05 June 2021

2021 Massey-Ferguson Educational Gold Medal

Alan Hansen - Member of the Club of Bologna - has been awarded of the "2021 Massey-Ferguson Educational Gold Medal". This is the top educational award given by American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for all fields of agricultural and biological engineering.

All members of the CoB are honored and proud of this remarkable recognition that stresses once more the importance of the mission of the "Club of Bologna" and express to Alan their heartfelt congratulations!

Marco Fiala - Secretary General

Federunacoma News

05 December 2020

30th MEMBERS' MEETING: NEW DATE

Due to the decision of FederUnacoma to move EIMA International 20/21 exhibition on October 2021, the 30th Members’ Meeting of the “Club of Bologna” will be held on:

Friday 22 (morning and afternoon) and Saturday 23 (morning), October 2021.

In the first months of next year, the Agenda of the meeting will be uploaded.


Marco Fiala - Secretary General

FederUnacoma Press Release

22 November 2020

30th MEMBERS' MEETING: THE PRESENTATION IN EDP

On 12 November, during EIMA DIGITAL PREVIEW and in a dedicated webinar, the 30th Members' Meeting has been presented. You can review the entire event at the following link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pgDQUjK7s9w&list=PLumHM4YXdJymNPU-j7NJanPS41o8vWnCD&index=30
Enjoy!


Marco Fiala - Secretary General

22 November 2020

"PELLIZZZI PRIZE 2020": THE PhD THESES VIDEOS OF FINALISTS

On 13 November, during EIMA DIGITAL PREVIEW and in a dedicated webinar, the four finalists of the "Pellizzi Prize 2020" illustrated by a video their work of PhD Thesis. You can review the entire event at the following link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWQykOG1bk&list=PLumHM4YXdJynbmdJendle1_FLUJf9QVjK&index=26

ATTENTION: at the section of menu PELLIZZI PRIZE/PREVIOUS EDITION (year 2020): Open questions to the "Pellizzi Prize 2020" finalists"!

Marco Fiala - Secretary General

05 October 2020

"Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize 2020": the Winners!

Club of Bologna is pleased to annunce that the winners of the "Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize 2020" are (alphabetical order):
  • Dr BIRKMANN Christian, GER, "Power Shift operations in multi-group transmissions for standard tractors";
  • Dr GAN Hao, USA, "An autonomous immature green citrus fruit yield mapping system;
  • Dr MODI Rajesh, IND, "Design, development and evaluation of tractor opeated seeder for mat type paddy nursery";
  • Dr ZHANG Xin, USA, "Study of canopy-machine interaction in mass mechanical harvest of fresh market apples".
The ranking will be officially announced during the “Award Ceremony” (scheduled on Saturday 6, February 2021, during the 30th CoB Members' Meeting, EIMA International 20-21, Bologna).

Each winner will present his PhD thesis during a special streaming event (scheduled on Friday 13 November, 4.00-5.00 pm, Italian time) within EIMA Digital Preview.

To the four winners, the warmest congratulations from all the Members of the Management Committee of the Club of Bologna and from the Academy of the Georgofili of Florence.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General

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.