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.