GEE – Global Elevator Exhibition at the starting blocks!

GEE, the vertical transport exhibition, will be held at Fiera Milano (Rho, Milan) from 19 to 21 November 2025. This international event is dedicated to vertical and horizontal mobility, offering three days of exhibitions, meetings and training, with a focus on innovation, sustainability and safety.

Now in its second edition, this event, presented within MIBA, the building supply chain, aims to be a point of reference for companies, buyers and operators in a sector that is strategic for urban regeneration, energy efficiency and the modernisation of the building stock. With 8 pavilions, more than 1,250 companies and over 100 events, MIBA aims to represent the entire construction supply chain with four simultaneous events (GEE-Global Elevator Exhibition, Made expo, SBE-Smart Building Expo and SICUREZZA), strengthening the link between related supply chains and creating a single exhibition platform capable of bringing together manufacturers, designers, installers, maintenance technicians, property managers and institutional representatives.

MIBA 2025 è stata presentata a Milano a inizio ottobre: un momento della conferenza di presentazione.

Elevatori Magazine at GEE

Elevatori Magazine will participate in GEE as a media partner. We look forward to seeing you at our stand (Hall 10 / G52) to meet in person, exchange opinions, discuss projects and preview issue 6/2025 of Elevatori Magazine, together with the volume ‘How it works 7 – Sustainability’.

In addition, the third meeting of the ‘July 10 Round Table’ (‘Tavola Rotonda 10 luglio’®) will be held during the fair, bringing together representatives of Italian associations and companies to discuss and explore, once again, the topic of modernisation. This is a “hot” topic in Italy, but one with strong international implications: from regulatory packages to retrofit technologies, through to the regeneration of existing fleets, safety and energy efficiency.

GEE: opportunities for updating, discussion and specialisation

The GEE programme is not limited to the exhibition area, but also includes a series of opportunities for updating, discussion and specialisation aimed at professionals, companies and stakeholders in the supply chain. The GEE Talks programme will be divided into three strands: “Vision and market trends” to explore new market trends and challenges in the sector; “Innovation and technologies” to take stock of transformation and accessibility processes; and “Regeneration, efficiency and sustainability” with a particular focus on safety, maintenance and staff training. Accredited training modules and certified sessions are planned for technicians, maintenance personnel and designers, in collaboration with professional associations and technical institutes. These round tables will address the major strategic issues in the sector: from the digitalisation of systems to predictive maintenance, from safety standards to European regulations, from the redevelopment of buildings to the transition to sustainable and accessible models.

Elevatori Magazine, GEE’s media partner, is also involved in the scheduled talks. Maddalena Parotelli, Editor-in-Chief of Elevatori Magazine, will moderate three events. In addition to these, GEE will also host the third meeting of Elevatori Magazine’s Round Table on modernisation.

GEE hosts the third meeting of the ‘July 10 Round Table’ (‘Tavola Rotonda 10 luglio’®)

GEE will host the third meeting of the ‘July 10 Round Table’ (‘Tavola Rotonda 10 luglio’®), Elevatori Magazine’s permanent working group on modernisation (established on 10 July 2025 at the Politecnico di Milano: read here to find out more).

The Round Table will be held from 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and will focus on the theme “Technological innovations for efficient modernisation”.
On this occasion, there will be many speakers, coming from the business world (to show the public real examples of what can be done to modernise the existing lift fleet), the academic world (with two professors from the Politecnico di Milano who joined the Technical Committee of Elevatori Magazine after the first meeting of the Round Table), and associations (Anica, Anacam and ANIE AssoAscensori will be present for the sector; Un.i.on will be present for notified bodies; Anaci (National Association of Condominium and Real Estate Administrators) will be present for condominium administrators; the UNI Lifts and Escalators Commission will also be present with them), to discuss the actions already implemented and those to be developed together, also in order to be able to engage with the government and the world of politics. This round table will be sponsored by TKE.

