Statistics, media and info about the previous editions:

Maker Faire Trieste 2024

Piazza Unità d’Italia, 31 August and 1 September 2024

The eleventh edition of the Maker Faire Trieste has been held on Saturday 31st of August and Sunday 1st of September 2024, in Piazza Unità d’Italia in Trieste, with free entrance for the public, the makers and all exhibitors.

It has been co-organized by the Comune di Trieste and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). The event was also part of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the ICTP and of the Trieste Estate 2024 calendar of events.

The event was made possible thanks to funds from Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia through the “Avviso pubblico per la concessione di contributi a sostegno di iniziative progettuali riguardanti manifestazioni di divulgazione della cultura scientifica – Avviso ordinario 2024” #iosonofriuliveneziagiulia

(MFTS2024: filmed and edited by Nicolò Blasi and Alessandro Suggi Liverani)

The photo gallery with all the pictures of Saturday and Sunday is available, the pictures are by our official photographers: Roberto Barnabà and Marta Barnabà

A few short videos by Nicolò Blasi and Alessandro Suggi Liverani: a “video pill” of 2 minutes and a 40 seconds short, both for Saturday 31, and a video review (3 minutes) of Sunday 1 of September, finally, a 5-minutes video comprehensive of both days of the MFTS 2024.

What the media said about us:

Monday 26 August:

video report by TGR (RAI REGIONALE FVG), news article by Trieste Cafè, news article by Trieste All News, news article by Trieste Prima, video report by TG Trieste (TELEQUATTRO), Comunicato by Comune di Trieste.

Tuesday 27 August:

Articolo su Il Piccolo, Articolo su Il Gazzettino.

Saturday 31 August:

Articolo de Il Piccolo, Articolo de Il Meridiano, Articolo di RadioCapodistria, Servizio video di Tuttoggi di TeleCapodistria, Servizio video del TGR RAI 3 Friuli Venezia Giulia (min 12:03), video sul canale YouTube di RDE.

Sunday 1 September:

Articolo de Il Piccolo

Servizio video del TG Sera di Telequattro

The prizes given during Maker Faire Trieste 2024

Prize Lady Maker MFTS offered by Rotary Club Alto Adriatico,

given to Vittoria Protani for the project M48 “Abruzzo Technology – Water Recovery”

with this motivation: “Per aver valorizzato grazie alla sua invenzione il ruolo cruciale della donna nell’ingegneria italiana, attraverso la sostenibilità ambientale con il recupero di risorse idriche altrimenti sprecate.”

1st Prize MAKER MFTS offered by Rotary Club Alto Adriatico,

given to Luciano Fumagalli for the project M55 “Assembla ANGELO, costruisci solidarietà”

with this motivation: “Per aver messo a disposizione dell’intera comunità la sua idea in aiuto alle persone ipoudenti, un’idea smart ed innovativa, che coniuga nel migliore dei modi il passaggio generazionale, un oggetto per i nonni che può essere costruito dai nipoti.”

2nd Prize MAKER MFTS offered by Rotary Club Alto Adriatico,

given to Simone Klinkon for the project M29 “AMMS – Sistema Monitoraggio Ambientale Autonomo DIY”

with this motivation: “Per aver ripensato, in ottica open source a beneficio di tutta la collettività, l’integrazione dei sistemi di rilevazione dei dati meteorologici creando una piattaforma di monitoraggio che integra i temi dell’attenzione all’ambiente e della sostenibilità.”

3rd Prize MAKER MFTS offered by Rotary Club Alto Adriatico,

given to Beatrice Bove for the project M49 “MagiCal”

with this motivation: “Per aver integrato innovazione e didattica consentendo così ai bambini di apprendere, in modo piacevole e giocoso, una materia complessa come la matematica.”

Special Prize “Innovative ideas for tomorrow’s world – Idee innovative per li mondo di domani” offered by ESTECO SpA,

given to Erika Ronchin for the project M67 “Detector of soil respiration: IRGA4soil”

with this motivation: “Per aver realizzato e presentato un sistema innovativo di acquisizione e monitoraggio della salute dei terreni coltivati, basato su un sensore di facile reperibilità. I dati acquisiti vengono collezionati all’interno di un sistema informatico. Si sottolinea l’intento innovativo di semplificare la strumentazione di misurazione rendendo la soluzione trasportabile e di costo contenuto”

“Special Prize of the Jury”

given to Davide Prodan for the project M82 “ClassLab La biologia nelle scuole”

with this motivation: “Per la sua grande dote comunicativa e per l’entusiasmo contagioso che trasmette. Un percorso da toccare con mano per colmare le lacune tra gli insegnamenti teorici e la realtà pratica.”

