Upcoming Event: The Access Makeathon

The Neil Squire Society, in partnership with Rick Hansen Foundation, SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology, TechSoup NetSquared, Tom Global, UBC Women in Engineering, and UBC Young Women in Engineering and Science, is organizing a 48 hour event called the Access Makeathon. 

During the event, a person with a disability will connect with a team of makers who will build open source assistive technology that will directly address a need the person has. It is an opportunity for makers to apply their knowledge and skills to address a real world need of a person. The goal is each team will help a person leave the event with a working prototype that improves their quality of life.

When: January 27th to 29th, 2017
Where: The Hangar - Centre for Digital Media

685 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC

Tickets and more information available here