Hackerspace Brisbane is a volunteer organisation that provides tools, facilities and community mentoring for makers of stuff: be-it giant wood and dragonflies, internet of things infrastructure, high end VR headsets or 3D printing robots on any given night of the week. At its core is providing people access to the tools to feel better about themselves because they can make.

Professor Kowalkiewicz explored Hackerspace Brisbane, its community objectives, challenges and the economic and social value of 'making'.

Maker spaces are a foundational community element for developing skills, creativity and pushing boundaries.

How to create a movement of innovation is a central question for the PwC Chair in Digital Economy. If innovation is the key to Australia's economic future, maker spaces are one of the grassroots movements critical to the culture change that will foster such innovation together with co-working spaces and startup incubators.

Hackerspace Brisbane provides an environment where making and innovation are celebrated - see www.hsbne.org