19/11/2025 | 11.30am-1.30pm | ‘Technological innovations for efficient modernisation’

3rd meeting in the ‘July 10 Round Table’ series by Elevatori Magazine

Chair: Maddalena Parotelli (editor-in-chief of Elevatori Magazine)

Introduction: Giuseppe Volpe (Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Elevatori Magazine)

Speakers and presentations

TOPIC: Regulatory Situation and Equipment Inspections: the state of the art in Italy

Daniele Pavan, President of the UNI CT 019 Commission “Lifts, goods lifts, escalators and similar equipment” (UNI, Ente Italiano di Normazione)

Giorgia Feneri, President of UN.I.O.N. (Italian Union of Notified and Authorised Bodies)

TOPIC: Research and Innovation: opportunities from the academic world

Marco Simoncelli, Politecnico di Milano (Department of Architecture and Construction Engineering and the Built Environment, DABC)

Claudio Bernuzzi, Politecnico di Milano (Department of Architecture and Construction Engineering and the Built Environment, DABC)

TOPIC: Modernisation of systems between the present and the future

Piero Mosanghini, President of Anacam

Bruno Forzinetti, President of ANIE AssoAscensori

Gianluca Ferrari, President of Anica

Francesco Burelli, President of Anaci

TOPIC: Modernisation of systems: some case histories

Andrea Bondavalli (R&D Director EU, Wittur)

Aldo Bizzozero (Board Member, Elettroquadri)

Diego Pelazza (Managing Director, Pelazza Peppino)

Riccardo Presciutti (Director of Commercial Sales, DMG)

Riccardo Ciabattoni (Sales Area Manager, DMG)

Paolo Marceca (Technical Director, Vega)

GEE Talk moderated by Elevatori Magazine

Elevatori Magazine, media partner of GEE, is also involved in the round tables scheduled. Maddalena Parotelli, Editor-in-Chief of Elevatori Magazine, will moderate three events.

On 20 November, from 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m., there will be a round table discussion entitled: “Innovative aesthetics and functionality: how design is transforming vertical and horizontal mobility”, which will involve experts from the architecture and lift sectors in an open dialogue on the aesthetic and design prospects of the sector.

Chair: Maddalena Parotelli (editor-in-chief of Elevatori Magazine)

Speakers:

Claudia Gobbi, Architect at Studio Salvati and member of the Technical Committee of Elevatori Magazine

Maria Vittoria Capitanucci, Councillor of the Order of Architects, Milan

Daniele Pavan, TK Elevator Italia Technical Director and member of the Technical Committee of Elevatori Magazine

Cristiano Gianneschi, TK Home Solution, Managing Director Factory Pisa

Alessandro Roversi, Sales Manager Schindler X8

Also on 20 November, from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., there will be a round table discussion entitled: “Rethinking vertical and horizontal mobility: energy efficiency and innovation for a zero-impact future”. On this occasion, there will also be a discussion of the new book ‘How it works 7 – Sustainability‘: Maddalena Parotelli will be joined in the talk by the technical supervisor of the work, Claudio Donghi, together with two of the authors who contributed to the book: Daniele Pavan and Giuseppe Di Francesco. We will talk to them about the direction the sector is taking on sustainability and show the audience some case histories.

Chair: Maddalena Parotelli (editor-in-chief of Elevatori Magazine)

Speakers:

Claudio Donghi, member of the UNI/CT 019 “Lifts, goods lifts, escalators and similar equipment” and ISO/TC178/WG10 “Energy Efficiency” committees, member of the Technical Committee of Elevatori Magazine and Technical Supervisor of the book ‘How it works 7 – Sustainability’

Daniele Pavan, Chairman of the UNI/CT 019 Commission “Lifts, goods lifts, escalators and similar equipment”, member of the Technical Committee of Elevatori Magazine and author of an article published in the book ‘How it works 7 – Sustainability’

Giuseppe De Francesco, ELA Components Committee Chairman and author of an article published in the book ‘How it works 7 – Sustainability’

On 21 November, from 10.30 to 11.30 a.m., we will address the topic of “Emerging technologies for smart and sustainable installations” in a round table discussion organised jointly by Elevatori Magazine and ANIE AssoAscensori. This talk aims to explore how the integration of IoT and quality data can improve the efficiency and sustainability of systems, while addressing new challenges related to cybersecurity.

Chair: Maddalena Parotelli (editor-in-chief of Elevatori Magazine)

Speakers:

Paolo Zatta, Director of Services, Schindler Italy

Daniele Pavan, Technical Director, TK Elevator Italy

Claudio Bracci, Chief Business Development Officer, IMQ Intuity

The GEE conference programme also involves a number of trade associations, such as ANIE AssoAscensori and Anacam (National Association of Lift Construction and Maintenance Companies), alongside leading scientific partners such as the Politecnico di Milano and Cresme.