Meetings Proceedings

Year 2025 - Bari (Italy), AGRILEVANTE 2025, 11-12 October 2025
XXXIV Members' Meeting "Mechanisation and Technologies for New Farmers Needs"

Meeting Agenda
Session 0Opening Session	PRESENTATION	REPORT
Club of Bologna President Opening Statement AUTORI Monarca D. (President - Italy)
Session 1How Technology and Farmers' Needs Shape Next-gen Tractors (Chairman: Giuseppe Gavioli - Rapporteur: Xin Tian)	PRESENTATION	REPORT
Evolving Farmers' Needs as Drivers of Next-Generation Tractor Design in Africa, Asia, and Latin America Karim Houmy (FAO Consultant)
New Technologie for Tractors: Less Iron and More Intelligence (manufacturers' panel discussion) Benno Pickelmaier (AGCO), Fulvio Zerbino (KUBOTA), Hans-Jürgen Nissen (JOHN DEERE), Luca Ferrari (CNH)
Designing Dreams for a Bright Future David Melvin Wilkie (CNH)
Session 2Specialized Mechanization: Machinery for Olive Growing and Oil Extraction Chairman: Alessandro Leone - Rapporteur: Lu Xun)	PRESENTATION	REPORT
Global Olive Cultivation: Between Tradition and Innovation to Preserve Oil Quantity and Quality in a Changing World Eddo Rugini (University la Tuscia - Italy)
Advanced Field and Mechanical Milling Technologies to Enhance the Olive Oil Supply Chain and Sustainability: towards AI Alessandro Leone (University Bari - Italy)
Technologies and Mechanization to Enhance Value Chain in Developing Countries Biagio Di Terlizzi (CIHEAM - Italy)
The Challenges of EVOO Production in New Regions: the Australian and Californian Experience Pablo Canamasas (Cobram Estate Olives Consultant)
Session 3Application of AI in Agricultural Machinery and Components (Chairman: Paolo Gay - Rapporteur: Zixuan He)	PRESENTATION	REPORT
The EU Vision of AI and Its Role in Agricultural Automation Alessio Bolognesi (Federunacoma - Italy), Georg Happich (University Munich - Germany)
Embedded AI for Application in Real-time Marko Bertogna (University Modena-Reggio Emilia - Italy)
The Use of AI for Productivity and Safety in Agricultural Machinery Marco Bragotto (KIWITRON - Italy)
Session 4Closing Session	PRESENTATION	REPORT
Club of Bologna President Final statement AUTORI Monarca D. (CoB President - Italy)
Meeting Key_Note Reports Extended Abstracts (uploaded some days before the meeting)
Meeting Participants (Final List; uploaded some days before the meeting)
Meeting KEY-SENTENCES (empty .docx form. Please, download the file, type your Key-Senteces and mail to Secretary General. DEADLINE: 30 Nov 2025)
Subjects proposals for future meetings, empty .docx form (please, download the file, type your proposals and mail to Secretary General. DEADLINE: 30 Nov 2025)