“Meet 100 Innovation Ambassadors” is coming!
When the spirit of open-source crosses boaders, there are a group of makers empowering tech through communication and education. Whether leading the novel ideas, or implementing practical solutions, their actions all showcase one consensus: only by sharing technology and collaborating in exploration can we unleash potential of innovation.
This week, we invited global leaders in open-source tech alongside experts and scholars deeply rooted in academica. These pioneers not only actively promote the cutting-edge technologies, but also drive the advancement of IoT and open-source hardware education, which left a lasting impact in both their local communities and academic circles.
At MFSZ 2025, we hope to see more communication and sharing among global makers across the world. Whether in developed or developing region, we believe the application and innovation of technology will always be diverse.
Today, let’s meet these Innovation Ambassadors:
01 Zhang Xiaoyu
Zhang Xiaoyu is a well-known influencer in technology community.With his profound expertise in hardware development, programming, and smart manufacturing, Zhang Xiaoyu has also become a key role model for Chinese makers and tech enthusiasts.
Besides, he is also a cutting-edge scholar, whose research focuses on the history of technology in China. As the winner of the Asia Book Award, his work, “A History of AI Civilization,” deeply analyzes the collapse of industrial civilization and the future destiny of mankind.
02 Nick Velasquez
As the leader of the Colombian Maker Community and a hardware expert, Nick is not only a passionate maker but also an entrepreneur and electronic engineer.
Throughout his career, Nick has continuously specialized in IoT, precision agriculture, home automation, and custom hardware solutions, accumulating extensive experience. He is also the founder of DeepSea Developments (www.deepseadev.com).
03 MoonMakers
As a well-known technology blogger in Latin America，MoonMakers focuses on sharing maker culture, open-source hardware, programming, and innovative projects.
Through their YouTube channel, MoonMakers demonstrates a variety of creation process and practical tutorials of tech projects to global audience, inspiring countless young makers and tech enthusiasts to explore creativity of tech.
04 GOKUL KB
As a full-time maker and electronics engineer from India, GOKUL specializes in building innovative tech projects using platforms like ESP32 and XIAO, while also dedicating himself to 3D printing, open-source hardware, and creating open tutorials.
Passionate about sharing technical expertise and creative solutions, GOKUL has been inspiring others to bring ideas to life through hands-on making and learning.
05 Nai He
As the founder of the arduino.me, Nai He has a significant influence in the fields of open-source hardware and IoT in China.
Additionally, he also enjoys combining hardware with code to solve real-world problems while also relishing the process of tackling those “unfinished” projects. He believe that each incomplete project hold the potential for innovation.
If you want to showcase your innovative ideas and the impact they have on industry innovation, meet like-minded makers, and explore the specific applications of cutting-edge technologies in various industries at one of the largest maker innovation events in the world, we invite you to sign up by scanning the QR code below or clicking here. We look forward to seeing you there and sharing your journey of continuous innovation!
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Registration Period: May 21th, 2025 – September 30th, 2025
Aiming to promote business connections between professional visitors and exhibitors, Maker Faire Shenzhen 2025 has initiated a new registration channel for professional audiences, which can ensure more efficient exhibition output and provide a good exhibition experience.
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Over the past 12 years, the development trajectory of Maker Faire Shenzhen can be seen as a microcosm of the development of maker culture in China.
- 2012: “Gathering Small Wisdom, Journeying through the Great Future” – This was the first Mini Maker Faire in China, with less than 1000 attendees, and was more like a gathering within a small circle. But we saw the infinite possibilities emerging from the maker community.
- 2013: The slogan was absent, and the maker community was still small. – In the OCT Creative Park, there were cross-disciplinary exchanges among different creative communities, silently laying the foundation for cultural output.
- 2014: “Innovate with China” – the event was upgraded to the Featured level for the first time, with a significant increase in scale compared to previous years, and the beginning of professional independent forums. This year, makers began to enter the public’s view.
- 2015: “Everyone is a Maker, what are you waiting for?” – This year’s Shenzhen International Maker Week became one of the largest Maker Faires in the world. This year, the concept of “maker” was elevated to a national level, and the trend of “mass innovation, mass entrepreneurship” swept across the country.
- 2016: “My World, My Creation” – As the sub-venue of the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week, the event was held for the first time in the commercial center area, experiencing unpredictable weather from typhoons to scorching heat. Many makers succeeded in your entrepreneurial endeavors this year, but it seemed like there were even more failures. The hype around entrepreneurship shifted towards rationality.
- 2017: “Makers, Go Pro” – The event took place at the university campus for the first time, focusing on Maker Pros and providing a platform for diverse innovators and makers to showcase themselves, presenting more possibilities for the growth path of makers to the entire community.
- 2018: “Co-making in the City” – The main venue of Shenzhen International Maker Week, where individuals and groups with shared visions and values gathered to showcase stories, projects, and explorations of collaboration among different communities and people.
- 2019: ” To the Heart of Community, To the Cluster of Industry” – The event was upgraded to the Maker Faire Shenzhen, attempting to attract professional audiences and focusing on pragmatic aspects such as solving the needs of industrial upgrading and co-developin. It aims to build a platform for innovation and industry dialogue and collaboration.
- 2023: “Where Are The Makers?”– Starting from our own mission and values, we aim to explore the future direction of makers and theapossibilities for commercialization. Though this question does not have a definitive answer, we do hope that through this event, we can communicate and share with every one of you, finding more ideas and directions together.
- 2024: “Everything is AI” – This year, we brought together over 120 exhibitors from around the world, attracting nearly 1,500 professional attendees from nearly 20 countries and over 20 provinces across China. The exhibition showcased a wide range of AI application projects and hosted 10 AI hardware-themed satellite events, alongside various workshops.
