8th Munich Hardware Meetup

​We're excited to welcome you to the 8th Munich Hardware Meetup!

​This time, we'll hear from three practitioners on what it actually takes to get a hardware product built, designed right, and compliant — from factory floor to firmware.

​It will be an evening of honest lessons, practical frameworks and networking with fellow founders, engineers and hardware people in Munich.

​Guest speakers

​Tal Chitayat
Talk: Introducing Genimex

​Tal Chitayat is Managing Partner at Genimex, a global end-to-end hardware manufacturing company. In his talk, he will introduce Genimex and share how they help brands move from concept to production at scale.

​Nazar Kohut
Talk: Building CRA-Ready IoT Products – The Practical Side of Compliance

​Nazar Kohut is a Program Manager at Lemberg Solutions specializing in IoT and embedded systems delivery across regulated domains. In his talk, he will walk through where connected product teams get caught off guard on CRA compliance — and how to fix it before it happens.

​Rik Oudenhoven
Talk: Why Your Innovations Fail – A Practical Framework for Building Purpose-Driven Innovations

​Rik Oudenhoven is a Munich-based designer and Co-Founder of For Future Use™. In his talk, he will share why good ideas rarely fail because of the technology — and how to align design, business and market from the very start.

​Agenda

​6:30–7:00pm – Arrival and getting familiar
7:00–7:05pm – Welcome notes
7:05–8:30pm – Guest speakers
8:30–9:00pm – Networking

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