Blue Planet Economy Expoforum 2026

A four-day expoforum on the marine economy at Piazzale Mediterraneo in Fiumicino, in the Rome metropolitan area, now in its eighth edition. The programme spans ports and logistics, shipbuilding, offshore energy, environmental monitoring and the digital technologies running through all of them: sensing, satellite data, modelling and platforms for managing maritime infrastructure. Organised by Fiera Roma with Regione Lazio and the Rome Chamber of Commerce, which together fund up to 28 selected Lazio startups and SMEs to exhibit. No public visitor price is published on the organiser's page. Why go: the blue economy is one of the few sectors where Lazio has real industrial depth, and the funded startup pavilion means the companies on the floor are selling, not just presenting. Useful for founders in sensing, satellite data or environmental monitoring looking for Mediterranean buyers.