This document provides an agenda and overview of a seminar and workshop on mechanisms to support innovation for small and medium enterprises in Suriname. It introduces the Fab Lab Paramaribo, which is a digital fabrication laboratory located in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Fab Lab aims to provide tools, training, and resources to empower users from a variety of backgrounds to design and produce physical objects. It seeks to support innovation, entrepreneurship, education, and economic development in Suriname and the wider Caribbean region through collaboration in its user community and international Fab Lab network.

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SEMINAR ON MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT INNOVATION FOR SMES IN SURINAME
& WORKSHOP: DESIGN AS A PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION
11 AND 12 APRIL, 2013, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
FAB LAB PARAMARIBO – INTRODUCTION
PIETER VAN DER HIJDEN
(FABLAB@VICEPRESIDENT.GOV.SR)
2013 – Fab Lab Paramaribo & Pieter van der Hijden - This work is licensed under a Creative
CommonsAttribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

2. AGENDA
 Context
 3rd Industrial revolution
 How to make (almost) anything
 What is a Fab Lab?
 Tools!
 Services!
 Users!
 Added values!
 Fab Lab Paramaribo
 In three words
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3. CONTEXT: 3RD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
3The Economist, 21 April 2012

4. CONTEXT: HOW TO MAKE (ALMOST) ANYTHING
 MIT – Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
 Center for Bits and Atoms
 Prof. Neil Gershenfeld
 Course: How to make
(almost) anything
 Outreach activity
 Set-up a simple and cheap
digital fabrication lab (50k
USD): Fab Lab
 Autonomous initiatives
 Now: 252 Fab Labs world
wide
 All over the world
 Since 11 Feb. 2013 in
Paramaribo
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5. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
 Workspace with digital
production tools to
make (almost) anything
 2d- & 3d-design
 2d- & 3d-scanning
 2d-vinyl cutter
 2d-laser cutter /engraver
 3d-printing
 3d-milling
 Electronics
 Teleconferencing
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6. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
 2d- & 3d-scanning
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 From physical object to
virtual model

7. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
 2d-laser cutter /engraver
Materials
 Wood
 Acrylic
 Fabric
 Cloth
 Leather
 Matte board
 Paper
 Rubber
 Fiber glass
 Plastic
 Cork
 Etc.
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8. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
 3d-printing
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3D Print System with ZPrint 850
Laptop with
ZPrint/ZEdit 7.15
software, to adapt
the model and to
control the printer
Hardware: 3D
printer ZPrinter 850,
the real printer
Hardware: Powder
Recycling Station
(PRS), device to
remove any excess
powder
Hardware:
Workbench ZBench,
workbench for
postprocessing of
the products, e.g.
hardening

9. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
 3d-printing
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3d printer 3DTouch™ Education Pack

10. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
 3d-printing  Printing houses from sand
and water, Enrico Dini
 Airplane wing from carbon
fiber
 Food printing
 Organic materials (skin!)
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11. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
 3d-milling, cutting,
carving, drilling or
machining
Materials
 Wood
 Plastic
 Foam
 Aluminium
 Etc.
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12. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
 Electronics
 Arduino is an open-
source electronics
prototyping platform
 Raspberry Pi – credit
card size computer that
plugs into tv & keyboard
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13. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS!
 Teleconferencing
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14. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? SERVICES!
 Access to the tools
 Training, courses,
workshops
 Advise on commercial
follow-up
 Participation in
international projects
 Assisting new Fab Labs
 Consulting work
 Receiving visitors
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15. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? USERS!
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University
Colleges
Museum
Crafters
Cultural
centre
Chamber
of
commerce
Min. of
labour &
techn. Min. of
trade and
industry
Internet
provider
General
public
Employers
ass.
Research
institutes
Embassy
Bank
Big
company
NGO
Supra
nationals
Techn.
schools
Adult
education
Women
movement
Training
centre
Consulta
ncies
Govern-
ment
Labour
union
Ministry
of
education
Other Fab
Labs
Drawing by
A. Fienieg -
1992
Individual
s Tinkerers
Research
ers
Inventors
Passers-
by
School
classes
Communit
y groups
Youth
groups
SMEs
NGOs
Fab Lab
communit
y

16. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? ADDED VALUES!
 Tools
 Designing and producing complex products
(requiring various tools and materials)
 Services
 Empowering
 Learning organization
 New (personalised) products and services
 New jobs and/or enterprises
 International visibility and collaboration
 National and Caricom economy
 More internationally oriented
 More enterprising
 More innovative
 Users
 Collaborating, Co-designing, Co-producing
 Crosscultural
 Multidisciplinary
 International
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Meejin Yoon: Defensive dressing
Kelly Dobson: Screambody

17. FAB LAB PARAMARIBO
 Initiated by the Vicepresident of the Republic of Suriname
 Implementation of policy on innovation and technology 
Budget 2013  Development plan 2012-2016  Constitution
1987
 Soft launch 11 February 2013
 Member of the international Fab Lab community
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18. FAB LAB PARAMARIBO
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Fab Lab Paramaribo – Actual status
Tools Set of tools almost completed
Services • Access to the tools plus
basic training
• Developing full package
• 2014
• Fab Academy
• Maker Faire
Caribbean?
• Outreach activities
Users Students first, other categories
ASAP
Fab Lab Paramaribo is located on
Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 116-
118, Paramaribo

19. IN THREE WORDS
Fab Lab in three words:
http://bit.ly/bUoiNQ
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20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
 Fab Lab Paramaribo Project Team:
 John Watkin (Kab VP, project manager)
 Pieter van der Hijden (Sofos Consultancy,
consultant)
 Anand Kalpoe (AdeKUS/FTeW)
 Djoemarlan Kasanmoesdiran (Kab VP)
 Reina Raveles (Kab Pres)
 Website:
http://fablab.vicepresident.gov.sr
 Email: fablab@vicepresident.gov.sr
 Address: Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 116-
118, Paramaribo, Suriname
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21. REFERENCES
 Business model generation; a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers;
Alexander Osterwalder et al.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken NJ, USA, 2010.
 CBA - The Center for Bits and Atoms; web site; http://cba.mit.edu/
 Design Thinking for Educators; Design Team Riverdale Country School and IDEO; 2011.
 Fab Central; website; http://fab.cba.mit.edu/
 Fab Lab Locations; FabWiki; website; http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs
 Fab; the coming revolution on your desktop; from personal computers to personal fabrication;
Neil Gershenfeld; Basic Books, New York, USA, 2005.
 FabLab Business Models; presentation to the first Artilect FabLab Conférence; Peter Troxler;
Toulouse, 20-23 October 2011.
 FabYearBook 2011; another year of growth; Ton Zijlstra (ed.); 2011.
 International Fab Lab Association; web site; http://www.fablabinternational.org
 Open design now; why design cannot remain exclusive; Bas van Abel et al.; Bis Publishers,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010.
 Special report: Manufacturing and Innovation; The Economist; print edition 21 April 2012.
 The butterfly paper no.1; Sophie Koers; Butterfly Works; 2008.
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