European Plugfest 2026
September 14 – 18
Bologna, Italy
at
Savoia Hotel
Bologna, Italy
AEF is pleased to announce that event registration within the AEF ISOBUS Database for the upcoming AEF European Plugfest in Bolgona, Italy, is now open. Please take a few minutes to register.
Plugfest Registration
Registration is open!
Participants
AEF Membership is required for participant registration and applies to anyone who is directly or indirectly involved with testing activities.
Costs
600 € (June 15 – August 09)
700 € (August 10 – August 23)
Visitors
Visitor registration is available to those who are observing the AEF activities and are not involved in testing activities.
Costs
500 € (June 15 – August 09)
600 € (August 10 – September 18)
Note:
Plugfest activities and meetings require at least the visitor registration.
Product Registration
Following Event Registration, Participants provide details of the products they intend to test by following an Equipment link on the Plugfest page within AEF ISOBUS Database. AEF uses the product information to determine whether products should be scheduled at dedicated test stations, or scheduled to be moved among the test stations for tests.
After the test station list is finalized, AEF will prepare a schedule of tests known as a Plugfest Test Matrix.
Plugfest Test Matrix is intended to maximize the combination of connections between service-type products (e.g. terminals) and client-type products (e.g. implements) over the course of the Plugfest. Service-type products are typically scheduled to stay at a fixed test stations, while client-type products are scheduled to be moved from station to station by the tester. Please keep the following guidelines in mind when registering products for the Plugfest:
- When more than one client-type product is registered to the same Tester name, all products are scheduled for the same time slot at each station. Additional Testers are necessary to schedule each product to its own time slot.
- Products will be scheduled through the available testing time slots on all Plugfest days; scheduling for a reduced number of days is not available.
- Suppliers of products with both UT and TC service-type functionalities, are required to register separate test stations (additional product and Tester) for managing full tests of each functionality in parallel.
Participants must register equipment details within the AEF ISOBUS Database following event registration until August 23, 2026.
Participants will have the opportunity to review the Plugfest Test Matrix until September 9, 2026.
If you would like to have equipment delivered directly, please send it to the hotel:
Savoia Hotel Regency
Via del Pilastro, 2
40127 Bologna BO
Italy.
Preliminary schedule
All times refer to the Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Monday, September 14, 2026
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting TC2 – Task Controller
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting HSI – High Speed ISOBUS
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting SD – Service & Diagnostics
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Plugfest preparation
05:00 p.m. – 06:00 p.m.: Plugfest introduction
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
09:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing
09:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing HSI – High Speed ISOBUS
09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting AgIN – Agricultural Interoperability Network
09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting TIM – Tractor Implement Management
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
09:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing
09:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing HSI – High Speed ISOBUS
09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing TIM – Tractor Implement Management
09:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing AgIN – Agricultural Interoperability Network
09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting CM – Communication & Marketing
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting AgIN – Agricultural Interoperability Network
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting AUT – Autonomy in Ag
07:00 p.m. – 08:30 p.m.: Plugfest reception
Thursday, September 17, 2026
09:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing
09:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing HSI – High Speed ISOBUS
09:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: General Assembly
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting AUT – Autonomy in Ag
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting TIM – Tractor Implement Management
Friday, September 18, 2026
09:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m.: Team meeting INT – ISOBUS Integration
09:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m.: Team meeting AUT – Autonomy
Key Dates
Lodging
AEF has blocked a limited number of rooms in different hotels in the region.
Please find below a link to these hotels.
We strongly recommend to book your hotel room as soon as possible.
Become a sponsor
for AEF Plugfest now
We would like to provide the opportunity for our member companies to become a sponsor of the AEF Plugfest.
Please read the official letter under following link:
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor,
please contact the AEF Office via office@aef-online.org.
Thank you, Sponsors!
Gold package Sponsors
