{"id":16400,"date":"2026-08-17T14:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/farewell-to-roberto-pellegrini-the-chairman-who-brought-the-world-to-expo-riva-schuh-and-gardabags\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:25:48","slug":"farewell-to-roberto-pellegrini-the-chairman-who-brought-the-world-to-expo-riva-schuh-and-gardabags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/farewell-to-roberto-pellegrini-the-chairman-who-brought-the-world-to-expo-riva-schuh-and-gardabags\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to Roberto Pellegrini, the chairman who brought the world to Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From every trip he returned with a small globe. Not a souvenir: a reminder. Because for Roberto Pellegrini, broadening one\u2019s horizons was not just a figure of speech, but a way of working.<\/p>\n

President of Riva del Garda Fierecongressi since 2007, he transformed a territorial trade fair into a crossroads of markets and cultures. It was his intuition to take Expo Riva Schuh beyond national borders: the Middle East (2008\u20132009), India (2011\u20132013), and the consolidation of ties with China. The international footwear industry owes part of its global reach to him.<\/p>\n

He used to repeat two phrases. \u201cWhen I look back, I see the future.\u201d And \u201cYou recognise thoroughbreds on the uphill stretch.\u201d The first encapsulates his vision of growth: memory as a laboratory, not a museum. The second says it all about him. Those who worked with him remember the man behind the role: the informal \u201cyou\u201d he insisted on with everyone, colleagues addressed by name, no air of superiority.<\/p>\n

He passed away on 8 August 2026, aged 76, following a serious illness. He leaves behind a more international trade fair and his globes, which still point the way forward.<\/p>\n

We extend our thanks to him for the many years we worked together \u2013 intense, full of energy, and always punctuated with a bit of laughter.<\/p>\n

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At the helm of Riva del Garda Fierecongressi since 2007, he propelled the fairs beyond national borders. A tribute to a leader who foresaw the future by looking back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flash-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}