Jazz'Inn
The national living lab for collaborative innovation arrives in Ostra
About Jazz'Inn
What is Jazz'Inn?
Jazz'Inn is the travelling tour for collaborative innovation promoted by Fondazione Ampioraggio, active since 2017. It is not a music festival, despite the name recalling jazz: it is an open innovation living lab that each year chooses an Italian territory and transforms it for a few days into a capital of widespread innovation. The idea is simple and powerful: innovation is not just technological development, but the ability to think and generate the future together, putting people, relationships, and collective intelligence back at the centre.
Ostra, first stop of the tenth anniversary
In 2026, Jazz'Inn turns ten years old and celebrates its tenth anniversary with an unprecedented two-part format: the Municipality of Ostra, in the heart of the Vallesina in the province of Ancona, hosts the summer event from June 29th to July 3rd, while Rome hosts the national closing from November 9th to 13th. It is the first time the tour combines a village in inland areas with a metropolitan city, to build concrete bridges between small centres and large cities. Ostra is the Foundation's first partner Municipality and becomes, for the occasion, a real demo smart lab, where technological solutions designed to reduce the isolation of inland areas are made available.
How the living lab works
The core of Jazz'Inn is the widespread open innovation laboratory: a mechanism that brings together "Case Giver" — entities, businesses, or organizations that bring a concrete problem or project to be developed — with innovators, startups, SMEs, micro-enterprises, teams of aspiring entrepreneurs, and institutions, to find applicable solutions. The sectors at the centre of the working groups range from agritech to sustainable tourism, from circular fashion to cultural heritage, from mobility to energy, and digital healthcare, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain, and augmented reality. Between 600 and 900 participants from all over Italy are expected in Ostra.
The theme: Augmented Humanity
The 2026 edition revolves around the theme "Augmented Humanity. People Beyond Technology": the idea that technology cannot be the end goal of human progress, but must remain a tool at the service of the person. A common thread that runs through the working groups, meetings, and public discussion moments over the five days in Ostra.
Why it's worth it
For those living in the Marche region and for those involved in innovation, territorial regeneration, and new economies of inland areas, Jazz'Inn in Ostra is a rare opportunity: a national event that brings administrators, researchers, and entrepreneurs from all over Italy to a village in the Marche region, in an atmosphere of shared planning that values the territory and its traditions.
Jazz'Inn — edition 2026
For its tenth anniversary, Fondazione Ampioraggio chooses a two-stop format: Ostra (AN) from June 29th to July 3rd and Rome from November 9th to 13th, 2026. Ostra, the Foundation's first partner Municipality, becomes a demo smart lab where technological solutions are tested to reduce the isolation of inland areas. Between 600 and 900 participants from all over Italy are expected.
The event is organised by Fondazione Ampioraggio with the support of the Marche Region and the Municipality of Ostra.
Programme Jazz'Inn 2026
Opening — June 29th
The Ostra event opens on the afternoon of June 29th with "Mothers of Peace. Building Peace, Sowing Hope", a live link from Palestine with a Palestinian mother and an Israeli mother, both having lost their sons in war. The meeting, strongly desired by the Foundation's president Giovanna Ruggiero, is broadcast with simultaneous translation.
The living lab days — June 29th / July 3rd
The heart of the event is the widespread open innovation laboratory: "Case Giver" (businesses and organisations bringing a problem or project) meet innovators, startups, SMEs, micro-enterprises, and teams of aspiring entrepreneurs to build concrete solutions. The working groups address sectors such as:
- Agritech and new economies of inland areas
- Sustainable tourism and cultural heritage
- Circular fashion
- Mobility and energy
- Digital healthcare
Enabling technologies at the centre of the discussion: artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain, and augmented reality. Ostra also functions as a demo smart lab, providing administrators from all over Italy with replicable solutions for their respective territories.
The selection
Fifty projects have been selected by Fondazione Ampioraggio, plus ten projects indicated by the Municipality of Ostra. Applications closed on May 31st, 2026.
Second stop — Rome, November 9th-13th
The concluding event takes place in Rome, at the Acquario Romano, the first participation of a metropolitan city in the tour, completing the dialogue between villages and large cities.
Highlights Jazz'Inn 2026
- Tenth edition (tenth anniversary of Fondazione Ampioraggio)
- Opening with "Mothers of Peace", live link from Palestine with simultaneous translation
- Ostra as a demo smart lab for inland areas
- 600-900 participants expected from all over Italy
- Theme: "Augmented Humanity. People Beyond Technology"
Prices Jazz'Inn 2026
Practical information — Jazz'Inn
Where
Ostra (AN), in the historic centre of the village, in the province of Ancona, Marche. Rome, Acquario Romano, for the concluding event in November.
How to get there
By car: from the A14 motorway, exit at Senigallia, then take the SS16 and provincial roads towards the Vallesina inland. By train: Senigallia station on the Adriatic line, then bus connections towards Ostra.
Participation
Participation in the working groups is by application and pre-registration on the Fondazione Ampioraggio website. Some public events are free to attend.
Information
Official website: fondazioneampioraggio.it, Jazz'Inn 2026 section.
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Centro storico di Ostra