VOLUNTEERS -TRIESTE MINI MAKER FAIRE 2016 & Science Picnic Trieste

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*CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS*
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*21-22 May - third edition of the TRIESTE MINI MAKER FAIRE (TSMMF)*
*20 May (friday) - first edition of the “SCIENCE PICNIC TRIESTE” (SciPicTS)*

In May 2014 and 2015, the ICTP organized the first and second TSMMF in
collaboration with Maker Media Inc., Immaginario Scientifico and Comune 
di Trieste.
Last year it has been a successful, entertaining event with about 16.000 
visitors attending
during the weekend.

This year the TSMMF will be held on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May and 
will be
preceded by a special event, Friday 20 May, reserved for students of 
primary and secondary
schools, during which our Miramare campus will be transformed into an 
outdoor laboratory
where science –freed from the usual classrooms– becomes fun.
We are happy to introduce the first *Science Picnic Trieste*, a whole 
day (from 9am to 4pm)
in which students and teachers will be able to be an active part of a 
wide selection of
interactive experiments, science shows, short talks on various 
scientific topics, hands-on
workshops, interactions with researchers and scientific explainers. The 
goal is to expose
them to the creative side of science and technology, to galvanize them 
so that they may
consider a career as researcher. The style will be informal 
and entertaining, following the
format selected by the European Commission as one of the best 10 
european projects of
the last decade in the field “Science and Society”.

*VENUE*
*
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The SciPicTS will be held in the front parking lot and terrace area of 
the Leonardo Building
on *Friday 20 May, from 9:00 to 16:00*. We will welcome (primary and 
secondary) schools,
teachers and students from all the region and beyond.
The TSMMF will be held at the ICTP campus (as in previous years) on 
Saturday, 21 May
and Sunday 22 May.
*On Saturday, the TSMMF will be open to the public from 11.00 to 21.00*: 
all booths
will close at 19:30 after which there will be a show on stage until 
20:30. The public
will then exit the campus not later than 21:00. It will be followed by a 
“Maker’s Party” dinner.
*On Sunday, the TSMMF will be open to the public from 10.00 to 18.00*.

*BOOTHS & TENTS*
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/FRIDAY:/
The SciPicTS on Friday, will use booths in the front parking lot and 
terrace area of LB.
Guided visits to the Library and the SciFabLab will be organized for the 
students.
Exhibitors will install their booths on Thursday (17:00-20:00) and 
Friday (8:00-9:00).
/SATURDAY and SUNDAY:/
The TSMMF booths will be spread out on the terrace of the Leonardo 
Building, in the
main parking lot and in the rear parking lot. The SciFabLab in Fermi 
will be open.
Makers will install their exhibits on Friday (17:00-20:00) and Saturday 
(8:00-11:00).

*PARKING LOTS CLOSED
*
The LB parking lots (front and back) will be closed from the evening of 
Tuesday
17 May. For those being away from the Centre the relevant dates, it is 
important
that you remove your car, motorcycle and/or bicycle from the parking 
lots and the
terrace area before Tuesday 17 May, or they will have to be removed 
forcefully.

*PRESENTATIONS, MUSIC, CATERING, TRANSPORTATION
*
There will be some activities/workshops/movie projections in the small 
lecture rooms used by the
ICTP Diploma, with access from the terrace. Public will not be allowed 
to enter other parts of LB.

Some music and entertainment will add to the good atmosphere of the 
event. There
will be simple catering services in the parking lots and in the 
cafeteria, provided by Serenissima.
For the public, on Saturday we are organizing a small show on the 
terrace main stage from 19:30 to 20:30,
immediately after the closure of the stands. The “Maker’s Party” dinner 
will be held immediately after,
and will be reserved to makers, exhibitors and volunteers only.

The Province has authorized Trieste Trasporti to provide increased bus 
frequency
to/from Trieste so that visitors can reach us by public transportation. 
The Regione
has similarly asked Trenitalia to have all regional trains stop on the 
Miramare
station during both events.

More information and details on each event are available on the websites:
www.makerfairetrieste.it <http://www.makerfairetrieste.it> and 
www.sciencepicnic.it <http://www.sciencepicnic.it>

*CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
*
You are hereby kindly invited to sign up as a volunteer for TSMMF -as 
soon as possible-
as your presence/cooperation is essential to ensure the smooth running 
of this
important event, from Friday afternoon to Sunday. You may also sign up 
family members
and friends as volunteers.

There is a need for assistance from ICTP staff also on Friday morning 
(until 16:00) for the
Trieste Science Picnic and those interested should ask their supervisor 
if they can be authorized
to assist during the working hours.

Volunteers are needed for various functions, such as providing 
information, crowd-controlling,
giving directions, monitoring. We will organize volunteers
in shifts: Saturday 9-13; 13-17; 17-21, Sunday 9-14; 14-19.
Please meet up 30 minutes before your shift starts. You are much welcome 
to sign
up for more than one shift.

Should you wish to sign up as a volunteer, kindly send an e-mail to
mailoff at ictp.it <mailto:mailoff at ictp.it> with VOLUNTEER in the subject line.

In it, please indicate your shift preferences and also indicate your 
T-shirt size. Volunteers
will receive a meal voucher (for each shift) and a T-shirt as 
compensation for helping us
with the MINI MAKER FAIRE. Please sign up as soon as possible.

We will also be needing staff to kindly collaborate on Friday 20 May 
with the
installation/decoration of all the tents/tables/flags, logistics, else. So,
kindly let us know if you are available on Friday from 17:00 onwards.

It goes without saying that all your friends and families are invited to 
the TSMMF, so kindly let them know.
Posters and flyers to advertise the event are available at the ICTP 
SciFabLab (FB).

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, thank you for your availability and
support.

Dag Harald Johannessen




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