Back to the Maker Faire after the 2015 record: a feast for drones, robots and students – Intelligonews

Back to the Maker Faire after the record of 2015: a feast for drones, robots and students

After the success of last year, Maker Faire is even bigger with Fair of Rome that, for three days (October 14 to 16), will turn into a real innovation park with 6 pavilions at the complete disposal of makers and visitors for a total of more than 100 thousand square meters . One of these, approximately 7 thousand square meters , will be entirely dedicated to conferences, seminars and workshops . Numbers and exceptional setting, then, for the largest European exhibition of innovation promoted by the Chamber of Commerce of Rome, organized by its Special Asset Company Room, and curated by Massimo Banzi, Arduino co-founder along with Riccardo Luna, Digital Italian Champion.

This year many innovations. It starts with the new “Call for Projects Big Bang”. A “call” addressed to all, makers, artists, visionaries to build the Maker not only in content but also in its most important attractions. It ‘s possible to put forward their own ideas that will be presented in the exhibition area of ​​the Fair on:

1) of large projects;

2) projects with high interactivity and audience engagement;

3) fittings / visually compelling attractions for characterize the spaces of the event (pavilions, pathways, entrances and access areas etc.).

4) areas for interactive activities (runs, aviaries, stages, laboratories etc.);

A trade fair, to Maker Faire, which looks to the future not only in terms of innovation and digital, but also in terms of resources and extends a hand to the world of school. In the “Call for Schools” the boys of the second national and European institutions are called to present their projects by 20 May. They will be selected 55 to be exhibited at the fair in an area dedicated to schools. “We are happy that innovation is in the house of the school and training continues – said Education Minister Stefania Giannini, recalling the 28 million announced yesterday to provide a third of primary schools and medium-sized Italian of FabLab with 3D printers, kits for robotics and computer programming. to these, he announced, they will be added – 40 million of structural funds that will come from

Two aviaries for the drones, a large area Kids, hundreds of inventions and a 100,000 euro prize for the best project . An appointment, one organized by Asset House, which will be preceded by European Week Maker , a week of events across Europe, from May 30 to June 5 . Indeed yesterday, the presentation to the Ministry of Education, in addition to the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Rome L orenzo Tagliavanti and the President of Asset Camera Luciano Mocci , has tripped European Commissioner for Economic and digital society, Günther Oettinger . “We need creativity, success maker is important for the European economy” , he said, addressing the high school kids who showed the audience their inventions in the field of Call 4 Schools, which will last until May 20 and from which will be selected 55 projects that will participate in the fair. Why makers are not born, but becomes, by learning from an early age: “ We want to support these young people right from primary schools – said the Minister of Education, Stefania Giannini – the innovation today is in the house of continuing education. and we’re proud of. “

past editions have collected more than 90 thousand people, a sign that science and innovations have more appeal in our country and this year will only get better!