Team Building & 1st Hackaton

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March 28-29, 2026 | Talent Garden Ostiense, Rome

Location

Talent Garden Rome has been the hub for technology and innovation in the Ostiense district since 2019. With 5,000 square meters of creative spaces, the campus offers work areas, event spaces, a bistro, and classrooms for digital training through the Talent Garden Digital Skills Academy. It is home to a community of over 500 members, including startups, companies, freelancers, consultants, and students.

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Getting to Talent Garden Ostiense

Address: Via Ostiense 92, 00154 Rome, Italy

  • By Public Transport

    Metro: Line B to Garbatella station, then a 5-minute walk

    Bus: Lines 23, 271, 769, 770 (stop: "Ostiense/Piramide")

    Train: Roma Ostiense railway station is a 10-minute walk

  • By Car

    Limited public parking available on-site

  • From Fiumicino Airport

    Take the train to Ostienserailway station, then a 10-minute walk 

    Taxi: Approximately 45 minutes (€50-60)

  • From Ciampino Airport

    Bus to Termini station, then Metro Line B to Piramide

    Taxi: Approximately 50 minutes (€60-70)

  • UBER

    TALENTGARDEN50 → New Users get 50% off 3 trips to/from to everywhere TALENTGARDEN15 → Existing Users get 15% off on every trip to/from TAG Rome, Milan, Turin and Naples (50 rides) To apply a promotional discount to a trip’s fare, enter the promo code anytime before or during your trip. 1. Select “Account” from your app menu. 2. Select “Wallet” (just under your name - last name) 3. Scroll down to Promotions. 3. Tap Add Promo Code 4. Enter the code and tap ADD.

  • DOTT

    Con il codice TAG30 ottieni il 30% di sconto su 3 corse L'offerta è valida per 30 giorni dal momento del riscatto del codice. Per attivare la promozione, scarica l’App di Dott (App Store; Google Play) 1. Seleziona “Promozioni” nel menù 2. Inserisci il codice TAG30 3. Sali a bordo! *Valido a Milano, Roma, Torino, Monza, Varese, Padova, Verona, Reggio Emilia, Ferrara, Catania, Palermo, Alghero. Si applicano Termini e Condizioni

Agenda

Day 1 - March 28

  • Participant check-in and registration

  • Welcome speeches by Omar Osman (Talent Garden), Prof. Alberto Pastore (Pro-Rector, Sapienza University), and Diego Pisa (CEO, TP Italy)

  • Introduction of the Dock Startup Lab team

  • Team building activities

  • Free time for lunch and informal networking

  • Talk by Paolo Merialdo (Unfold Tomorrow) and Giorgio Sadolfo, CEO of Filo

  • Talk by Chiara Russo, CEO of Codemotion

  • Introduction and briefing on the hackathon challenge

  • Session of customer discovery work

  • Idea generation and concept development

  • Informal networking over pizza

  • Free evening, participants free to leave for dinner

Day 2 - March 29

  • Item description

  • Welcome speech by Prof. Silvia Conforto, Pro-Rector of Roma Tre University

  • Introduction to the concept and methodology of pretotyping

  • Hands-on team building session applying pretotyping techniques

  • Teams present their work and pitches to the audience

  • Final conclusions, takeaways, and wrap-up

Our partners

  • Joule

  • TP

  • Università Sapienza

  • Università Roma Tre

 FAQs

  • You will find everything on site. There’s no need to bring a laptop.  

  • Dress comfortably, we’ll be moving around a lot!

  • Yes, lunch and refreshments are provided on both days. It will also be varied with vegan options. Please report any intolerances or specific problems to email info@dockstartuplab.com

  • Yes, high-speed Wi-Fi is available throughout the venue. The WiFi Network will be Dock Startup LAB at TAG and the password "tagxdock2025"

  1. 🦁 Lion — Maria Paz Galarraga, Aditya Sambhare, Albin Seneja, Edoardo Fiore, Alvaro Diez Valle

  2. 🐯 Tiger — Daniel Angel Gomez Rojas, Alberto Lolli, Andrè Marongiu, Alberto Trancanella, Andrea Celani

  3. 🐘 Elephant — Daniela Nappo, Massimo Onofri, Behdad Ahmadi, Alberto Zagarella, Antonio Rizza

  4. 🦒 Giraffe — Elizaveta Popova, Arihant Thorat, Brando Rettino, Alessandro Gattulli, Benedetta Bongiovanni

