The Maker & the Machine: The Craft and Tech Behind Australias Manufacturing Future

3:00pm, Thursday May 14

AFC Theatre, MCA

FROM $50

This conversation goes beyond the romance of local making and asks the harder questions: How do you hold onto craft as you scale? Where does technology amplify human skill rather than replace it? What does a globally competitive Australian manufacturing model actually look like, and who's building it?

This panel brings together three makers at the forefront of a new Australian manufacturing story. They'll cover what brands need to know: how technology is making local production faster and more precise, what made-to-measure at scale really looks like, and why brands doubling down on Australian manufacturing are finding it's becoming a premium, not a penalty.

If you make things or want to, this is the room to be in.