Welcome bag and notebooks
Technical print (notebooks, notepads, metal pens, desk calendars) and recycled-cotton totes for the speaker welcome bag, with single-colour print or sober blind emboss.
Scheduled
Festival dell'Economia di Trento 2027 merch for sponsors and host teams
For corporate sponsors, academic partners and panel organisers taking part in Festival dell'Economia di Trento who need branded notebooks, drinkware for the welcome bag, apparel for speakers and prestige gifts aimed at economists, policymakers, journalists and students.
Merch planning for Festival dell'Economia di Trento 2027
- Dates
- Venue
- Historic centre of Trento — Palazzo della Provincia Autonoma, Piazza Dante 15, 38122 Trento, Italy
Festival dell'Economia di Trento is the cultural event dedicated to economic, social and institutional debate, organised by the Autonomous Province of Trento together with the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and under the patronage of a number of Italian universities. The event is held every year between late May and early June in the historic centre of Trento, structured into debates, lectio magistralis, book presentations and discussion sessions that involve economists, academics, institutional representatives, managers and the trade press. The audience is made up of students, professionals, citizens and journalists, with a significant share of speakers and institutional guests arriving from Rome, Milan, Brussels and several European capitals.
From the Milan hub, Corp-Merch.IT coordinates the full programme for sponsors, academic partners, banking foundations and panel organisers joining the event: pre-production art adaptation, district-level producer selection aligned with the institutional positioning (Como for textiles, Meda for leather, Maniago for steel, Murano for art glass, Trentino for wood and boards, Padova for technical print), pre-production samples and a 48-hour response window from brief to structured proposal. For prestige items aimed at institutional speakers we select producers that hold OEKO-TEX Standard 100 declarations on skin-contact textiles and FSC chain-of-custody for paper and packaging, in line with the non-financial reporting guidelines required of supervised entities.
For sponsors with Italian VAT registration the invoice goes out via the Sistema di Interscambio (SdI) of the Italian Revenue Agency with 22% IVA applied in EUR; reduced 10% IVA rate for editorial products and 5% for books that are the subject of a presentation, in line with current Italian law. Reverse charge for intra-EU academic partners, split payment for any public-sector stands and Codice Destinatario or PEC for electronic delivery of the invoice. For clients subject to CSRD reporting (D.Lgs. 125/2024) we provide a sustainability data sheet per order with Scope 3 CO₂e estimates under the GHG Protocol, aligned with ESRS E1 (Climate Change) and S2 (Workers in the Value Chain), useful for the non-financial disclosure required by EU directives 2022/2464 and 2024/1760. For logistics into Trento we work with partners who know the ZTL restrictions of the historic centre and split deliveries between Palazzo della Provincia, the satellite academic venues and the partner hotels of the event.
Recommended event merch mix
Drinkware for common areas
Stainless-steel bottles, Caltagirone ceramic mugs and branded thermos flasks for the coffee-break areas, the lobby of partner hotels and the temporary libraries in the historic centre.
Gifts for institutional speakers
Compact leather prestige objects (card holders, small pocket notebooks) and Murano blown glass for the speakers of the lectio magistralis and the institutional guests.
Host-team kits
Polos, sweatshirts, recycled-PET backpacks and badge holders for the host teams, technical support and venue staff across the six days of the event.
Production and venue logistics
Confirm artwork, quantities, packaging and the named on-site recipient before production begins. The panel, lectio magistralis and book-presentation venues are scattered across the historic centre of Trento (Palazzo della Provincia, Palazzo delle Albere, Teatro Sociale, Sala della Cooperazione, satellite academic venues) and must be checked against the official programme published by the organisation. The historic centre is protected by 24-hour ZTL restrictions and heavy goods vehicles can only operate in windows agreed with the municipality; we usually plan for a nearby depot or a partner hotel as an alternative drop-off point. Late-May traffic on the A22 Brennero, A1 and A4 motorways also affects delivery windows from the Milan hub.
For an Italian programme routed through Milan, shipments are consolidated at the hub and dispatched by BRT, SDA, GLS or DHL Express Italy with 24–48 hour windows to most Italian postal codes. For programmes above 1,000 pieces we offer appointment delivery with phone pre-notice and, on request, on-site set-up by our staff. For editorial materials and speaker welcome bags we work with partners specialised in climate-controlled transport, so that books, catalogues and editorial products keep their condition even through the waiting phases in temporary storage. For split delivery between the historic centre and partner hotels we prepare separate packing lists per destination with dedicated on-site labelling.
Planning timeline
- 8–10 weeks: lock the item list, quantities and decoration methods (sober print, blind emboss, laser engraving, transfer).
- 5–6 weeks: approve a physical or production-grade sample, including colour rendering on light or dark substrates.
- 2–3 weeks: finish production, AQL 2.5 quality control and recipient labelling across the Trento panels.
- Final week: reconfirm the dock window, panel venue, named on-site contact and split delivery to partner hotels.
Frequently asked questions
When should we place the order to be ready for late May?
Eight to ten weeks is the safest window for full choice of products, decoration methods and pre-production samples aligned with the institutional positioning of the event. Shorter programmes are possible only after stock, branding and venue access are all confirmed.
Can the order go straight to the Trento venues?
Only after the organiser or venue has confirmed the dock window, historic-centre access and named consignee. Many sponsors split the shipment between Palazzo della Provincia and a hotel or office near the satellite venues.
Can we handle separate welcome bags by speaker type?
Yes. The Festival welcome bags follow a specific plan and often need split handling by speaker tier (institutional, academic, press, student). We prepare separate packing lists per destination.
Is Corp-Merch a partner or official supplier of Festival dell'Economia?
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps participating companies prepare their own merch. It does not organise, sponsor or represent Festival dell'Economia, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei or the Autonomous Province of Trento.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier to participating companies. This page helps teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent Festival dell'Economia, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei or the Autonomous Province of Trento.