1st Bologna Hardware Meetup @ MUG
Join us for our first Bologna Hardware Meetup @ MUG!
🤖 Bring your latest build and demos to share!
Hardware Meetup is a volunteer led community meeting in 50+ cities around the world with 40,000+ members.
We’re launching Bologna Hardware Meetup in 2026 to bring together hardware professionals, founders, engineers, investors and hardware enthusiasts to network, share knowledge, and support each other and the larger hardware ecosystem.
MUG Bologna is a vibrant 1,700+ sqm innovation hub in the heart of the city. Featuring modern coworking spaces, meeting rooms, workshops, a nursery, and a 99-seat auditorium at Via Emilia Levante 9.
Guest Speakers:
Giorgio Dell’Erba, Director of Industrial Partnerships and Technology Transfer at Fondazione Chips-IT, will walk us through the challenges and opportunities of the IC (Integrated Circuits) landscape in Italy and the EU.
Federico Tangerini, Head of Intellectual Property at Cooperative Ceramiche di Imola, will share how the region’s industrial history protects competitiveness while looking toward the future.
Agenda
5:30 – 6:30 PM: Arrival + Welcome
6:30 - 6:40 PM : Introductions
6:40 – 7:00 PM: Giorgio Dell'Erba (Fondazione Chips-IT)
7:00 – 7:20 PM: Federico Tangerini (Coperativa Ceramiche di Imola)
7:20 – 7:40 PM: Community Open Mic, Networking
7:40 – 8:30 PM: Networking and Mingling
Thank you to our partners
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