Tech in the Rows: innovation cultivating the future

​Smart Vines: Agritech Meets Campus Grapes
Off-Program Workshop – Italian Tech Week 2025

​What happens when precision sensors, viticulture research, and entrepreneurship converge in an urban environment?

​In this workshop, we’ll explore Campus Grapes, the vineyard-laboratory of Politecnico di Torino, to discover how Agritech is used to monitor plant growth, microclimate, and environmental impact in real time—turning a small patch of university land into a scalable model for sustainability.

​Speakers

• ​Danilo Demarchi – Professor of Electronics for AgriFood - Campus Grapes Scientific Coordinator (Politecnico di Torino & PlantZCare Srl)
  Sensitive Agritech: from wearable plant sensors to data analysis

• ​Paolo Sabbatini – Professor of Viticulture (Università degli Studi di Torino) - Campus Grapes Consultant
  Growing Grapevines in Urban Landscapes

• ​Luca Balbiano – Founder of Citiculture - Campus Grapes Project Lead
  The Citiculture Case: why Campus Grapes speaks to the urban world

• ​Bianca Serito - Agronomy & Sustainable Development - Lavazza Group
  The corporate end-user perspective

​Field visit We’ll wrap up with a guided walking tour of the Campus Grapes vineyard, including a live demo of Agritech devices and informal discussions with the speakers.

​Who it’s for Startups, researchers, ESG investors, corporate players seeking green-tech solutions, students, and anyone passionate about sustainable innovation.

​Limited spots – registration required.