INGV at the "Exhibit Innovation" exhibition: Italian research at the service of technological Made in Italy

From June 26 to July 14, the headquarters of the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy (MIMIT) will host the second session of the exhibition "Exhibiting innovation: the hub fairs of Made in Italy". This initiative, organized by the Association of Italian Exhibitions and Fairs (AEFI) as part of its collaboration with MIMIT, aims to enhance Italian excellence in innovation and research.

The inauguration of the exhibition, scheduled for Thursday 26 June, will be preceded by the conference " Where innovation is born today and how it is communicated: the contribution of Italian fairs ". The meeting will be an opportunity to illustrate how innovation and fairs represent an essential combination for the promotion of the ingenuity and creativity of Italian companies.

The aim of the exhibition is to tell, through a multimedia and immersive path, the strategic role of Italian fairs as platforms for the valorization of national excellence, engines of innovation and scientific research, capable of transforming knowledge into useful solutions for the industry.

Among the events featured in the exhibition, New Space Economy (NSE) stands out, the Fiera Roma event dedicated to the space industry, in which the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) participates annually. The 2025 edition of the event, created to connect business, technology, culture and innovation, will take place from 10 to 12 December in the Fiera Roma spaces .

As part of the MIMIT exhibition, INGV participates in the NSE exhibition space with two high-tech devices, proposed by its Earth Space Observation Center (INGV-COS) and developed within its research activity:

HERMES (HEmera Returning MESsenger) : This is a stratospheric platform equipped with an autonomous glider capable of physically transporting data and samples from the stratosphere to a recovery point on the ground. The glider is installed on the balloon's payload via a remotely controlled release system and is connected to the main computer to store a copy of the scientific data and receive the geographic coordinates of the recovery point, with the aim of allowing researchers to obtain experimental data before the payload is recovered.

Cosmic Ray Cube: It is a compact, battery-powered muon detector capable of measuring the flux and direction of muons generated by cosmic rays. The easily transportable device uses technologies derived from particle physics and is used for non-invasive monitoring of the interior of volcanic structures, such as Vesuvius and Etna, contributing to the volcanological surveillance carried out by the INGV.

The participation of INGV in the AEFI exhibition represents an important opportunity to enhance the contribution of public scientific research to technological development and the international positioning of Made in Italy in the field of innovation and Earth sciences. The initiative also highlights our country's ability to combine science, creativity and impact on the territory, underlining how fairs are a valuable tool in this sense.