Let’s Build Resilient Communities: Share Your Ideas to the FAB Region Symposium! How can local production, open technologies and circular approaches strengthen resilient communities? The upcoming FAB Region Symposium in Wuppertal, Germany invites researchers and practitioners to share ideas and solutions shaping sustainable regional futures. On 16 June 2026, the interdisciplinary symposium “FAB Region: Building Resilient Communities” will take place at the University Wuppertal, Germany. The event brings together researchers, practitioners, activists and designers to exchange knowledge and explore strategies for building resilient, sustainable regions. The symposium is part of the FAB Region project, which aims to transform the Bergisch city triangle in Germany into a co-creative circular economy region by connecting local innovation hubs, communities and research institutions. We invite you to share your contributions to topics such as Fab Cities, makerspaces and Fab Labs, open-source approaches, cradle-to-cradle principles, sufficiency, circular value creation and local production systems. Interdisciplinary perspectives from fields including technology, urban development, design, social sciences or ecological economics are welcome! Participants can submit abstracts (max. 300 words) for either: Scientific presentations (20 minutes including discussion), or Practice-oriented poster contributions presented within an exhibition format. The submission deadline is 31 March 2026, and selected contributions may be published after the symposium. The event will provide a space for dialogue, networking and collaborative visions for resilient communities and circular regional development. Researchers and practitioners interested in contributing are invited to submit their abstracts via email! For further questions, please contact Nils Kreft. Photos © Juliane Herrmann