All talks will be live streamed, limited remote talks permitted.
Find more information at https://healthware.oshwa.org/
You may submit more than 1 proposal.
We are accepting proposals for talks through June 23rd. You will be notified by email on or before June 25th whether your talk is accepted or rejected.
TALKS:
All talks are plenary (i.e. presented to the entire summit audience). If selected, you will be expected to deliver a live presentation during the summit livestream and on stage.
30 minutes, in person
20 minute, virtual
We are looking for speakers who can offer insights on the current climate of Open Hardware in the health or medical field. Some suggested areas of interest are:
- how health regulations relate to open hardware
- examples of health hardware currently available
- community efforts to bridge open hardware into the medical field
We welcome proposals that do not cover these topics, but relate generally to Open Hardware in the health or medical field.
In your proposal, please be clear about what you intend to present and how it is relevant to the open healthware community. For example:
- Show how you created a novel solution to a problem with open healthcare devices
- Explain best practices for designing/using/troubleshooting/replicating open healthcare devices
- Discuss the background and implications of a legal issue that impacts open health hardware
We are interested in all kinds of submissions, from How-Tos, to historical surveys, to hardware testing results. However, submissions primarily consisting of marketing a for-profit product, or company will not be accepted. Submissions that share knowledge and insight derived from work on commercial products or at organizations are welcome.
We invite talk proposals from individuals, groups, collectives, collaborators.
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DEMOS:
Please fill out the form to tell us about your hardware if you would like to demo hardware at a table rather than giving a talk about it. Demo tables will run 90 minutes each day of the conference. Select "Demo Table" under the heading "What are You Submitting?"
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The Open Healthware Summit is for presenting, discussing, and learning about open hardware solely related to the health and medical fields. If you are looking for our more general open hardware conference, please find it at
https://2025.oshwa.org/, and know that this conference is focused on health and medical devices.
We ask for your help to reach people who might not be part of communities that typically circulate these calls Please share!
SELECTION PROCESSIf you would like to submit a proposal in a format alternative to this form, or if you'd like assistance please email the Project Manager Lecia Ductan at lecia [at] oshwa.org. Submissions will not be anonymized , which allows you to submit work that might contain identifiable information.
Keep in mind we’ll be deciding what to accept based primarily on the submissions themselves and not external materials. Be sure to give us enough information to make a well-informed decision. Proposals will be scored by a panel. Summaries of accepted submissions will be published on the Open Healthware Conference website.
We are able to offer some financial support for travel. Please see the website for travel funding
https://healthware.oshwa.org/. We cannot offer speaker stipends.
For questions, email lecia [at] oshwa.org.
