Smart Vines: Agritech Meets Campus Grapes

Smart Vines: Agritech Meets Campus GrapesOff-Program Workshop – Italian Tech Week 2026 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 Luca Balbiano – Founder of Citiculture, Campus Grapes Project LeadThe Citiculture Case: why Campus Grapes speaks to the urban world 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 Giulio Trombetta & Stefano Fassone – EBT, Campus Grapes corporate partnerThe investor's view: what a company looks for in a sustainability project, and why we believed in this vineyard Davide Sordi – Vivai Cooperativi RauscedoFrom rootstock to bottle: PiWi varieties and what micro-vinification makes possible in a small vineyard Field visit & tastingThe entire event takes place among the rows, with a live demo of the Agritech devices and informal conversation with the speakers. We'll close with a tasting of the Rauscedo micro-vinifications — the most direct way to taste what this vineyard produces. Who it's forStartups, researchers, ESG investors, corporate players looking for green-tech solutions, students, and anyone curious about sustainable innovation.