22 June 2026

Regenerative Agriculture Forum 2026 (Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil)

In Brazil - from June 23 - the "Regenerative Agriculture Forum 2026" will be held. At this important event for the whole of Latin America's agriculture, you can also participate online.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General “Club of Bologna"

Detailed info on Forum


03 May 2026

Management Committee Members' Meeting

Next 8 May (4.00 pm, CET - Rome), under the presidency of Danilo Monarca, the Members of the "Club of Bologna" Management Committee will meet online. The Agenda of the meeting is:

1 - President’s communications
2 - Draft Agenda of 35th CoB Members' Meeting
2.1 - Discussion on Agenda, Chairmen Sessions and Rapporteurs proposals

3. Membership
3.1 Current situation
3.2 – Full Members list (In–Out)
4. CoB activities
4.1 - Pellizzi Prize 2026 (VI Edition)
4.2 - Study Groups
4.3 - CIGR-EurAgEng 2026 Congress (Turin, 24-26 June, 2026)
5. Any other business

Marco Fiala - Secretary General “Club of Bologna"


03 May 2026

Pellizzi Prize 2026: 11 candidates are now on race!

The deadline to apply for “Pellizzi Prize 2026” expired on 30 April. The candidates for the best three worldwide Ph.D. theses PhD theses focused on "Agricultural Machinery an Mechanization". are eleven! Congratulation!

At “Pellizzi Prize section, their names and the Extended Abstracts of their theses. Have a look, very intersting subjects!

The Evaluation Panel will nominate the winners by June 30th and the awards ceremony will be held on November 13th, during the 35th Club of Bologna Members’ Meeting, organized on the occasion of EIMA International 2026.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General “Club of Bologna”


29 December 2025

CIGR-EurAgEng World Congress 2026

Our Full Member Prof. Fedro Zazueta (CIGR Secretary General) is pleased to inform the CoB community about the joint event "CIGR–EurAgEng World Congress" which will be held on June 24–26, 2026 at Politecnico of Turin (Italy).

The Congress, themed "Emerging Technologies and Innovation in Biosystems", is a very prestigious event offered jointly by the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR) and the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng).

Marco Fiala - Secretary General “Club of Bologna”

Congress information


27 November 2025

AgTecCollection

Our Full Member Prof. Hermann Auernhammer (Technical University of Munich - TUM; https://www.tum.de/en/) informed us about the possibility of free access to "AgTecCollection in mediaTUM" at https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/agteccollection.
It is a very interesting database concerning Agricultural Machinery and Mechanization sector, very useful for all the people (manufacturers, consultants, experts, students) interested in this topic and with visits from more than 140 Countries worldwide.

Marco Fiala  - Secrtery General


16 October 2025

34th CoB Members' Meeting (Bari, AGRILEVANTE)

Session 1
How Technology and Farmers' Needs Shape Next-gen Tractors
Streaming


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16 October 2025

34th CoB Members' Meeting (Bari, AGRILEVANTE)

Session 2
SPECIALIZED MECHANIZATION: Machinery for Olive Growing and Oil Extraction
Straaming

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16 October 2025

34th CoB Members' Meeting (Bari, AGRILEVANTE)

Session 3
Application of AI in Agricultural Machinery and Components
Closing Session
Streaming

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16 October 2025

34th CoB Members' Meeting (Bari, AGRILEVANTE)

Interview to CoB President (italian language)
Streaming

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07 March 2024

Club of Bologna - Linkedin Group

The "Club of Bologna" Linkedin Group was designed!
Follow the group! You will to be always updated!

Marco Fiala - CoB Secretary General

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25 October 2021

Ag-Mechanization and the "Club of Bologna"... a long story

From Federunacoma "Three Decades of Ideas and Strategies for Agricultural Mechanisation", an amazing video to celebrate our 30th meetings!

Marco Fiala - Secretary General

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CLUB OF BOLOGNA: A WORLD TASK-FORCE ON THE STRATEGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANISATION
The Club of Bologna is a free association founded by FederUnacoma under the auspices of CIGR and in close collaboration with FAO, UNIDO and Accademia dei Georgofili, with the goal to convene, almost once a year, the highest international experts on mechanization in order to discuss subjects of a pre-eminent importance for the development of the agricultural machinery sector.