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23-25 September 2026  Rimini Expo Centre 
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Open Innovation District

ABOUT BEX

Open Innovation District

ABOUT BEX

Open Innovation District

The Open Innovation District at BEX – Beyond Exploration is the exhibition area that connects startups, companies, research centers, institutions, and investors, fostering technology transfer, the birth of new collaborations, and cross-disciplinary exchange. Here, ideas and projects become real business opportunities.

Designed as a hub of convergence between space economy and non-space sectors, the Open Innovation District focuses on the development of technologies related to the circular economy, resource efficiency and resilience, and dual-use applications, capable of generating measurable impacts both in the space sector and in terrestrial supply chains (such as industry, agriculture, health, mobility, advanced materials, high-tech manufacturing, etc).

The initiative is organized by Italian Exhibition Group in collaboration with EY (Main Sponsor), with the support of a qualified network of institutional and industrial partners, including: 

  • ASI – Italian Space Agency
  • ART-ER
  • MAI Foundation
  • ANGI – National Association of Young Innovators
  • IIT – Italian Institute of Technology
  • Primo Space (Primo Ventures SGR)
  • Plug and Play Tech Center
  • Tecnopolo Forlì-Cesena

Main Sponsor