Join us during Hartford Innovation Week for our Digital Twin: Innovation in Manufacturing Panel and Happy Hour. You'll get the opportunity to engage with your peers, the panelists, learn more about the future of innovation, and unlock groundbreaking outcomes for the manufacturing industry. Save your seat today!

QuantumCT is collaborating withindustry, university, and communitypartners to build a quantumtechnologies ecosystem inConnecticut. Join us to discuss howthe insurance sector can engage and prepare for the quantum economy.

Are you prepared for the future of financial services? Together, we can innovate ahead of disruption and win your most competitive battles.

Join Slalom during Hartford Innovation Week for The Modernization Imperative: Shaping the Future of Insurance. This discussion, led by a panel of local experts and leaders will focus on the critical need for insurers to modernize operations, enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and meet the ever-evolving expectations of customers. Save your seat today!

Laser engraving is a fun and interesting skill that can range from an enjoyable hobby to a lucrative business opportunity. Engraving can be used to personalize everyday objects, such as coasters, keychains, and barware. Lasers can even cut materials with details that are impossible for other tools! This is the perfect launching point into larger CNC operations, such as the plasma cutter or the techno router table. This is the perfect course for dipping your toes into the world of CNC machines!

Learn to print successfully more often! 3D printing or "Additive Manufacturing," is useful for hobbyists and professionals alike. Learn to slice a 3D file using a slicer/CAM software and put the code onto a printer to create incredible designs.

The course content includes:

• Introduction to FDM Printing
• Best practices for slicing
• Where to find models for printing
• Overview of what can and cannot be printed on our machines
• Policies for machine use
• Basic troubleshooting

This program allows for one and a half hours of instruction and one and a half hours of printing and troubleshooting with the 3D Printers.

In advance of attending this program, please click here to access resources to familiarize yourself with 3D printing.

Materials Included: We have a variety colors and brands of PLA/PLA+ plastic and our computers are equipped with software such as UltiMaker Cura and PrusaSlicer. You're welcome to bring a laptop, or bring your own PLA/PLA+. For this basics class, do not bring other filament types, as this class does not cover alternate styles of filament plastics.

All people are welcome in this class and an active effort will be made to be inclusive to all people. This class will not tolerate sexism, ableism, racism, homophobia, or transphobia. MakerspaceCT is for everyone.

Get a step-by-step intro into fusing metals with MIG and stick welders. Learn the basics of operation and some tips and tricks that will give you the best results. This is an essential skill for the budding maker.

The course content includes:

• Proper attire and safety
• Basics of welding
• Purpose of MIG welding
• LOTS of hands-on practice

Prior to the Class: Upon registration, you will be sent a prerequisite assignment to be completed online before attending the in-person workshop. All participants are requested to complete this assignment to prepare for the class.

Materials Included: A variety of metals to experiment on, as well as all machines, consumables, safety equipment, and accessories. Participants are welcome to bring their own supplies!

PLEASE NOTE! Welding is close, detailed work. If you need corrective lenses to see close objects, such as reading glasses or bifocals, please bring them.

All people are welcome in this class and an active effort will be made to be inclusive to all people. This class will not tolerate sexism, ableism, racism, homophobia, or transphobia. MakerspaceCT is for everyone.

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) established a beneficial ownership reporting requirement that covers existing and newly formed companies. Compliance with the CTA is critical for all privately held companies that fall within the framework of the CTA.
Join Brian Fischer, Partner at Day Pitney LLP, for a webinar designed to provide a high-level overview of the CTA. Topics include:

• Which companies are required to report and what information is required
• How beneficial ownership is determined
• Reporting requirements and procedures
• Penalties for non-compliance

Financial Risk Solutions, a 25-year-old Dublin-based insurtech invites you to a luncheon presentation on modernizing insurance investment administration, oversight and regulatory compliance. FRS' Head of North American Sales Tom Patterson will share insights and global best practices from our insurance, pension and wealth management customers on how they have leveraged modern investment technology to improve operational resilience, achieve cost-effective scaling and solidify regulatory controls.

Join us for an engaging group brainstorming session where we'll tackle a challenging problem together!

MakerspaceCT Lead Instructors Julie and Erik will kick the evening off with a brief overview of design thinking principles. Then we'll dive into collaborative activities to solve a problem.

Using empathy, ideation, and prototyping, we'll explore creative solutions and innovative approaches. Whether you're new to design thinking or experienced in it, this session offers a dynamic environment to share ideas, gain new perspectives, and work together to solve a real-world issue.

Come ready to think outside the box and contribute to meaningful solutions!

All people are welcome in this class and an active effort will be made to be inclusive to all people. This class will not tolerate sexism, ableism, racism, homophobia, or transphobia. MakerspaceCT is for everyone.

In this workshop, participants will learn:

• The names of newly developed AI tools and their capabilities
• How to effectively write a prompt to get the desired result from AI tools
• Possible use cases for AI tools in business and personal life

After taking this class, you will be able to find AI tools to complete a specific task and better leverage those tools in business and personal life.

Materials Included:

None, bring a laptop if you’re interested. You can still benefit if you don't have a laptop, but bring a pen and paper for taking notes!

About the Instructor:

Our instructor, Julie Gauthier, has been working as a software engineer for 10 years. While completing an MS degree in Computer Science, she did a deep-dive into the principles of machine learning. Since then, she has been an early tinkerer with AI tools as they have been released at a rapid rate since breakthrough ChatGPT, experimenting with how these tools may augment day-to-day life!

All people are welcome in this class and an active effort will be made to be inclusive to all people. This class will not tolerate sexism, ableism, racism, homophobia, or transphobia. MakerspaceCT is for everyone.