with 1/7th of the 21st century behind us…

THE FUTURE WILL NOT BE LIKE

THE PAST

CHANGE AT AN INCREASINGLY RAPID PACE

Population Growth, Resource Depletion & the effects of Climate Change…

20th century assumptions

no longer useful or valid

< 1 million

109 million

1986 20 year study, 284 experts, 28,000 predictions about the future

only slightly more accurate than pure chance

THE FUTURE WILL BE BUILT BY THOSE

WHO TAKE RISKS AND ACTION TO INVENT THE

WORLD THEY WANT

THE FUTURE WILL NOT BE LIKE THE PAST

Vinod Khosla

MAKERS

HACKERS

PUT-IT-TOGETHER’ERS

SHAPERS

ENTREPRENEURS

CREATORS

TINKERERS

PASSIVE CONSUMPTION ACTIVE SHAPING

PASSENGER DRIVER

SPECTATOR ACTOR

FOLLOWER INNOVATOR

MAKERS

MOVEMENT

1. BEGAN IN CALIFORNIA 2. SOCIAL

MOVEMENT

MAKERS

2. SOCIAL

MAKERS

MOVEMENT

3. TOOLS

MAKERS

MOVEMENT

4. ACCESS

GREAT TECHNOLOGY & TOOLS

EXPERTISE, KNOWLEDGE & EACH OTHER

LOCAL MANUFACTURING

GLOBAL COLLABORATION

MAKERS

MOVEMENT

5. CALIFORNICATION

DISRUPTION IS A BUSINESS PLAN (SCHUMPETER)

HACKERS ARE ARTISTS AND INNOVATORS AS WELL

INDIVIDUALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FAIL EARLY, OFTEN & FORWARDS

SELF-EVIDENT THAT NURTURING A MAKER CULTURE WILL BENEFIT ALL DEMOGRAPHICS OF SOCIETY

CRITICAL THINKING ALIGNED WITH CREATIVE MAKING LEADS TO SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

TRANS-NATIONAL ORGANISATION

made up of media, arts and business professionals from South-East Asia

believe :

IMPORTANT THAT SOUTH-EAST ASIA PARTICIPATES IN ‘THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION’

•  build maker competency and capacity

•  grow a local economy, rather than relying on being part of the global supply chain

•  as more people move from being a passenger to the driver… spectator to participant

SYNERGY BETWEEN ARTS, CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY IS THE KEY TO GOOD CRITICAL MAKING

TRANS-NATIONAL ORGANISATION

made up of media, arts and business professionals from South-East Asia

intent :

TO GROW THE MAKER COMMUNITY IN SEA

•  more engagement opportunities

•  local, national and international

•  online and real-world

•  articles, videos, podcasts, workshops, summits etc.

•  more maker spaces, and better equipped

•  foster financial and entrepreneurial support

TO PROMPT AND STIMULATE ACTIVITY

•  special projects

•  incentivised challenges TO FOSTER CROSS-BORDER MAKING

•  facilitating English as the language of inclusion and participation

TO FOSTER CROSS-SECTORAL ENGAGEMENT

TRANS-NATIONAL ORGANISATION

made up of media, arts and business professionals from South-East Asia

STATE:

IN ORDER TO BE MORE EFFECTIVELY EMPOWERED, PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND/USE TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF THE ARTS. ALL OF THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE, CONSIDERING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT CULTURE. AN EMPOWERED PERSON IS A SMART PERSON.

TRANS-NATIONAL ORGANISATION

made up of media, arts and business professionals from South-East Asia

MAKER CULTURE:

NOT JUST IN THE ECONOMIC SPHERE… BUT IN THE CIVIC SPHERE AS WELL

•  smart citizens in smart cities

•  empowered citizens able to leverage smart technology for a better society

•  transforming socio-political engagement and local government processes

the idea of :

WE ARE CALLED TO BE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE, NOT ITS VICTIMS

R BUCKMINSTER FULLER

THANK YOU