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34th Members' Meeting is starting...
The 34th Members' Meeting of the "Club of Bologna" will be held in hybrid mode on 11th and 12th October 2025 in Bari (Italy), at the International Delegations Area, during AGRILEVANTE 2025. The three Subjects to be discussed this year in Bari are:
- Session 1 – How Technology and Farmers' Needs Shape Next-gen Tractors (Coordinator and Chairman: Giuseppe Gavioli; Rapporteur: Xin Tian);
- Session 2 – SPECIALIZED MECHANIZATION: Machinery for Olive Growing and Oil Extraction (Coordinator and Chairman: Alessandro Leone; Rapporteur: Lu Xun);
- Session 3 – Application of AI in Agricultural Machinery and Components (Coordinator and Chairman: Paolo Gay; Rapporteur: Zixuan He).
Each Session will have Key-Note presentations, around which the usual open discussion will follow. Partecipants will have the opportunity to define some personal Key-Sentences, useful for the praparation of the "Session Reports" by the Rapporteurs.
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Marco Fiala - Secretary General
New Full Member
During last meeting of the Management Committee (17 April 2025), Prof. Fabrizio Mazzetto (Free University of Bolzano, Italy), has been accepted into the Club of Bologna, becoming the 102nd Full Member.
Welcome to Fabrizio who, with his knowledge and long experience in the field of Agricultural Machinery and Mechanization, will support and enrich the activities of the club.
Marco Fiala - Secrtery General
33rd Members' Meeting second part and Pellizzi Prize award ceremony (Sunday 10 Novembere, 2024)
Last Club of Bologna Members' Meeting - Second day (November 10, 2024)
33rd Members' Meeting first part (Saturday 9 Novembere, 2024)
Last Club of Bologna Members' Meeting - First day (November 9, 2024)
Marco Fiala - Secretary General "Club of Bologna"
Management Committee (MC) decisions (8 Nov 2024)
- Management Committee (MC): according to CoB "Internal Rules" (art. 9, 11), FederUnacoma appointed the new CoB President, the new Members of the MC and the FederUnacoma Delegate inside the MC. President nominated the Secretary general. The mandateof the CoB management covers the period Nov 2024-Nov 2027
- CoB Members: n.2 Full Members were deleted, due to their low attendance in past 5 and 10 years (excluding the Covid period). The 3 Pellizzi Prize 2024 finalistswere admitted to CoB (Lu Xun, Zixuan He, Xin Tian). Congratulation to all these young researchers who – for five years – will be hosted in CoB and will participate to all its activities. Currently, the total number of CoB members is 107
- Internal Rules: no changes have been made to the current text.
- 34th CoB Members' Meeting: will be held in Bari (Italy, October 2025), in occasion of “Agrilevante” exhibition. The data will be defined by FederUnacoma in next weeks
- Study Group (SG): a new SG was defined (Relationship between Research and Ag-Machinery industry), and Giuseppe Gavioli will coordinate it
- Pellizzi Prize: for the next edition of the award (2026), the values assigned to each assessment criterion have been changed (Level of originality and innovation compared to the present technologies: 30; Real possibility to transfer the innovation into the market: 25; Resulting benefits for agriculture and farmers: 25; Quality and clearness of the presented Ph.D. Extended Abstract: 20)
Marco Fiala - Secretary General
CoB: new President and new Management Committee !!
According to the CoB’s Internal Rules, FederUnacoma appointed - for the period November 2024 - November 2027 - the new President of the "Club of Bologna" and the new Management Committee.
Presidency was assumed by Danilo Monarca (Univesity "la Tuscia", Viterbo - Italy), who appointed as Secretary General Marco Fiala (University "La Statale" of Milan - Italy).
Management Committee (MC) is now composed of: Giuseppe Gavioli (ITA), Paolo Gay (ITA), Roberto Oberti (ITA), Peter Schulze-Lammers (DEU), Peter Pickel (DEU), Deun Choi (USA), Spyros Fountas (GRC), Benno Pichelaimer (DEU). The FederUnacoma Delegate in the MC is: Fabio Ricci (ITA).
As Invited Members, the Past Presidents are also part of the MC: Ettore Gasparetto (ITA), Luigi Bodria (ITA) and Paolo Balsari (ITA).
A big and heartfelt thanks to the previous President and MC Members and a wish for fruitful work to the new!
Marco Fiala - Secretary General
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Marco Fiala - CoB Secretary General