Teardown Session 57: Open Hardware Summit 2026

In this episode of the Teardown Sessions, Helen catches up with Dr Lee Wilkins (@leeborg_), who is the Chair of the Open Hardware Summit at the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA). This year the summit will be held at TU in Berlin on Friday May 23rd and Saturday May 24th 2026.

This stream is sponsored by Qorvo. Thanks Qorvo!

About the Open Hardware Summit
The Open Hardware Summit is an annual conference organized by the Open Source Hardware Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. It is the world’s first comprehensive conference on open hardware. The Summit provides a venue for the open hardware community to discuss and draw attention to the rapidly growing Open Source Hardware movement.

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Crowd Supply Newsletter: https://www.crowdsupply.com/newsletter
Open Source Hardware Association: https://oshwa.org/
Open Hardware Summit 2026: https://2026.oshwa.org/
OHS 2026 Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

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