Unimaker Salford 2025
The University of Salford’s Maker Space hosts the Unimaker Salford Conference on June 26-27, 2025. This two-day event features speakers, panels, roundtables, and a marketplace showcasing maker projects.
With the theme “Innovative Learning Spaces: Unlocking the Impact of Maker Spaces,” the conference will explore how makerspaces influence curricula, digital strategies, student engagement, and entrepreneurship. It will share lessons on establishing makerspaces and their role in fostering collaboration within universities and beyond.
Unimaker was established by Professor Pete Mylon, Senior University Teacher in Multidisciplinary Engineering Education at the University of Sheffield. He leads the iForge Makerspace, the UK’s first student-led facility, and founded Unimaker to highlight innovation and skills in academic makerspaces.
Welcome to our inspirational speaker, Navjot Sawhney, who is the founder of The Washing Machine Project – a grassroots social enterprise in the UK to ease the burden of handwashing clothes for women in remote, low-income, and displaced communities by providing an accessible off-grid washing solution.
We also welcome our keynote speakers Prof. Corrina Cory, Associate Professor in Engineering & Entrepreneurship at the University of Exeter and Dr Alejandro Veliz Reyes, Associate Professor in Digital Design, School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth who will kickstart the Unimaker conversations.
Conference timetable and agenda.
Unimaker Salford 2025 is proudly sponsored by the Morson Group STEM Foundation, RS, Additive-X and the University of Salford.