During October 2011, Cameron Guthrie led a round table discussion on the social roles and implications of Fab Labs at the Novela festival in Toulouse. Participants included Tomas Diez (Fab Lab Barcelona, Iaac), Evan Malone (Next Fab Studio), Joris Van Tubergen (FabLab Utrecht), Mario Borillo (CNRS), Yves Duthen (IRIT) and Nicolas Lassabe (Artilect FabLab Toulouse).