CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
------------------------------------
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
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
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:
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.