Prize “Young Maker”

given to Davide Rudes, 14 years old, who exhibited the project M41 “I vari sistemi di pile nella storia e la scoperta, con queste, dell’elettrolisi”

Three “prize coupons” offered by ARDUINO and given by the “guest maker” Alessandro Ranellucci:

Per la soluzione tipicamente maker di un problema che tocca una categoria svantaggiata, il dispositivo M55 “ANGELO” di Luciano Fumagalli

Per l’attenzione verso la formazione della nuova generazione di maker, i progetti del fablab M22 “Linolab” di Luca Baruzzo

Per l’applicazione dello spirito maker ad una realtà produttiva, il robot agricolo M21 “CornTech 0.1” di Roberto Fior.

Financial contributions:

Towards the organization of Maker Faire Trieste 2024, ICTP has received the following contributions:

Euro 30,000 from Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

Euro 30,000 from Comune di Trieste

Maker Faire Trieste 2023

Piazza Unità d’Italia, 2-3 September 2023

The tenth edition of the Maker Faire Trieste has been held on September 2 and 3, 2023, in Piazza Unità d’Italia in Trieste.

List of all Makers and exhibitors.

The opening time for the public was 2pm–8pm on Saturday, 10am–6pm on Sunday.

VIDEO: Recorded and edited by Nicolò Blasi and Alessandro Suggi (Instagram: __.nik. & alessandro_suggi FB: Nicolò Blasi Photos YT: https://youtube.com/@3011project)

You can find the official videoclip of MFTS 2023, filmed and edited by Nicolò Blasi and Alessandro Suggi, on YouTube, together with a second 20-minutes video made by the group “la radio nelle scuole 4.0”.

PHOTO GALLERIES:

all the photos by Massimo Silvano (64 pictures)
all the photos of Saturday 2 September by Roberto Barnabà (511 pictures)
all the photos of Sunday 3 September by Roberto Barnabà (697 pictures)
all the photos by Nicolò Blasi (21 pictures). Video on YouTube.

Prizes to Makers of the 2023 edition:

As in the previous editions, the Club Soroptimist Trieste kindly offered also this year a few prizes for projects presented by women, chosen by a committee of members of the club:

Prize Lady Maker 2023 given to Erika Ronchin con il progetto “MTsoil sensors”, with this motivation: “ideatrice e realizzatrice di un metodo innovativo ed economico per il monitoraggio della temperatura e dell’umidità dei terreni in aree colpite da incendi, al fine di valutarne la rigenerazione”.

Prize for originality given to “Associazione Pic Knit Art Cafè aps”, with the motivation “realizza all’uncinetto superfici matematiche di curvatura negativa, difficilmente realizzabili con modelli in carta, sottolineando il gradevole impatto artistico dei lavori eseguiti”.

Prizes Maker Faire Trieste: three maker’s projects have been chosen for their originality and technical value by a jury composed by Giannina Ceschin (president), dirigente servizio trasformazione digitale del Comune di Trieste, Giovanni Enrico Nobili, funzionario informatico del Comune di Trieste, and Marco Zennaro, coordinatore dell’unità “Scienza, Tecnologia e Innovazione” dell’ICTP, the chosen makers also received three purchase coupons, kindly offered by Arduino and given by Massimo Banzi:

First Prize Maker Faire Trieste 2023 given to Marco Delise per il progetto “Res Mentis” “per aver saputo unire tecnologia e conoscenza nel creare una didattica innovativa”.

Second Prize Maker Faire Trieste 2023 given to Lorenzo De Luca per il progetto “Time & frequency syncing demo with atomic clock and GPS receiver” “per l’approccio innovativo utilizzato nella risoluzione di un problema in un ambito tecnologicamente complesso”.

Third Prize Maker Faire Trieste 2023 given to Mattia Monetti per il progetto Ant Workflow: PCB FABRICATION @HOME “per aver reso accessibile, con strumenti open, la progettazione e la produzione di tecnologie elettroniche”.

The same jury has also assigned the following three special prizes:

Prize Young Maker MFTS2023 given to Andrea Manzin per il progetto “Bobina di Tesla e Alta Tensione” “per la capacità e l’entusiasmo dimostrati nel trasmettere in modo comprensibile il progetto complesso realizzato”.

