On Friday 23 January 2026, there will be two events at Kilometro Rosso: in the morning, the General Assembly of Mechatronics will take place in the auditorium of Confindustria Bergamo, and in the afternoon, the inauguration of JOiiNT LAB 2.0 will be held.
General Assembly of Mechatronics
From 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on the occasion of the General Assembly of Mechatronics, the topic will be ‘New factories, new skills: mechatronics in the era of Artificial Intelligence.’ The event is part of the activities leading up to the A&T Torino 2026 Fair and sees the collaboration of: A&T – Automation & Testing, Confindustria Bergamo, Fabbrica Intelligente, Consorzio Intellimech and Kilometro Rosso. Speakers will include: Giovanna Ricuperati – President of Confindustria Bergamo, Salvatore Majorana – Director of Kilometro Rosso, Sergio Cavalieri – Rector of the University of Bergamo, Luciano Malgaroli – CEO of Fiera A&T, Gianluigi Viscardi – President of Cluster Fabbrica Intelligente, Andrea Bianchi – President of ANIE Automazione, Giorgio Metta – Scientific Director of the Italian Institute of Technology, Giorgia Garola – President of AMMA and Vice-President of Unione Industriali Torino, Roberto Vavassori – Chief Public Affairs Officer of Brembo, Maria Chiara Franceschetti – President of Gefran, Marco Bentivogli – Expert in Labour, Innovation, AI and Industry, Gianluca D’Urso – Professor at the University of Bergamo, Guido Guidesi – Councillor for Economic Development, Lombardy Region
Inauguration of JOiiNT LAB 2.0
In the afternoon, starting at 2.30 pm, the inauguration of JOiiNT LAB 2.0 will take place as part of the event: ‚Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for the Industry of the Future. JOiiNT LAB 2.0: the value of a public-private ecosystem“, organised by the Italian Institute of Technology, Consorzio Intellimech, JOiiNT LAB, Confindustria Bergamo, Kilometro Rosso and the University of Bergamo. Speakers will include: Gabriele Galateri di Genola – President of the Italian Institute of Technology, Guido Guidesi – Councillor for Economic Development of the Lombardy Region, Salvatore Majorana – Director of Kilometro Rosso, Antonio Bicchi – Head of the SoftBots Research Unit at the Italian Institute of Technology and Full Professor at the University of Pisa, Giorgio Metta – Scientific Director of the Italian Institute of Technology, Gianluigi Viscardi – President of the Intellimech Consortium, Giovanna Ricuperati – President of Confindustria Bergamo, Sergio Cavalieri – Rector of the University of Bergamo, Manuel Catalano – JOiiNT LAB Coordinator and Researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology, Lorenzo De Michieli – Director of Technology Transfer at the Italian Institute of Technology
The events will be moderated by Luca Orlando, journalist at Il Sole 24 Ore.
To confirm your participation, please register at the following link: https://www.confindustriabergamo.it/comunicazioni/news?id=177941







