Renée Tribert - New England Maker Summit
Renée has been project manager for the Making Places program of the Connecticut Trust, a statewide survey of historic industrial resources, since September 2014. The program, funded by the State Historic Preservation Office, also seeks to stimulate the reuse and revitalization of often underutilized mills and factories. A graduate of Brown University, Renée also holds an MS in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author of Gervase Wheeler: A British Architect in America 1847-1860. Previous professional experience includes curator at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Hartford, collections manager at the New Britain Museum of American Art, and environmental analyst at Catalyst Environmental Consulting Inc.
ABOUT NEW ENGLAND MAKER SUMMIT:
On Friday, November 15, 2019, MakerspaceCT hosted the third annual New England Maker Summit. This year's focus was “The Impact of Making and Innovation on Urban America” with experts, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and educators. The keynote speakers were Lee Wellington of the Urban Manufacturing Alliance and Ilana Preuss, Founder and CEO of Recast City.
Additional featured speakers included: Dorothy Jones-Davis of Nation of Makers, Steve Heath of FabNewport, Ken Kaplan of the New England Motorcycle Museum, and Renée Tribert of CT Trust for Historic Preservation.
Special guest speakers were Connecticut’s new chief manufacturing officer Colin Cooper, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and CT DECD Commissioner David Lehman. An afternoon panel discussion on Innovation Success In Downtown Hartford featured Jamie Brätt of Infosys, Devra Sisitsky of MakerspaceCT, Jackie Mandyck of Quilt Partnership LLC, Jeff Auker of Infosys, Marty Guay of Stanley Black & Decker and Paul Tyler of Nassau Re.
Attendees discovered what Connecticut has to offer and how we can improve our great cities through innovation and making! The event also included an expo, MakerspaceCT tours, lunch in the Gershon Ballroom and an after-event cocktail and networking hour!
Sponsors for the event included The Rutledge Family Foundation, Nassau Re, Cantor Colburn, LLP, Mastercam, University of Hartford, Infosys, Infosys Foundation USA, InterPRO, Macdac Engineering, The Grand Apartments, CBIA and Wellstone Insurance.
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ABOUT MAKERSPACECT:
MakerspaceCT, located at 960 Main Street in the historic G. Fox building in downtown Hartford, opened this past April, and is the largest Makerspace in Connecticut and the second largest in New England. The space features 25,000 square feet of workshops that house more than a dozen shops with specialized manufacturing equipment, including wood, welding, textiles, plastics, 3D manufacturing and more.
MakerspaceCT provides opportunities not only for educators, entrepreneurs and small businesses, but also local hobbyists, crafters, students, and artists, providing training for individuals seeking to expand their skills and companies looking to expand their product lines.
MakerspaceCT supports an almost limitless variety of material types and fabrication processes - CNC Machining, Metal Fabrication, 3D Printing, Laser Engraving, Vacuum Forming and much more - equipment that is, in many cases, too expensive or too large for a home or small business to accommodate.
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