Over 230 exhibitors from 24 countries will gather in Bergamo on 4 and 5 June 2026 for the second edition of interzum forum italy, a two-day business platform dedicated to the furniture and design supply chain. The event brings together companies, designers, industrial partners, and representatives from the main production districts to discuss the transformations currently reshaping the industry’s production, logistics, and collaborative dynamics.
The forum captures an evolving landscape where the entire Italian design ecosystem is undergoing a phase of rethinking. According to Thomas Rosolia, Managing Director of Koelnmesse Italia, “The programme and speaker selection are the result of collaborative efforts with companies and their representatives across the supply chain. The topics we will address have been strategically developed to provide concrete support to those within companies who are responsible for defining a medium-term vision. The two-day format is designed to bring together tools, analyses, and perspectives that support both operational and strategic decision-making across the sector.”
Exhibition sectors and participants
Designed to be both efficient and focused over just two days, the event brings together leading companies from the Function & Components, Materials & Nature, and Textile & Machinery sectors. Among the participating companies are Albrecht Baeumer, Asa Plastici, Brighi Tecnologie, Boyteks, Bock, Cofemo, Gruppo Bonomi Pattini, Gruppo Grassi, Kesseboehmer Italia, Linak Italia, Motion Italia, Simalfa, Stellini Textile, Ternoscorrevoli, and Top Linea.
The event targets a broad cross-sector audience including furniture and design companies, manufacturers of materials and technologies, general contractors, design firms and studios, interior designers, and professionals from interconnected sectors such as contract design, recreational vehicles, yachting, and transportation design.
Complementing the exhibition areas, interzum forum italy will feature special event spaces developed in collaboration with design companies, where installations will showcase the final application of products. This approach allows visitors to experience firsthand how materials, components, and technologies are transformed into real furnishing solutions.
Conference program and award recognition
The event features 25+ talks with 40+ speakers at the Trend Stage, plus 15+ keynote speakers at Surface in Motion Italia. The opening ceremony will be chaired by Edi Snaidero, President of the European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC); Volker Irle, Managing Director of the Association of the Modern Kitchen (AMK); Federica Dallanoce, President of the Italian Association for Purchasing and Supply Management (ADACI); Alessandra Tracogna, Partner and Senior Expert at CSIL; and Jörg Buck, Managing Director of the Italo-German Chamber of Commerce.
The forum will open with the interzum forum italy award 2026 ceremony, the only recognition dedicated to the technical aspects of the supply chain. This award highlights the most relevant and sustainable innovations presented by participating companies, with winners to be announced on 4 June during the opening ceremony.
Knowledge partnerships and collaborations
The event benefits from an extensive network of collaborations with knowledge partners including AIPI (Italian Association of Professional Interior Designers), AIPEF (Italian Flexible Polyurethane Foam Association), EBIA (European Bedding Industries Association), NBF (UK National Bed Federation), EFIC (European Furniture Industries Confederation), CSIL, CATAS, the AHK Study Center (Italian-German Chamber of Commerce), the Digital Innovation Observatories of the School of Management Politecnico di Milano, and POLI.design. These partners contribute to the development of sessions focused on specific industry topics and trends shaping the sector’s future.
