Caption: The incredible MEEPs (Maker Expo Extraordinary Planners): (back) Darin, Ben, Ravi, Neil, Tyler, Agnes (front) Cam, Jen, Darcy, Tanya Happy Monday! It’s Tanya from the Maker Expo Organizing committee. One (easy) question for you today: What was your favourite MakerExpo moment or memory? (use the comments below) Here’s a handful that came to mind as […]
Ryan Gosling is here with us to recap 10 reasons why you should already be in Downtown Kitchener today: It’s FREE. And we’ll even send you home with FREE STUFF. There are fighting robots… and drawing robots, and LEGO robots… We have a kingdom made of cardboard. We have 35 different things for the kids to […]
In case you haven’t heard, something really big is coming to Maker Expo this year! Kayloth, the Water Dragon is one of our largest sponsored exhibits for 2016. She will be brought to life in the wee hours of Saturday morning, right outside Kitchener City Hall inside the fountain! This installation is being lead by none other than […]
Do us a huge favour and register for free Maker Expo tickets here. Why? Because: We want to be able to reach you quickly and very infrequently with late-breaking and helpful updates. So things like: construction changes, parking issues, venue at capacity, etc. We need to collect data on attendance numbers which helps attract sponsors […]
Hey makers, DW here. I was surveying the open/closed streets of DTK yesterday to help you get to Maker Expo and found two of my favourite makers constructing a kingdom in one of my favourite mediums: cardboard. Here’s Jen van Overbeeke of In Paper Dreams and Agnes Niewiadomski of Mindful Makers mid-construction on this installation […]
Community events require a community to run them and Maker Expo could not operate without the 80+ volunteers who willingly donate their time each year. Today we want to take a moment to thank the volunteers in advance for the tireless effort they will put in next weekend. We do this now because thousands of people […]
Happy long weekend everyone! While you’re all enjoying the weather we’re busy ensuring next weekend is absolutely, astoundingly amazing. Exactly 50 weeks ago we began the first annual Maker Expo on September 19, 2015. The day was full of inspiration, fun and hands-on activities. In exactly 10,080 minutes we will begin the second annual Maker Expo on September […]
Cam from the Maker Expo Exhibitors team here. So in these final days before Expo we get lots of questions from all of you. In addition to the question about Maker Expo being just for kids we’ve been asked is Will Maker Expo have Robots? So, now that you know we’ll have robots you should get your FREE Maker […]
Hey, Tanya here from the MakerExpo Exhibitors Team. Can you believe that it’s only 10 more sleeps until MakerExpo? (Yes, I still revert back to Mom-speak when exciting things are on the horizon!) We have the maps drawn, T-shirts & water bottles are ready to go and exhibitors are confirmed. Now we need your support […]
We have a fun post coming at 10am about things you can bring to Maker Expo to help our exhibitors inspire you and our other guests, but for your morning coffee reading check out this article on the MakeItKitchener.ca site. It’s titled “Maker Expo Shows and Tells“. Also, if you haven’t already requested your tickets for […]