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1,500 Attendees

95 Maker Booths

300-400 Makers

2014 By The Numbers

What Has Happened Since Then?

New Meetup Groups Have Been Created

Schools are looking into creating their own Makerspaces and Maker Clubs

Involvement with local museums & community groups

New Businesses

2015 Rochester Mini Maker Faire

Saturday, November 21st

9am-5pm

Rochester Riverside Convention Center

3k-4k Attendees

Open Longer

Load in on Friday

Maker Party Before or After the Faire

Presence at Rochester Events

Goals for 2015

Calvin Uzelmeier

Director of Education
Rochester Museum & Science Center

Carmalita Seitz

Professional Learning Services Coordinator

The New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education

Neal Martin

Director of Innovation

City of Rochester

Maker Movement in Rochester

Local Makerspaces

Rochester Makerspace
Harley School
Rochester Institute of Technology
Monroe County Library System

Interlock Rochester
Allendale Columbia
University of Rochester
Chili Library Teen Makerspace
Āda Space

National Week of Making

Events

Makers at the RMSC
Second Saturday
Sunday Crafternoon
Robots! Robots! Robots!
Maker Show & Tell Night
Seed Balls!

Interlock Hack Night
STEM Expo
Wall Art for a Purpose
Maker Show & Tell Night
Microcontrollers & Robotics Meetup
And more!

Call for Makers

Art car designers and art bike builders
Hackers
Painters
Knitters, weavers & yarn bombers
STEAM educators
3D printers
Animators

Young Makers
Lego Builders
Cosplay & Costume designers
Arduino enthusiasts
Inventors and tinkerers
Solar and light engineers
Game Makers
You