  5. 🦓 Zebra — Giovanni Giusti, Edoardo Bambini, Davide Arella, Alessandro Citzia, Elena Von der Schulenburg

  6. 🐬 Dolphin — Jiahuan Qu, Emanuele Micieli, Giulio Maria Santonico, Alessio Careddu, Gianluca Capotosto

  7. 🐋 Whale — Katherine Vinogradov, Enrico Di Franco, Jessica Ettorre, Angelo Sarvonio, Hiva Noohi

  8. 🦅 Eagle — Alessandro Vigiano, Alberto Ossola, Torezhan Kuanov, Luca Martinelli, Francesca Ronci

  9. 🐧 Penguin — Katia Kruchonak, Anna Landi, Roberto Rufino, Asad Ali, Antonio Di Mauro

  10. 🐆 Cheetah — Virginia Contini, Francesco Grimaldi, Lorenzo Villa, Antonia Mastronardi, Manuela Righetti

  11. 🦍 Gorilla — Claudia Falconi, Chiara Mastrorosa, Tommaso Roselli, Gianmario Spacagna, Antonio Aldo Innocenzi

  12. 🦘 Kangaroo — Dario Torricelli, Mario Presutti, Fabrizio Pelella, Fabio Maccari, Lucia Vigoroso

  13. 🐨 Koala — Giovanni D'Amico, Paolo Pascarelli, Edoardo Hendrik Calabrese, Samuele Gottofredi, Chiara Scribani Rossi

  14. 🐼 Panda — Federico Baldassi, Filippo Donat, Pierpaolo Alessandrini, Daniel Ciuti, Flavio Sappino

  15. 🐺 Wolf — Filippo Mancinelli, Vittoria Rampolla Del Tindaro, Flavio Topani, Francesca Politi, Nikodem Sokolowski

  16. 🦊 Fox — Francesco Volpe, Ludovica De Santis, Gaia Vinattieri, Livio Scottoni, Tommaso Bersani

  17. 🐻 Bear — Nicolò Manganozzi, Francesco Raselli, Marco Valle, Rachele De Toma, Leonardo Savoia

  18. 🐊 Crocodile — Giovanni Celeste Iaccarino, Ruslana Fadieienko, Tara Melassi, Gerald Keci, Silvia Garruto

  19. 🦩 Flamingo — Javed Ahmad, Lorenzo Anelli, Pietro Manganozzi, Giacomo Riccardi, Marco Giacomo Giammaria

  20. 🐒 Chimpanzee — Gianpaolo Pisano, Ginevra Solano, Marco Tramutola, Luca Danilo Follega, Valeria Neroni

  21. 🦈 Shark — Jacopo Campoli, Lorenzo Fantigrossi, Marco Picone, Sharon Spizzichino, Valerio Rossetti

  22. 🐙 Octopus — Jacopo Nardelli, Lorenzo Letteri, Maria Beatrice Sarti, Ludovica Iezzi, Yuliya Garanin

  23. 🦚 Peacock — Fabiola Argiolas, Marco De Luca, Matteo Gagliardi, Rajkamal Bhuyan, Luca Petrucci

  24. 🐆 Leopard — Alice Ciaccio, Marinella Ragusa, Mario Fresi, Serena Mazzeo, Valentina Giannotti

  25. 🦏 Rhinoceros — Zoe Adamo, Pierfrancesco Valentini, Pietro Manganelli Conforti, Sanket Nawale, Martin Carnevale

  26. 🦛 Hippo — Anantha Reddy Kunreddy, Matteo Muci, Nazzareno Galli, Patrizia Magliocchetti, Tamara Boscarino

  27. 🦜 Parrot — Nicolò Vianello, Oksana Dikareva, Samuel Finocchio, Falco Vita, Raiymbek Duldiyev

  28. 🦥 Sloth — Riccardo Migliaccio, Satendra Chaurasiya, Beste Günal, Pietro Fortuna, Prioti Bernadette Rodrigues

  29. 🐾 Meerkat — Saya Zhumakhan, Silvia Cortese, Simone Bianchi, Armando Francesco Cirillo, Emiliano Gian Toulouze, Sergio Poladas

Contact Us

Event Team: info@dockstartuplab.com
Emergency Contact: +39 389 032 7242
Social Media (IG/LinkedIn): @dockstartuplab