Innovation Hubs are hubs for the growth of the maker movement, helping it to thrive and to flourish. Innovation Hubs are hubs for the growth of the maker movement, helping it to thrive and to flourish. In Europe, Barcelona stands out as a hub for hardware digital innovation hub innovators. It also plays host to the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya (IAAC).
Read moreThis month’s Community call has a running theme around governance. Anna Sera Lowe the Chair of the governance task force will present: the "Governance Reboot" that is in progress. A new member of the Alliance Tiberius from Sensorica, will introduce themselves and the network they are a part of.
Read moreThe Internet of Production (IOP) applied for the European Commission's Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative Phase 1 of the research component of the proposed work kicked off in April. The report back to DAPSI on the research is available for your review.
Read moreThe Internet of Production Alliance (IoPA) has received financing for R&D. DAPSI Phase 2 will test decentralized publishing of designs and documentation for manufacturing and fabrication projects with makers and partner platforms.
Read moreLaunch of the community platform for the Internet of Production Alliance. The objective of the platform is to facilitate the open and simple participation of the IoPA community in the work of the Working Groups and Task Forces, as well as the initiation of conversations on any topic related to building the IOPA.
Read moreIn this blog post, Anna Sera Lowe, founder of Manufacturing Change, walks us through defining roles in distributed manufacturing.
Read moreThe IOP held a webinar on June 23 to mark the Okay Know-Where Standards' first anniversary. Attendees got up-to-date information on the OKW standard-based mapping effort in Somalia and Somaliland. They learned about the OKW award winners and participated in a breakout session on data utilization.
Read moreThis year The Global Digital Development Forum is focusing on three key areas of Locally-led Development, Climate Change and Emerging Technologies.
Read moreEach month, the community call will be the opportunity for the IOP Alliance (IOPA) members to come together to discuss topics of interest to the Internet of Production, to meet or reconnect with each other, to share updates about your work and projects, and for the IOPA team to present initiatives of the Alliance.
Read moreWe are recruiting a Standards Researcher and Technical Author with a background in qualitative research and technical authoring of standards to help develop the Standards that the IOP Alliance stewards. If you would like to apply please click below, if you know anyone who would like to apply please share the link.
Read moreOpen Know-Where (OKW) was launched in April 2021 as a metadata standard for documenting and sharing information about the location of manufacturing facilities and capabilities worldwide.
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