Special Jury Prize MFTS2023 given to Francesco Sonego per il progetto UniTS Racing Team “per aver saputo creare un team multidisciplinare in grado di affrontare con competenza e entusiasmo una sfida impegnativa”.

Prize Science Picnic Trieste 2023 given to Erik Romelli per il progetto “Science Industries – Water Rocket Launcher” “per il costante impegno dei membri di Science Industries nella divulgazione scientifica”.

Press and Media coverage:

Article by the local newspaper “Il Piccolo” – 3 September 2023: Dai trenini digitali alla bici “scressula” Alla Maker Faire il trionfo dell’ingegno: ILPICCOLO030923(PDF)
Online article by ANSA.it: Trieste Maker Faire, la festa dell’ingegno con 200 ‘maker’
Online article (in English) by “InTrieste”: Trieste Maker Faire Takes Over Piazza Unità, 2-3 September
Article “notizie dalla giunta”, on the official website of Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia:

Programme of the activities on stage (in Italian)

(presenters and interviewers: Erik, Daniele and Thomas, Science Industries)

Saturday 2 September:

14:00 – 14:15 Opening of Maker Faire Trieste

14:15 – 14:45 “C’era una volta il Mammut” Flavio and Giorgia Bacchia, ZOIC (M-75)

14:45 – 15:00 Maker’s Time

15:00 – 15:45 ”Chem Show” Victor Tosoratti and Claudio Tavagnacco (M-61)

15:45 – 16:00 ”Scappamento libero a forza costante di Rieffler: funzionamento e applicazioni in ambito astronomico e ferroviario per la sincronizzazione del tempo” Alceo Solari, Giacomo Rupil (M-67)

16:00 – 16:45 ”Le mirabolanti macchine Steampunk” Alessandra Carrer and Luigi Garlaschelli (M-16)

16:45 – 17:00 Maker’s Time

17:00 – 18:15 Street Science SHARPER organised by Immaginario Scientifico and presented by Science Industries (M-22)

18:15 – 18:30 Maker’s Time

18:30 – 19:00 Greetings from the Authorities followed by Ceremony for the Prizes to Makers

19:00 – 19.45 Scuola Padawan by Star Wars Clan Trieste (M-64)

19:45 – 20:00 the fair closes

After 20:00 moving performances of Star Wars Clan Trieste: “Spade laser nella notte”

Sunday 3 September:

10:00 – 10:15 Opening

10:15 – 11:00 interviews and talks of makers

11:00 – 12:00 “Arduino e l’innovazione italiana: uno sguardo al futuro” Massimo Banzi

12:00 – 12:30 Maker’s Time

12:30 – 13:00 ”Le mirabolanti macchine Steampunk” Alessandra Carrer e Luigi Garlaschelli (M-16)

13:00 – 13:15 ”Scappamento libero a forza costante di Rieffler: funzionamento e applicazioni in ambito astronomico e ferroviario per la sincronizzazione del tempo” Alceo Solari, Giacomo Rupil (M-67)

13:15 – 14:00 interviews and talks of makers

14:00 – 14:15 Maker’s Time

14:15 – 15:00 interviews and talks of makers

15:00 – 15:20 “Il video gioco da bar in italia” Giuliano Tamburlini (M-12)

15:20 – 15:30 music from historical videogames

15:30 – 15:50 “Preservazione dei video giochi attraverso FPGA” Davide Lorigliola (M-12)

15:50 – 16:00 music from historical videogames

16:00 – 16:15 Maker’s Time

16:15 – 17:00 interviews and talks of makers

17:00 – 17:45 “10 anni di Maker Faire Trieste” Gaya Fior, Enrique Canessa and Carlo Fonda

17:45 – 18:00 the fair closes

Sunday from 15:00 to 18:00 “ghostbusters” performances around the fair!

Activities for kids and children (both days at all times):

Hiška eksperimentov (The Little House of Experiments, La Piccola Casa degli Esperimenti)

“Science Under 18: La scienza a scuola dai 3 anni in su”

For young and children:

“STREET SCIENCE SHARPER – Notte Europea dei Ricercatori”

For teachers:

“MonTech”:

MAP of ALL MAKERS

We thank our sponsors and institutional partners: Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia (#IOSONOFRIULIVENEZIAGIULIA) and Comune di Trieste.

