The 29th CoB Members' meeting (10-11 Nov 2019, Hannover - Germany)

The 29th Members' meeting in Hannover - with 63 participants (51 CoB members and 12 external experts, reprenting 21 Countries, 3 International/Government Organizations and 3 Ag-Machinery Manufacturers Associations/Federations) - was succesfully held in Hannover, during Agritechnica and showed an interested participation.
The presentations in all three work Sessions, of the highest level, aroused great interest, offering many ideas for discussion among participants.
The three Coordinators of the "Study Groups" also illustrated the activities done during 2019 and discuss about the future perspectives.

Abstracts, most of Key Note Reports and presentations are already online (see "Meetings Proceedings - 2019" section).

Marco Fiala - Secretary General

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Management Committee decisions (Nov 9 2019, Hannover)

• Management Committee list: O. Marchenko (Russian Federation) Oleg, who died in April 2019, was deleted from the Management Committee (MC) list;
• Full Members list: n.7 new FMs were admitted, while n. 4 FMs were definitively excluded, due to their  retirement or low attendance to CoB meetings (see Section "MEMBER LIST"). A letter of reminder to attend the next meeting will be sent to the n.9 FMs that register a null presence at the last 5 Members' Meeting; in case of absence these FM will be excluded from the CoB;
• 30^th Members' meeting: will be held in Bologna (Italy), 14-15 November, during "EIMA International". This milestone-meeting will be celebrated with a special Round Table event (S1 - CoB vision for a sustainable mechanization for the future) and a projection of a video prepared by FEDERUNACOMA on the CoB history and the parallel evolution of agricultural mechanization from 1989 to 2020. The other subjects to be discussed are: S2 - Agricultural machinary market and perspectives and S3 - Specialized mechanization: machines for viticulture. A Guided Tour to viticulture machines exhibitors will be organized on Nov 15 afternoon;
• Pellizzi Prize 2020: the Notice of the 4^th edition of the prize has been approved. A special "News" on this item will follow in next weeks;
• Study Groups: a new Study Group (SG4 - Evaluation of the incentives for the improvement of agricultural mechanization in the world) has been approved.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General - Download the new MC composition! (click on news title)

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"Role of Agricultural Engineering in meeting the challenge of global food security"

2^nd Conference of the Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineering (PASAE - AfroAgEng)
Conference Center of the Foundation Mohamed VI - 10-13 September 2109 - Rabat (Morocco).

"Session 3 Side Event: Club of Bologna - Agriculture mechanization for sustainability in Africa",

The proceedings of the event are now online at "Meetings Proceedings" section - Marco Fiala - Secretary General

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Dr. Oleg Marchenko

On last April 9^th Dr. Oleg Marchenko – Member of the Management Committee of the “Club of Bologna” – died in Moskow after a long illness.
Oleg accompanied the history of our free organisation since its foundation; he always participated in Club’s meetings with such enthusiasm bringing his valuable experience in the field of international agricultural mechanization. But above all he always joined us with a smile, giving us a lot of humanity on every occasion. So, even before a Colleague, he has been a friend to meet with great pleasure.

We will remember him. May his soul rest in peace - Marco Fiala - Secretary General

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