Alex Bandar of the Columbus Idea Foundry

Interested in makerspaces, fablabs, hackerspacers, or other creative spaces?
Dr. Alexander Bandar is the Founder and CEO of the Columbus Idea Foundry. A makerspace that offers various classes and tools to people to use and build something 24/7.
When you book Dr. Alexandar Bandar he offers information in reagrds to building and growing a makerspace, engineering a makerspace, utilizing and supporting the community,inspiration and support of other creative spaces, and more.

Dr. Alexander Bandar is an engineer by training, and an entrepreneur by accident. Having worked ten years in the field of manufacturing software, with clients from GM to Apple to the Defense Department, he now directs the Columbus Idea Foundry - the world’s largest community workshop, or "makerspace", which he began as a hobby and is now his full-time career. Recently relocated to a 65,000 sf warehouse in Columbus OH, the Columbus Idea Foundry houses tools from blacksmithing to 3D printing, teaches classes on the design and fabrication resources available at the shop, and then sells memberships to anyone who wishes to use the workshop as if it were their own. With 300 members and growing rapidly (of whom approximately half are entrepreneurs), the Columbus Idea Foundry is the world's largest and most active makerspace, and is quickly finding a place in the creative, educational, technological and business ecosystems of Central Ohio and beyond. Dr. Bandar speaks and consults regularly about this exciting new "Maker Movement", has presented multiple TEDx talks on the subject, and was invited to deliver the Cultural Heritage presentation on behalf of the City of Columbus at the Intelligent Cities Forum in Manhattan.

At a speaking event Dr. Alexander Bandar would need a place to set up his laptop to connect visuals to a screen and a mic.