Social Media:

and leave a LIKE on all #mfts #MFTS2022 posts on facebook

Financial Contributions:

For the implementation of Maker Faire Trieste 2023, the ICTP received the following contributions:

Euro 25,000 from Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
Euro 35,800 from Comune di Trieste (Municipality of Trieste)

Maker Faire Trieste 2022

Piazza Unità d’Italia, 3-4 September 2022

Sponsors and institutional partners in 2022: Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia (#IOSONOFRIULIVENEZIAGIULIA) and Comune di Trieste.

Our article on how to make a Maker Faire.

Photogallery of Saturday 3 September (all images)

Photogallery of Sunday 4 September (all images)

To get the higher resolution version of one or more photos, please contact the organisers (the ID/number of the photo is in the first three characters of the filename).

Photographer: Massimo Goina

Video interviews with some makers, on YouTube channel:

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4

Financial Contributions:

For the implementation of Maker Faire Trieste, the ICTP received the following contributions:

Euro 25,000 from Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
Euro 30,000 from Comune di Trieste (Municipality of Trieste)

Download the MAP of our Makerfaire 2022 Village!

Download the PROGRAMME of stage talks and activities (PDF).

Maker Faire Trieste 2021

The 2021 edition of the Maker Faire Trieste was held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September 2021 in Piazza Unità d’Italia.

Official Maker Catalogue 2021 (PDF): catalogo MF 21 lowres

Official anthem MFTS2021(by Maxino, video by fluido.it)

Complete VIDEO recordings (by Antonio Giacomin – fluido.it):

all Saturday on Facebook and YouTube

all Sunday on Facebook and YouTube

Photogallery on Flickr, by ICTP.

PHOTOGALLERY: ALL OFFICIAL PHOTOS (ph. M. Goina e L. Valenta)

Restart Party 2021:

The Maker Faire Trieste 2021 is hosting a multi-faceted Restart Party, a free event where a group of repairers will help you fix faults and malfunctions. More information HERE.

Download the Press Release (PDF, in Italian) with the announcement given during the Press Conference on 25 June.

Download the flyer for the Call for Makers (PDF).

For the implementation of Maker Faire Trieste 2021, the ICTP received the following contributions:
Euro 22,500 from Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
Euro 30,000 from Comune di Trieste (Municipality of Trieste).

Maker Faire Trieste 2020

The MFTS2020 has been held on 4 and 5 September (Friday and Saturday) 2020, from 2pm to 9 pm, in the main square of Trieste (Piazza Unità d’Italia), in front of the City Hall and the other historical building facing the sea… the most wonderful venue for an incredible event!

CATALOG of Makers 2020: download PDF (3MB)

A PREVIEW OF THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGALLERY OF MFTS2020

THE FULL PHOTO GALLERY: over 700 pictures of Friday and Saturday, artfully taken by our two great photographers Massimo Goina and Luca Valenta

MACETE LIVE on September 4th, from the MFTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQj2wTrUEds

Flying over the MFTS (drone’s eye video by Eugenio Cosolo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT1Z5fNjgzE

Video report by Il Piccolo (Local newspaper): https://youtu.be/p8tphx_68Rs

Video Report of the event by Giulio Salvador: https://youtu.be/648xIdcuT-Y

Video-interviews to our Makers, by Datamagazine: https://www.datamagazine.it/2020/09/07/maker-faire-trieste-la-festa-dellingegno/

Archive of LIVE STREAMING on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MFtrieste/live/

For the implementation of Maker Faire Trieste 2020, the ICTP received the following contributions:
Euro 25,000 from Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
Euro 30,000 from Comune di Trieste (Municipality of Trieste).

Trieste Mini Maker Faire 2019

ICTP Campus, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May 2019.

Download the Maker’s Catalogue (3.5MB PDF)

Look at the photo gallery (by Massimo Goina official photographer)

Watch the YouTube video recorded on Saturday!

Download the PhotoBooth pictures!

Download the MAP with List of MAKERS!

Look at the PROGRAMME of all activities on stage

The TSMMF hosted the final competitions of the European RoboCup@Home Education Challenge 2019.

There is no need for a long introduction to this event that has become one of the most waited for and loved by whom consider him/herself curious, tech lover, looking-forward to the future, ready to discover and learn, by the community of the future makers, the apprentice ones and the experienced ones. From the whole region, and also from Slovenia, Croatia and Austria, over 300 makers have gathered at the ICTP campus in Miramare, Trieste, with their projects, their inventions and ingenious ideas, all the fun, all activities, talks and show-offs, all workshops and challenges. Free entrance, with the patronage of ProESOF and independently organized and operated under license from Maker Media, Inc.