TRIESTE MINI MAKER FAIRE, TSMMF

As you may know, the ICTP in the year of its 50th Anniversary is organizing the first TRIESTE MINI MAKER FAIRE (TSMMF) on Saturday, 17th May in collaboration with Maker Media Inc. and the Immaginario Scientifico Science Centre.
We expect it to be a major, entertaining event and foresee about 5.000 visitors since it is the first of its kind in this part of Europe. Besides Italy, it will also be publicized in the neighbouring countries.

VENUE
It will be held at the Leonardo Building on Saturday, 17th May 2014 and will be open to the public from 10.00 to 18.00.


STANDS & TENTS

The stands will be spread out on the terrace of the Leonardo Building, in the main parking lot, in the cafeteria and most probably in the rear parking lot.  The other areas of the Leonardo Building will not be used.
There will be up to 100 stands with Makers/companies presenting their inventions or experiments. It will bring together and uncover makers, inventors, scientists, crafters, artists and all other passionate creative enthusiasts.  The Makers will install their equipment from 08.00 in the morning and remove them before 22.00 in the evening.
The LB parking lot will be closed from the evening of Wednesday 14 May.

PRESENTATIONS, MUSIC, THEATRE, CATERING, TRANSPORTATION

There will be some presentations and talks in the small lecture rooms in the Euler area.

Some music and entertainment will add to the good atmosphere of the event. There will be simple catering services both in the main parking lot and in the cafeteria.
For the Makers, there will be a theatrical performance in the Main Lecture hall from 18:00 to 19:00, immediately after the closure of the stands. However, for space and safety reasons, this performance will not be open to the general public. The volunteers are however welcome to join.

We have asked Trieste Trasporti to provide increased bus frequency to/from Trieste so that visitors can reach us by public transportation.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

You are hereby kindly invited to sign up as a volunteer - as soon as possible - as your presence/cooperation is essential to ensure the smooth running of this important event. You may also sign up family members and friends as volunteers.

It goes without saying that all your friends and families are invited to the MINI MAKER FAIRE, so kindly let them know. For info see: http://www.makerfairetrieste.it

Volunteers are needed for various functions, such as providing information, crowd-controlling, giving directions, monitoring.  We will organize volunteers in shifts (morning, midday, afternoon). Should you wish to sign up as a volunteer, kindly send an e-mail to giancovi@ictp.it with VOLUNTEER in the subject line.

In it, please indicate if you prefer morning, midday or afternoon or even a larger part of the day and also indicate your T-shirt size. Volunteers will receive a meal voucher and a T-shirt as compensation for helping us with the MINI MAKER FAIRE.
Since your T-shirts will have to be ordered very soon, please sign up quickly.

We will also be needing staff to kindly collaborate on Friday 16th May with the installation/decoration of all the tents/tables/flags, logistics, else. So, kindly let us know if you are available on Friday during office hours.

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

  Dag Harald Johannessen