The Open Hardware Summit is coming to Scotland!

Tickets are now on sale! Snag yours early for a discount. Also, our call for proposals for talks, workshops, and exhibitors is still open!

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We are beyond excited to share our new design for this year from Tanya Brassie of Inner Loop Press! Check out their work!

And we are going to be coming to Edinburgh on May 30th & 31st, 2025! Our call for proposals for talks, workshops, and exhibitors is currently open and we’re also building an amazing team of on-the-ground helpers and teammates, read on for more details!

Since 2010, the Open Source Hardware Association, a 501(c)(3) not for profit charity, has hosted the Open Hardware Summit- a comprehensive conference for the open hardware community and the ever changing open source hardware movement.

Speakers include world renowned leaders from industry, academia, the arts and maker community. Talks cover a wide range of subjects from electronics, mechanics to related fields such as digital fabrication, fashion technology, self-quantification devices, and IP law. As a microcosm of the Open Source Hardware community, the Open Hardware Summit provides an annual, friendly forum for the community.

Our international event usually has around 300 attendees from around the world, you can find past schedules here, here, and here (and for the past 10+ years).

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Get involved

Here’s what we’re looking for:

  • People who can help us reach the weird, wonderful, and technical open source, Hacker, DIY, tech/art and maker community in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and all around the UK and Europe.
  • People who are connected with makerspaces, hackerspaces, labs or other creative spaces that can help spread the word all around the world.
  • People who are excited about reaching diverse and underrepresented populations.
  • Spaces interesting in hosting workshops, parties, community gatherings and other happenings.
  • Seasoned open source enthusiast and people who want to be involved in open source but aren’t sure how. No experience required.
  • Be able to attend (or contribute to asynchronously) to meetings once a month, usually Wednesday mornings in US Eastern Time (UTC-4) or around 5 PM GMT (UTC+1).

Specifically, we are still looking for a venue for day 2, which can hold people in various rooms for breakout sessions and workshops.

We do not require that all presentations, organizers, or helpers be open source certified or contribute to open source projects, but only that you are enthusiastic about sharing and learning about open source work.

Here's what you'll get:

  • Connected with some of the world's most active open source communities. Past sponsors have included Sparkfun, Arduino, Digikey, and other key players in the hardware community.
  • A free or discounted ticket to the event.
  • Free opportunity to exhibit your work to over 300 people.
  • A hand in forming the vision for one of the largest Open Source events in 2025.
  • An unforgettable experience with cool people from around the world!
  • An opportunity to connect globally with people working in your field- be it academically, recreationally, or within the industry.

If you are interested in helping out, please email us at hello@leecyb.org.

See you in Edinburgh!

The team

Lee Wilkins

Lee is an artist, cyborg, and educator currently based in Montreal. They hold a bachelor's from Concordia University, a master's from OCAD University, and currently are a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. Lee is interested in lasers, technology, outer space exploration, and building whimsical robots.

They are a member of OSHWA's board of directors, co-executive director at Little Dada, and secretary and board member at . You may know them from co-organizing events like Make Change Conference, Make Friends Meetup, Long Exposure Festival, Defcon Biohacking Village, or from being director at Site 3 coLaboratory.

Sid Drmay

Sid is a queer non-binary trans interdisciplinary artist who loves textiles, cyberpunk and snails. They work as the OSHWA's community coordinator and the summit fellowship chair for the OHS. They are also co-chair of Dinacon and a freelance journalist with bylines in CBC, This Magazine, and Broken Pencil Magazine. They are a passionate arts educator and zinester. They are probably in the middle of too many projects right now. You can find them at sidneydrmay.com.