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Learn how your orga­ni­za­tion can be a part of Mak­er Faire Shang­hai and increase your brand aware­ness at this incred­i­ble fam­i­ly-friend­ly extravaganza.

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BECOME AN EDUCATION PARTNER

Mak­er Faire pro­vides a unique plat­form for schools & uni­ver­si­ties to show­case and engage with families.

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CALL FOR MAKERS

Registration is open!

Wel­come mak­ers of all ages! Are you a stu­dent, pro-mak­er, or a DIY’er who loves to MAKE? Don’t miss out on the oppor­tu­ni­ty to come and show­case your inven­tions & cre­ations to 1000’s of curi­ous vis­i­tors and mak­ers alike. 

Par­tic­i­pa­tion in Call for Mak­ers 2024is free of charge and open to all ages – who intend to present their project and par­tic­i­pate as per the options list­ed below:

  • Present your project:An exhib­it space will be pro­vid­ed, so as to allow curi­ous onlook­ers and inter­est­ed vis­i­tors to enquire about and enjoy your project;
  • Per­form in pub­lic:A per­for­mance area will be pro­vid­ed so that you can deliv­er your own cre­ative, tech­no­log­i­cal, robot­ic, or musi­cal performances.
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“You might go to Mak­er Faire and you see these things and you might think. ‘Who would want to buy that?’ But the peo­ple mak­ing it are get­ting the skills that could change their job in the future.”
Steve Wozniak
Today’s D​.​I​.​Y. Is Tomor​row’s ‘Made in America’.”
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States of America
”I think of the mak­er move­ment as being the web gen­er­a­tion meets the real world.”
Chris Andersen
CEO 3D Robotics
“A true cre­ator knows that you fol­low the thing to where it’s going, not to where you think it ought to go.”
Adam Savage
Mythbusters /​Unchained Reaction
“Kids in today’s world are capa­ble of achiev­ing any­thing and with events like Mak­er Faire we get them clos­er and clos­er to accom­plish­ing the impossible.”
Geena Davis
Actress & Producer
“Mak­er Faire is about peo­ple who are always push­ing the edges of their cre­ativ­i­ty to make, inno­vate and cre­ate some­thing only with the pow­er of their imag­i­na­tion.”
Conan O’Brien
TV Host, Comedian, Producer, Writer

Who are we looking for?

At Mak­er Faire Shang­hai, we are always look­ing for peo­ple who can show us the futurethat lies just around the cor­ner, some­thing we need today more than ever.

Inventors & Innovators

Inno­v­a­tive prod­ucts, pro­to­types, patents, research projects, start-ups, crowd­fund­ing. Any Mak­ers going to mar­ket for the first time should absolute­ly join us!

Robotics & AI

From wheeled robots to ani­ma­tron­ics, from humanoids to Gold­berg machines, from arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence to indus­tri­al automation.

Sustainability

From renew­ables to upcy­cling, from recy­cling mate­ri­als to repair­ing objects, from water to the environment.

STEM Education

Demon­stra­tions, instal­la­tions, exhibits, work­shops, and sci­en­tif­ic shows for adults and children.

Open Source

From open-source hard­ware (OSHW) to open design, the col­lab­o­ra­tion and knowl­edge shar­ing par­a­digm has always been one of the basic ele­ments of the event.

Innovative Crafts

Dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion tools and tech­nolo­gies, from 3D print­ing to CNC machines, from cre­ative wood and met­al work­ing to dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies for cloth­ing and design.

Electronics

From micro­con­trollers to retro-com­put­ing, from sen­sor tech­nol­o­gy to IoT, from cir­cuit bend­ing to hack­ing, from machine learn­ing to open hardware.

Interactive Art

Projects that use light, dark­ness, sound, music; robot­ic art, cre­ative cod­ing, musi­cal instru­ments, vir­tu­al real­i­ty, and instal­la­tions that involve visitors.

Food & Agriculture

Inno­va­tion in the food sec­tor (food, machines, robot­ics, prepa­ra­tion and con­ser­va­tion meth­ods) and in agri­cul­ture (agro-tech, rur­al inno­va­tion, automa­tion, monitoring).

Health & Wellness

Dis­abil­i­ty aids, and also aids for dai­ly life, bio­med­ical devices, acces­sories for sport, and projects relat­ed to the human body in general.

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