Fab16: Fab16 research papers stream Montreal, Canada, August 9-15, 2021

Conference website	http://fab16.org
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fab16
Abstract submission openes	January 29, 2020
Abstract registration deadline	May 31, 2021
Notification of acceptance for full paper submission	June 21, 2021
Submission deadline	August 2, 2021

Fab16 is the 16th international gathering of the global Fab Lab communithy. The central theme of Fab16 is Fabricating the Commons.

The Fab 16 research papers stream invites original scholarly writing from researchers studying the Fab Lab movement, its ambitions and its impact from a wide range of disciplines, including computer science, engineering, science and technology studies, business and management, education, urban studies, media and design, and many more.

Submission Guidelines

We use a two-step submission procedure.

1. In the first step, submit an abstract of the paper you are planning to submit. We will decide, based on your abstract, if we invite you to submit a full paper.
2. In the second step, you will submit a full paper ready for presentation and publication. Presence at the conference is required for your paper to be published.

All papers must be original, not published earlier, and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. 

Abstract of up to 500 words
Full paper of of approx. 3500-4000 words using the template file provided on acceptance.

The following paper categories are welcome:

• empirical qualitative and/or quantitative study
• technical experiment
• conceptual, position paper

List of Topics

• Entrepreneurship and Open, Diverse Cultures
  including commons-based peer-production, social entrepreneurship, alternative and non capitalist enterprise
• Ecological Transition and Sustainability Transformation
  including local economies, climate change adaptation, urban resilience, just transitions
• Inclusive Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation
  including eco-innovation, grassroots innovation, anti-colonial science, decentralized Internet, AI for good
• Inclusive Education and Life Long Learning
  including project-based learning, postcolonial education, postcapitalist learning spaces, critical pedagogy
• Life Science and other New Frontiers
  including biohacking for good, material innovation, citizen science, sociomateriality, design for ethics
• Woman Makers
  for any specifically woman makers related contributions not covered under one of the above topics

Submission URL

Please submit your abstracts (and later: papers) at this link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=fab16

Committees

Program Committee

• Cindy Kohtala, chair
• Peter Troxler, chair
• others tba.

Organizing committee

• Peter Troxler, chair
• others tba.

Publication

Fab16 proceedings will be published in by the International Fab Lab Association via zenodo.org. Authors will retain copyright of their articles, however they will be required to publish under a CC-BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). We provide a DOI.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to fab16 <at> easychair <dot> org.