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Regione Lazio at Maker Faire Rome 2025

Innovation, startups, and opportunities are at the heart of Europe’s most creative trade fair

La Regione Lazio will be a key player at Maker Faire Rome 2025

Regione Lazio will be among the event’s institutional partners and, in collaboration with the Camera di Commercio di Roma, will have access to a space of approximately 100 square meters dedicated to innovation and opportunities for makers and startups.

The area will host a group of startups and SMEs from Lazio, selected through a specific call and supported by the PR FESR Lazio 2021-2027, as well as a section reserved for FabLab Lazio and the Active Spaces of Lazio Innova.

This space will showcase some of the best prototypes created by the regional FabLab as part of the “Faber School Digital Manufacturing” and “Startupper School Academy” programs, as well as other initiatives developed in collaboration with universities and startups that have used Lazio Innova’s digital laboratories.

The projects presented involve professionals with expertise in design and digital prototyping, along with designers, freelancers, university students, technical institutes, secondary schools in Lazio, and innovative startups.

Prototypes created by Startupper School Academy students

I.I.S. Paolo Baffi – Fiumicino (RM) with the Eco’s Bubble project. “The bubble of the future”: a sustainable, smart, and unforgettable vacation. Made from recycled plastic, it offers a personalized design for an immersive experience and, integrating with nature, creates.
I.S.I.S. Enrico Mattei Cerveteri (RM) with the Gamescape project. An immersive training platform on construction site safety, which continuously monitors awareness and the importance of regulations and workplace accident prevention.
I.I.S. Luigi Di Savoia – Sede IPSAR Cittaducale (RI) with the Kale Chips project Sustainable snack: kale chips grown in a hydroponic greenhouse and cooked in an air fryer.
I.I.S. Via Roma 298 Roma with the Dropwise project. A water dispenser connected to a fountain that activates simply by bringing any eco-friendly metal alloy water bottle near it thanks to a simple inductive sensor. The fountain can be used by anyone who wants to drink.

Faber School Projects

Positive Couture, Zero Waste – The pattern graphics, generated using AI, are composed of modules of the HIV virus and the PREP pill to communicate the CURE that exists and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of ANLAIDS.
Desktop metal fusion – Innovative system, using lost-wax casting, for producing 3D printed metal parts by creating an automated furnace with the mold itself.
Pensilina in bamboo – A sustainable, technologically advanced street furniture module inspired by an acorn that can be replicated in different compositional forms, adapting to the destination location.
Arcade Faber – Two-player arcade console with retro 80s video games built using digital manufacturing techniques: Space Invaders, Pong, Snake, Breakout.
Robot assistente apicoltore – A system that integrates artificial intelligence, robotics, and smart vision to remotely support beekeeping: voice commands become real actions performed by the robotic arm. Technology, nature, and the future, in your hands.
Girasol Tech – Smart, cost-effective, computer-controlled solar tracker that follows two axes to maximize solar energy harvesting while increasing efficiency by 30%.
Nèctarìa – A low-alcohol apricot cider. Thanks to digital manufacturing and artificial intelligence, the identity, packaging, product communication, and some promotional items were created in a very short time.
Folcobosco – A card and skill game created using digital printing techniques, in which players, in the guise of amateur journalists, explore a forest populated by bizarre encounters to demonstrate the existence of legendary cryptids from Italian folklore.
The Pirate King – Cardgame – A strategic and competitive card game, created using digital printing techniques, set in a humorous pirate universe where anthropomorphic animals challenge sea monsters and legends of the seven seas to conquer glory, loot, and supremacy.
Lunar – a device that uses RGB and IR sensors to acquire images of skin moles, with the aim of creating datasets useful for training an artificial intelligence model capable of detecting anomalies and supporting early dermatological diagnoses.
Cities without Barriers – Inclusive Navigation for All – a dual-app system that maps sidewalks and urban barriers, providing accessible, safe, and personalized routes for people with limited mobility, promoting an inclusive, sustainable, and barrier-free city.

Interactive Lamps – created during a training program with LUMSA University students that explores the entire digital manufacturing process, from initial concept to prototyping, combining creativity, technology, and hands-on experimentation to give shape to innovative and functional ideas.

Matchmaking, orientation and storytelling of innovation

The Lazio Region’s program also includes matchmaking and showcase activities, designed to foster new synergies between businesses, regional stakeholders, and international delegations. Furthermore, with the support of Lazio Innova, the Lazio Region will offer orientation sessions open to the public, focusing on analyzing the impact of artificial intelligence on professions and promoting regional calls for proposals to support entrepreneurship.

Workshop dedicated to Venture Capital

Among the scheduled events, a particularly important workshop dedicated to venture capital for the development of high-tech startups will be held on October 17th. The event will present the new measures that the Lazio Region and Lazio Innova are implementing: over €100 million to support the growth of the startup ecosystem in Lazio.

Maker Faire Academy: un progetto che continua

THE MEETING PROGRAM

On the occasion of Maker Faire Rome 2025, the Lazio Region is presenting a networking program developed in partnership with Maker Faire Rome and the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), with the aim of strengthening the regional innovation ecosystem. The program is designed to facilitate meetings between young talents, investors, and international stakeholders and create valuable relationships.

Investor Safari

📅 Date: Friday, October 17, 2025, 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Lazio Region Stand

The Investor Safari is an exclusive opportunity for selected startups from the Lazio Region to connect directly with five prominent investors from the ITA ICE delegation.
This session is designed to be a fertile ground for discussions, exchange of ideas, and the creation of valuable collaborations, strengthening our companies’ network of professional relationships.

Workshop “Venture Capital for Innovation in Lazio”

📅 Date: Friday, October 17, 2025, 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Location: Spazio Civico30 (Main Stage)

Speakers:
Roberta Angelilli, Vice President and Councilor for Economic Development, Trade, Crafts, Industry, and Internationalization of the Lazio Region
Gianluigi Baldini, Head of Fondo Italia Venture I – CDP Venture Capital
Carmen Notaro, Director of Projects and Investments, Enea Tech and Biomedical Foundation
Francesco Marcolini, President of Lazio Innova

Live Mentorship Session

📅 Date: Friday, October 17, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
📍 Location: OPIFICIO 41 Stand Lazio Region

A live mentorship workshop that connects students from the Startupper School Academy program with innovative startups in the Lazio Region.
The winners of the Startupper School Academy program will present their winning idea in a three-minute pitch and receive feedback from the startups through live mentorship.

Pitching Forum – ITA ICE delegates meet with startups from the Lazio Region

📅 Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025, 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Higher Institute of Fire Prevention, Via del Commercio 13

The Lazio International Pitching Forum is an initiative dedicated to startups selected by the Lazio Region, allowing them to present themselves to an international delegation of buyers, organized in partnership with Maker Faire and ITA ICE.
This event offers a unique opportunity to maximize startup exposure globally.