Dear researchers, students and fellows of the ICTP community (and other institutions too!),

This is a ”last minute” invitation for all of you to participate to Maker Faire Trieste 2023. It will be co-organised by ICTP and Comune di Trieste in the weekend of September 2-3 in Piazza Unità.

Past years’ editions of our free and open event have attracted many thousands of visitors of all ages and this upcoming 10th edition will be a unique opportunity for all active and passionate scientists to showcase their contribution to the society at large through their research activities.

Researchers, postdocs, students will be able to explain their scientific activities by performing demos, organising exhibits or workshops. We suggest to make your contribution as interactive as possible, and appealing to the general public, by avoiding slide presentations / posters / technical talks, and proposing workshops, demo and hands-on scientific exhibits: the Maker Faire has always been an event based on interactivity and -like in the past years- a relevant part of the program aims to inspire the new generation to discover science having fun, with the popular format of the "Science Picnic”.

All info and application form for participation are available on the official website: https://trieste.makerfaire.com/en/call-makers/ (the deadline is over but we are extending the submission for a few more days).