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21 October 2024

33rd Members' Meeting is starting...

The 333d Members' Meeting of the "Club of Bologna" will be held in hybrid mode on 9th and 10th November 2024 in  Bologna (Italy), at Sala Sinfonia (Pavillon 36), during EIMA International 2024. The three subjects to be discussed this year in Bologna are:

  • Session 1 – Value creation by public funding of research, development and innovation (Coordinator and Chairman: Peter Pickel; Rapporteur: Hao Gan);
  • Session 2 – Biodiversity and regenerative agriculture: impact and relevance for farming. Challenges and opportunity for ag-mechanization and technology (Coordinator and Chairman: Benno Pichlmaier; Rapporteur: Xin Zhang);
  • Session 3 – Specialized Mechanization: Technologies for grassland management (Coordinator and Chairman: Paolo Balsari; Rapporteur: Lazar Savin).

Each Session will have Key-Note Reports, around which the usual discussion among the participants will be opened.

To attend the meeting online: https://www.eima.it/it/eima-live-sala-sinfonia.php

Download the Agenda of the meeting (click on news title)

Marco Fiala - Secretary General

17 September 2024

Pellizzi Prize 2024: applicants' posters available!

At Pellizzi Prize section ("Previous Editions - Year 2024"), the posters about the Ph.D. Theses of the award applicants are now online.
Take a look!
The research works of these excellent young experts are very interesting and innovative.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General

30 July 2024

"Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize 2024": the three finalists!

The "Club of Bologna" is pleased to annunce that the finalist of the "Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize 2024" are (alphabetical order):

  • Dr. Zixuan He (USA) - Efforts towards effective robotic strawberry harvesting
  • Dr. Xin Tian (USA) - Methods to reduce energy consumption in the hydraulic system toward the next generation of green, high-efficient agricultural tractors
  • Dr. Lu Xun (CHI) - Towards a sustainable use of plant protection products in orchards: implementation of canopy-adapted spray technology and new developments for spray efficiency evaluation.

The ranking will be officially announced during the “Award Ceremony” (scheduled on Sunday 10, November 2024, during the 33rd CoB Members' Meeting, EIMA International 6-10 November, Bologna, Italy). Each finalist will present her/his PhD thesis during the Award ceremony.

To the outstanding finalists, the warmest congratulations from all the Evaluation Panel, composed by the Members of the "Club of Bologna" Management Committee  and a memberof the Academy of the Georgofili of Florence.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General

21 July 2024

Management Committee (MC) decisions (19 July 2024, online)

  • Management Committee (MC): no variation inside the Members. Current President and MC Members will end their mandate on November 2024. According to CoB "Internal Rules" (art. 9, 11), Federunacoma will nominate the new MC Members and the CoB President. The list of future MC members has been discussed and will be made official at the next 33rd CoB Members' Meeting.
  • Full Members (FM): n.3 new FM were admitted to CoB (Patricia Chueca, Spain; Stefano Fiorati, CNH; Patrick Pagani, COPA-COGEGA). Congratulation to all the new FM! ...and good work inside the club!
  • Internal Rules: -
  • 33rd Members' meeting (Bologna, Italy, 9-10 November 2024, during "EIMA International". The provisional Agenda and the invited Speakers have been approved. The Pellizzi Prize Winners 2020 Hao Gan (USA) and Xin Zhangh (USA), togheter with the Full Member Marco Grella were requested to act as Sessions' Rapporteurs
  • CoB Linkedin profile: followers are increasing! Have a look and... join it to keep up to date!
  • Pellizzi Prize 2024: n.12 Ph.D. (from USA, China, Italy, India, Australia) applied to the the V edition of the prize. The three finalist have been selected by the Evaluation Panel. Award Ceremony is scheduled on Sunday 10th November 2024 during 33rd CoB Memebers' Meeting.
  • Study Groups (SGR): -


Marco Fiala - Secretary General

02 July 2024

"Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize 2024 - V Edition": Applicants and Ph.D. abstract

The deadline (31 May 2024) for the submission of applications has expired and the applicants for the 5th edition of the prize are twelve:

Dr. Lu Xun (CHI); Dr. Vinay Kumar (IND); Dr.  Lokesh_Kumawat (AUS); Dr. Ilwar Singh Parihar (IND); Dr. Alessio Tugnolo (ITA); Dr. Xin Tian (USA); Dr. Lirong Xiang (USA); Dr. Chetan Badgujar (USA); Dr. Yallappa D (IND); Dr. Zixuan He (USA); Dr. Andrea Pagliai (ITA); Dr. Chenchen Kang (USA).

The Abstracts of their PhD theses are online at the section "Pellizzi Prize, Previuos Editions, year 2024". By next 30 July, the winners will be announced.
During the Award Ceremony (10 November 20, Bologna, EIMA International, in occasion of 33rd CoB Members' Meeting, 9-10 November 2024) a brief presentation of the thesis will be given by the Winners.

Marco Fiala - Secretary General

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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