Our amazing remote team
Started in 2015 in the city of Lyon, MakerTour is a French non-profit organisation exploring, sharing and connecting community workshops & makers around the world. We are a remote team of volunteers taking a stand together everyday, contributing to the world maker movement to help you make a difference locally!
Etienne Moreau
MakerTour's cofounder, he launched our first workshops exploration in Europe in 2015. He's been Fab Lab Wgtn's fab-manager for 6 months!
Mathieu Geiler
MakerTour's cofounder, he launched our first workshops exploration in Europe in 2015. Skyrunning addict and nature lover!
Marie Levrault
Launched our Asian 8-month workshops exploration in 2017. Collaborative economy enthusiastic and bike trip addict. Supporting social entrepreneurs at Ashoka!
Lucas Graffan
Launched our Asian 8-month workshops exploration in 2017. Loves making things and mountain trekking. He's also the entrepreneur behind GreenGo.
Alina Grenier Arellano
Our North American ambassador, currently exploring workshops in Montreal where she lives. Co-creation researcher & board game creator!
Vianney Graffan
Launched our Central & Latin America 8-month workshops exploration in 2018. Breakthrough technologies enthusiastic and diving addict.
Léna Kernoa
Launched our Central & Latin America 8-month workshops exploration in 2018. Love peer learning and sport addict.
Mathieu Kerjouan
Currently exploring maker spaces in Denmark! System BSD fanatic, Erlang lover and addicted to tea.
Alex Rousselet
Makerspace explorer traveling in a tiny yellow converted van all over Europe.
Mickael Pitarresi
I am co-founder and part of the team in Fablab Cuenca Spain (community based) since 2015, where I live and work as an instructor and lab technician. I am an open minded and creative person, always looking to contribute in solving old and new problems in the world.
Julien Bonnaud
Maker enthousiast, ready to exchange and share whatever can be shared to build stuff. Electric engineer, nerd, like thing with buttons. fab-manager at Le Boc@l
João Leão
Co-Founder & Fab Lab Manager at VIVA Lab; Industrial Designer; Social Innovator; Co-founder of Precious Plastic Portugal. Assistant Professor at Universidade do Porto
Valentina Scandola
Co-founder @ Verona FabLab Social Enterprise (Italy); EU project manager graduated in “Local Development”. Passionate of international relations. Loves travelling and mountain trekking.
Aleksandra Sljukic
Life-Sci Researcher by profession, Maker & Event organiser by passion; Vulca volunteer and explorer since 2019
Delia Millán
Delia is the founder and director of FabLab Cuenca. She has worked with digital fabrication and in FabLabs since 2012, being part of the original team of the FabLab Nervecentre (United Kingdom).
Brandi Crandell
American, 4th year student of International Business Management Studies Interested in sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals
Fiona Hawes
Dedicated to bring maker spaces to schools and collect memories around the world.
RogLab Team
RogLab is a multidisciplinary public Hub supporting manufacturers and creators in the development of their ideas through cutting-edge technological know-how and infrastructure.
Marcel Kellner
Featured Project/ FabAcademy Graduate, Universidad de Chile 2017 Local Instructor, Digital Fabrication Enthusiast - Maker-Communitys - Urban Gardening - Community-Building
MakerTour keeps growing every day and we need you! We’re always really enthusiasts about having new people joining our team of volunteers! They are many different ways to contribute : launching an expedition, becoming a local ambassador, writing / translating content, participating in community management and so on!
Interested? Write us telling us a bit more about you and how you’d like to contribute to start the conversation ;)
The leading organisations we work with
Our team would like to thank all our current & previous partners for the trust you put in us, the meaningful collaborations we started together and your involvement by our side. Your support helps us launch expeditions, share our content with the world and make the community workshops & makers movement thrive.
Our 2018 partners
Our first partners
Our network of friends
Since 2015, we’ve been living a great adventure side by side with all the people & initiatives behind this movement. We are proud to consider ourselves your friends. Thanks to all the community workshops for opening your doors & taking time to welcome us, and thanks to all the other initiatives for the incredible work you put in everyday!
Our crowdfunding campaign on KissKissBankBank
En Octobre 2015, MakerTour a lancé une campagne de financement participatif sur KissKissBankBank pour sa première expédition en Europe. Grâce à nos 107 soutiens, nous avons réuni plus que les 5.000€ espérés en 45 jours and transmis notre message aussi loin que possible. Nous sommes où nous sommes aujourd’hui grâce à vous, parce que vous nous avez soutenu à ce moment là, et nous ne l’oublierons jamais.