2025 Conference-Late Registration - Ends July 1st
Conference Details
Conference Website
Conference Goal
Continue development of a professional community that brings together personnel from student shops and making spaces from a broad array of post secondary educational institutions and disciplines to share case-studies and discuss common challenges such as: safety, training, inclusion, technology, finances, and equipment.
Conference Focus
This year we will continue to focus on the safety concerns with managing student shops and makerspaces, as well as discuss methods and processes on how to make the shops run smoothly. We will explore our traditional training methods and evaluate the effectiveness with our changing environment. We will hear from various groups that will help guide our team to continue our inaugural goals of: “The conference as a whole will formulate directives that will be applied to a master Student Shop safety training handbook. How can we become a supportive community of professionals in educating, preparing, and training students in safe shop practices as well as allowing them creative freedom to independently design, machine, build, and assemble their parts/projects in the Student Shop? This conference will help us start the process in developing a more cohesive safety training platform to build upon.”
Who Will Attend
Faculty, staff and students who oversee, utilize or consult with academic making environments such as machine shops, wood shops, sculpture studios, theater shops, and makerspaces. EHS and Risk Management personnel with making environment oversight responsibilities.
What to Expect
Group discussions will be offered in an open forum regarding safety training and the training tools\materials available. In addition, we will take time to better understand who is using our shops and explore how we can better serve them all. Most importantly there will be times to network with others, and much more.
Shop Safety
Hear from industry professionals and peers about safety techniques and strategies
Programming
Learn about creative and effective programming ideas for engagement, training and inclusion
Management
Discuss different management styles and how it makes a difference in student shops
Network with Peers
Best part of the conference is the ability to talk "shop" with other like-minded professionals
Conference Details
Conference Website
Conference Goal
Continue development of a professional community that brings together personnel from student shops and making spaces from a broad array of post secondary educational institutions and disciplines to share case-studies and discuss common challenges such as: safety, training, inclusion, technology, finances, and equipment.
Conference Focus
This year we will continue to focus on the safety concerns with managing student shops and makerspaces, as well as discuss methods and processes on how to make the shops run smoothly. We will explore our traditional training methods and evaluate the effectiveness with our changing environment. We will hear from various groups that will help guide our team to continue our inaugural goals of: “The conference as a whole will formulate directives that will be applied to a master Student Shop safety training handbook. How can we become a supportive community of professionals in educating, preparing, and training students in safe shop practices as well as allowing them creative freedom to independently design, machine, build, and assemble their parts/projects in the Student Shop? This conference will help us start the process in developing a more cohesive safety training platform to build upon.”
Who Will Attend
Faculty, staff and students who oversee, utilize or consult with academic making environments such as machine shops, wood shops, sculpture studios, theater shops, and makerspaces. EHS and Risk Management personnel with making environment oversight responsibilities.
What to Expect
Group discussions will be offered in an open forum regarding safety training and the training tools\materials available. In addition, we will take time to better understand who is using our shops and explore how we can better serve them all. Most importantly there will be times to network with others, and much more.
Shop Safety
Hear from industry professionals and peers about safety techniques and strategies
Programming
Learn about creative and effective programming ideas for engagement, training and inclusion
Management
Discuss different management styles and how it makes a difference in student shops
Network with Peers
Best part of the conference is the ability to talk "shop" with other like-minded professionals
Conference Details
Conference Website
Conference Goal
Continue development of a professional community that brings together personnel from student shops and making spaces from a broad array of post secondary educational institutions and disciplines to share case-studies and discuss common challenges such as: safety, training, inclusion, technology, finances, and equipment.
Conference Focus
This year we will continue to focus on the safety concerns with managing student shops and makerspaces, as well as discuss methods and processes on how to make the shops run smoothly. We will explore our traditional training methods and evaluate the effectiveness with our changing environment. We will hear from various groups that will help guide our team to continue our inaugural goals of: “The conference as a whole will formulate directives that will be applied to a master Student Shop safety training handbook. How can we become a supportive community of professionals in educating, preparing, and training students in safe shop practices as well as allowing them creative freedom to independently design, machine, build, and assemble their parts/projects in the Student Shop? This conference will help us start the process in developing a more cohesive safety training platform to build upon.”
Who Will Attend
Faculty, staff and students who oversee, utilize or consult with academic making environments such as machine shops, wood shops, sculpture studios, theater shops, and makerspaces. EHS and Risk Management personnel with making environment oversight responsibilities.
What to Expect
Group discussions will be offered in an open forum regarding safety training and the training tools\materials available. In addition, we will take time to better understand who is using our shops and explore how we can better serve them all. Most importantly there will be times to network with others, and much more.
Shop Safety
Hear from industry professionals and peers about safety techniques and strategies
Programming
Learn about creative and effective programming ideas for engagement, training and inclusion
Management
Discuss different management styles and how it makes a difference in student shops
Network with Peers
Best part of the conference is the ability to talk "shop" with other like-minded professionals