IOP Community Calls

What are the IOP Community calls?

The Community calls are a way for anyone involved in, or interested in, the emerging 'Internet of Production' and the Alliance supporting it, to get together. The agenda varies from call to call, pulling from (but not limited to) the following broad categories:

• Introducing new community members and giving them the stage to present their take on the Internet of Production (IoP): what is it, how they are a part of building it, how do they think we should we go about it?
• Updating the community on initiatives of the IoP Alliance: work achieved, challenges the group could use some help with, how you can get involved.
• Taking a dive into a specific topic related to the IoP with inspiring speakers from the community and beyond.

These calls normally last anywhere from forty-five minutes to one hour.

Community Call Calendar:

Upcoming

• September 26th: 16UTC. We take a deep dive into the newest initiative of the Internet of Production Alliance: the People & Skills initiative. Register here. More information on the initiative here.
• October 31st: 13UTC. We welcome Anna Lowe to present her work on the Open Catalogue of Business Models for makerspaces. View the catalogue (pdf).
• November 28th: 16UTC. We return to the topic of mapping manufacturing locations with the Open Know-Where initiative presenting results from 2023 and a call for participation in the next stage. Previous webinars here.

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Past

August 2023: 17th

In partnership with Marcele: Local Fashion Manufacturing

May 2023: 25th
Research on Materials and Components, OKH rebirth as an initiative and the I0P Updates With Alex Kimber and Nathan Parker.
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April 2023: 13th
During the call, we showcased the successes and lessons learned by the OKW community over the past year.
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‍March 2023: 22nd, 14UTC
The aim was to enable reliable contracting in decentralized material production, facilitated by Tiberius who led the discussion and presented the research plan.
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February 2023: 28th
The community call on Knowledge Frameworks and Vocabularies will discuss initiatives supporting open supply chain ecosystems, featuring Lynn Foster's Valueflows and James Butler's OKF Visual Vocabulary.
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February 2023: 8th
The Internet of Production commissioned research to draft a new standard for open electronics design-data, focusing on design information and documentation of electronic components, assemblies, and sub-assemblies.
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January 2023: 11th 13UTC
Maker Community. Connection and the Passport. This community call will focus on the research moving toward the development of a maker passport in support of the pan-African maker innovation system (mAkE).
Notes from the call
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November 2022: OKH DAPSI Round 2
On the November Community Call, Technical Lead Max Wardeh and Sarah Hutton discussed the research findings and tooling development work resulting from continued progress on use cases for the OKH standard, and Andrew Lamb joined in to discuss next steps for this R&D and the IoPA's future.
Notes from the call
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October 2022: Q&A: OKW Data Award project lead David Jaime Castillo Cornejo
‍Join OKW Data Award project leads David Jaime Castillo Cornejo and for a discussion on how he has applied the Open Know-Where standards in projects they're working on in Africa and Latin America. 
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September 2022: The IOPA Governance reboot!
‍This community call presents the process, the motivations and how you can join in with your own personal stake in the future of the IOPA's digital footprint.
Notes from the call
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August 2022: Spotlight on Open Know-How and the Next Generation Internet DAPSI program \

A discussion on the research findings from DAPSI Phase 1 and the next stages toward decentralized publishing, data conversion, and mapping will were hosted by Researcher and Technical Author Sarah Hutton and Technical Lead Max Wardeh.
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June 2022: Spotlight on the Open Know-Where initiatives
2021 saw the debut of the Open Know-Where (OKW) standard, which was developed by the IOP Alliance. On June 23rd, the IOP celebrated the first anniversary of the OKW Standards by holding a webinar in honor of the occasion. During the webinar, attendees received up-to-date information on the OKW standard-based mapping exercise that had been carried out in Somalia and Somaliland.
Notes from the call.
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May 2022: Spotlight on platforms for local manufacturing
Design anywhere, manufacture here - exploring local manufacturing platforms. Organizations like Makerko, Juakali Smart and the Virtual Factory Network dove into a conversation on local design in manufacturing platform.
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April 2022: IOP Community Call With James Ochuka from Juakalismart
JuakaliSmart is an online marketplace for affordable, long-lasting and customisable products and services, specifically wood and metal products.
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April 2022: IOP Community Call With Ben Oldfrey from Global Disability Innovation Fund, UCL
The Innovation Action / Local Production, Local Solutions project anchors supply chain principles and practices within the context of COVID-19 response to ensure that local communities have access to solid supply chains even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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