World Tour

Places to visit upon world tour of lectures, meetings, and workshops. Public lectures, 5 hour build workshops for 3D printers and filament makers, and other activities will occur on a daily schedule in different locations. World tour will be two 3 month sessions, startng Dec 1 in the Southern hemisphere, and March 1 in the Northern hemisphere. The tour must be self-funding via honoraria, lecture fees, fundraising dinners, and other sponsorships. Revenue will be used mostly for infrastructure at the OSE Campus to increase the quality of OSE immersion training. Selection criteria for locations includes:

1. High value open source projects - eg. Apertus, Wikihouse, Social Vehicle, Blender, Debian, Lulzbot, Rodale Institute, Badgersett Farms,
2. Major urban centers with multiple stakeholders interested in hosting and starting OSE-based entrepreneurship
3. Leading think-tanks and thought leaders on pressing world issues, such as Rocky Mountain Institute
4. University and public lectures at progressive universities - such as Olin School of Engineering, Maharishi University, HIllsdale College, Michigan Tech Open Source Sustainability Group, etc.
5. Conference keynotes at mission-aligned conferences
6. Hands-on training workshops for the Incentive Challenge with 2 tracks - Technology (3D Printing, Plastic Recycling, Electric Motors+Geardowns, and Cordless Tool Design), and Entrepreneurship (Distributive Enterprise, Production Engineering, Marketing, Distribution, Open Source Franchise)
7. Benefactors, collaborators, allied projects of world impact, and other opportunies for increasing collaboration

Venues

• Auroville Earth Institute
• Apertus
• Vivihouse
• Wikihouse
• Jim Hallock
• Hillsdale College
• Rocky Mountain Institute
• OSE Belize

Possibilities

• Robin Sharma
• Genius Network Annual Event