BCB renews its Technical Coordination Committee: Celso de Scrilli is the incoming chairman

Bologna Convention Bureau begins the year of activities with the renewal of its Technical Coordination Committee for the years 2025-2027: established simultaneously with the foundation of the Convention Bureau itself, the committee's purpose is to suggest marketing and communication activities and specific projects related to the MICE sector, ensuring adequate representation of the operators joining the network and effective decision-making.

The composition of the eight members of the Technical Coordination Committee, as per the regulations, consists of three members directly nominated by the Bologna Welcome Board of Directors (the first ones listed below), joined by the head of the BCB division, while the others were chosen by the partners themselves.

1. Celso De Scrilli, President of Federalberghi Bologna - Chairman of the Technical Coordination Committee
2. Patrik Romano, Director General of Fondazione Bologna Welcome
3. Mladan Miskeljin, International Development of Bologna Convention Bureau
4. Anna Bettelli, Manager of Bologna Convention Bureau
5. Donato Loria, Venue Director of BolognaFiere - representing category Convention centers, fairgrounds, arenas and multifunctional facilities
6. Giorgio Mandruzzato, General Manager of Starhotels Excelsior - representing category Hotels, historic mansions, theaters and museums, other venues
7. Mariantonietta Melchiorre, General Manager of I'Meetaly - representing category Event organizing companies: PCOs and Agencies
8. Carlo Faenza, General Manager of La Tavola della Signoria - representing category Service provider companies

Shown in photo Celso de Scrilli, chair of the BCB Technical Coordination Committee for the years 2025-2027.

The Convention Bureau works to promote Bologna as a destination of excellence for international medical and scientific congresses, trade fairs and sporting events, which represent an important driver of development for the area. The last few years have seen a consolidation of the destination's performance, placing it in the Top 50 globally and in the Top 3 in Italy among the convention destinations that host the highest number of international association congresses annually (ICCA Ranking 2023).

Daniele Ravaglia, President of Fondazione Bologna Welcome, comments, “I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks to the outgoing Technical Committee for the great work done in recent years in the area of congress tourism, thanks to which Bologna has established itself as one of the most sought-after destinations worldwide for the organization of major events, ranking in the Global Top 50 and Italian Top 3 of the ICCA Ranking. The value that major events bring to our territory is inestimable, in fact they generate a positive cultural, social, economic impact for the entire destination - and this thanks to an always fruitful collaboration between public and private. So I wish the new committee well on its work, and I am certain that they will persevere in their efforts to corroborate our position of excellence.”

The new chairman of the Technical Committee Celso De Scrilli adds, “The newly formed Technical Coordination Committee of the Bologna Convention Bureau is determined to continue and expand the work done to date, with the aim of making Bologna an increasingly attractive destination for events of international significance. We aim to enhance the sectors in which the city is rapidly consolidating, such as innovation, digital, and supercomputing, as well as other strategic areas that we will identify together with local operators. Thanks to the synergy between local players and the support of institutions, we intend to promote Bologna not only as a venue for events, but as a center of excellence capable of generating lasting economic, cultural and social impact for the entire community.”