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For this first meeting, we would like to do introductions, establish communication routines, and set an agenda with topics for the next few months. We would invite each of you to spend 2-3 minutes introducing yourselves to the group, making sure to touch on the following:

• What is your relationship with innovation and technology on campus? 

• What do you find most valuable about professional networking?

• What are you most excited about for the future of technology in higher education?

Your answers to the questions will aid the collective group in shaping content and establishing a format for working together. 

After introductions, we’ll begin discussing potential topics for workshops and future gatherings. We’ve listed a few ideas below (including some of yours from the form), but we’re eager to hear more ideas from everyone. Think big! We’ll begin chewing through some larger “knotty problems” in the next few months.

• Inclusivity and diversity in the central makerspace.

• Accessibility and VR. 

• Long Term storage of 3D files.

• Visualization of 3D files.

• Engaging non-technical students in the makerspace. 

• How to effectively work with limited space or cost constraints. 

• Notable upcoming technologies. 

• Engaging students in thinking critically and creatively about the digital world.

• Spotlight / show-and-tell on successes and share methodologies. 

• Open Access to expensive and specialized software.

• Silos vs Central Makerspaces.

• Overcoming academic competitiveness in collaborative workspaces.

• Gaining institutional support for a specific emerging technology on campus.

• Integrating research support in technical lab spaces.

• Community and industry engagement in innovation.

• Creating support for documentation of academic projects.