds and power our economy.”(remarks at the White House Student Film Festival, Feb. 28, 2014)

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Congressional Maker Caucus

• A bipartisan group of legislators aimed at promoting American manufacturing and entrepreneurship by giving congressional support to new technologies that revolutionize manufacturing and help eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship.

• Co-founded by Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.).

“Technologies like desktop 3D printers, CNC machines and consumer-grade laser cutting machines can help forge new product lines and create opportunities in niche manufacturing markets.”

-Congressional Maker Caucus

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What’s New

Individuals self-identifying as Makers, participating in grassroots/community activities like Maker Faires

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What’s New

Democratization of tools needed to design and make just about anything (declining cost/ease of use)

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What’s New

Shared access to non-profit and commercial makerspaces, Fab Labs, TechShops, etc.

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What’s New

Embrace of Making by many institutions (e.g. large companies, government agencies, mayors, labor unions,

universities, libraries, museums, schools, manufacturing/hardware accelerators, non-profits)

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What’s New

Use of Internet to share blueprints and instructions, create communities like DIY Drones

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What’s New

Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, equity-based crowdfunding enabled by JOBS Act

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What’s New

Leverages other business concepts like Open Innovation, Lean Startup, Rise of the Rest (innovation hubs outside of

Silicon Valley and Cambridge, MA)

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What’s New

Factories/Models for Makers to scale-up in US (e.g. Factorli in Las Vegas, SFMade in San Francisco)

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Why is the Maker Movement Important?

• Promotes values and dispositions that are worthwhile in their own right, such as self-efficacy, collaboration, tinkering, curiosity, and imagination.

• Inspires more young boys and girls to excel in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) subjects.

• Upgrades the skills of our workforce so that America can compete in what some are calling the “Third Industrial Revolution” – digital manufacturing.

• Encourages innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation in manufacturing by lowering the cost of designing and manufacturing new products.

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What Are Cities Doing?

Celebrating the ingenuity and creativity of local Makers by hosting Mini Maker Faires

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What Are Cities Doing?

Helping to identify locations within the community where makerspaces can be established to broaden access to tools

need for design, prototyping and manufacturing

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What Are Cities Doing?

Convening summits with key stakeholders that serve as catalysts for public and private commitments that will

strengthen the local Maker “ecosystem”

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What Are Cities Doing?

Encouraging entrepreneurship and job creation related to Making and advanced manufacturing by supporting

accelerators, design/production districts, changes in zoning policy, and worker training for 21st century manufacturing

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What Are Cities Doing?

Supporting initiatives that engage women and under-served communities in Making

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What Are Cities Doing?

Participating in efforts to identify and share “promising practices” so that we can all learn from local experimentation

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What Are Cities Doing?

Encouraging schools to integrate making into their STEM curriculum in unique ways

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Possible Next Steps:

• Increase number of communities with vibrant Maker ecosystems to at least 100, consider signing letter on Making as a first step.

• Roles for Mayors/cities:– Celebrate Makers by participating in Maker Faires– Find space for makerspaces, TechShops, FabLabs– Convene local/regional summits that serve at catalysts for

commitments– Encourage entrepreneurship/job creation by supporting

innovation/production districts, changes in zoning policy, workforce development

– Support initiatives that engage women and under-represented minorities in Making

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Possible Next Steps:

• Consider creating coalition to increase the number of organizations involved in Making at national and regional/local level, document/share promising practices.

• Scale-up programs like Maker Education Initiative to reach hundreds of thousands of students/year

• Your idea here

• Contact us at [email protected] to get involved.