The 35th Members' Meeting of the "Club of Bologna" will be held on 13th and 14th November 2026 in Bologna (Italy), at Pavillon 36 (Sinfonia Hall), during EIMA International 2026. The three Subjects to be discussed this year are:
Each Session will have Key-Note presentations, around which the usual open discussion will follow. Participants can fill out their own personal Key-Sentences (the form available for download can be found in the "Meeting Proceedings - 2026" section of the website menu). The meeting will be closed with a "Final Discussion" among eminent experts in agricultural mechanization, coordinated by Giusepper Gavioli.
The awards ceremony for the 2026 Pellizzi Prize (refer to the "Pellizzi Prize" section of the website menu) will take place on Friday the 13th afternoon..
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Marco Fiala - Secretary General
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"
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”
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
Session 1
How Technology and Farmers' Needs Shape Next-gen Tractors
Streaming
Session 2
SPECIALIZED MECHANIZATION: Machinery for Olive Growing and Oil Extraction
Straaming
Session 3
Application of AI in Agricultural Machinery and Components
Closing Session
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Interview to CoB President (italian language)
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Marco Fiala - CoB Secretary General
From Federunacoma "Three Decades of Ideas and Strategies for Agricultural Mechanisation", an amazing video to celebrate our 30th meetings!
Marco Fiala - Secretary General
