ISAM 2026 · International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces
Meet us at Rice University, October 11–13, 2026
We're bringing MakerOps to ISAM — a facility and work management platform built around the problems academic makerspaces actually have: training hundreds of students, gating equipment behind real credentials, and showing the people who fund you a floor that runs on process.
One platform for the whole makerspace
MakerOps connects the systems most academic spaces run separately — or don't run at all: equipment and maintenance records, inventory, appointment and shift scheduling, a built-in LMS with credentialing, approvals, billing, and reporting.
When a student completes safety training, their credential unlocks the machine. When a credential expires, access pauses. When your director needs numbers for the dean, the live dashboards and audit log already have them.
Why ISAM attendees should care
Built for semester-scale training
Onboard hundreds of students per term with courses, quizzes, and hands-on sign-offs that roll up into credentials — no more paper checklists or orphaned LMS exports.
Safety policy that enforces itself
Equipment access is gated by earned, current credentials. Recertification windows and expirations are tracked automatically, so compliance is the default path.
Numbers your dean will read
Live dashboards for open tasks, maintenance due, purchasing, and who is in the building — plus a full audit log. Evidence that justifies staff lines, new machines, and more square footage.
Find us at ISAM 2026
- Where
- Rice University, Houston, TX
- When
- October 11–13, 2026
- Booth
- Details coming soon
Want a guaranteed slot? Book ahead and we'll have a demo environment seeded with an academic makerspace ready when you walk up.
Reserve a demo slot