Q: How are innovative technologies changing our lives? Digital fabrication will be one of the major factors in the near future. We’re currently in a prototyping society where you can test, prototype and build an idea in a very short space of time, and only bring in the professionals at the end. This is also true of specialized programming languages for artists and designers, where you no longer need to be a mathematical expert. Q: What will be the future impact of 3D printing? People will be able to create things they really need or want, and digital fabrication will decentralize many things, empowering the consumer and allowing personalized production in a way that industry currently can’t do. And you’ll find digital fabrication labs in public places, creating and sharing knowledge like a public library. Q: What’s your main message at ITU Telecom World 2013? During the workshops, I hope to explain the process of 3D printing and show how simple it is to produce a prototype – and to show the focus on technology for creation behind it. Software, digital fabrication and electronics, these three technologies are open, with important digital communities behind them based on co-creation and sharing. This is where creative new solutions are coming from. Q&A 3D Printing Gustavo Valera, Spain Explore the realities of 3D printing, a technology with the power to change the world, by following the whole process from programming to design and layer-by-layer output. And debate the fascinating issues it raises, such as the return of creativity from the digital to the physical, the return of production from remote experts to the end user at the edge of the network, and a new, open source approach to creating and distributing things which shares knowledge back into the community. Demo times Sign up for one of the demos running at 10:00 -10:30, 13:30 -14:00 and 15:45 -16:15 November 19-22 8 InnovationSpace: The Lab