On 15–16 October 2026, at the Nicolaus Hotel in Bari, the 1st FARE National Conference will take place – organized by FARE, the Italian Federation of Regional Associations of Healthcare Procurement Officers – titled “Let’s buy health! Healthcare procurement between innovation, equity and sustainability”.
Two days of discussion among procurement officers, buyers, clinical engineers, hospital pharmacists and executives, with one common thread: how to make public healthcare procurement more effective, fair and sustainable, without losing sight of the patient as the ultimate beneficiary of every purchasing decision.
Our seminar
TenderBrain will be among the protagonists, with a seminar scheduled for Thursday, October 15th, from 16:45 to 17:45, titled:
“What if an AI Agent were the new typewriter for public tenders? Governing innovation and simplifying processes: experience in tender management.”
This isn’t a rhetorical question: the typewriter forever changed how administrative documents were produced, turning a slow, artisanal process into something standardized and accessible. AI agents are doing the same for tender management — but only when applied methodically, within tools designed specifically for procurement, not as a generic chatbot blindly entrusted with tasks.
Roundtable participants
- Luca Visconti — CEO of OpenGate and CTO of TenderBrain
- Gianluca Viganò — Head of Clinical Engineering Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia
- Federico De Rovere — CEO of Corios
- Amanda De Cosmo — Partner, Studio Brugnoletti&Associati
A multi-voice conversation between those who design and develop artificial intelligence tools for procurement, those who manage complex tenders and healthcare technologies every day at one of Italy’s largest hospital trusts, those working in distribution and tender services in the medical device sector, and those bringing the legal perspective on public tenders.
Why this talk is not to be missed
In the landscape of events on AI and public administration, the conversation often stays at a general level: large models, future potential, theoretical scenarios. This seminar takes a very different, much more concrete approach.
We’ll talk about people who actually use AI in tenders every single day, through specialized software like TenderBrain: not a generic conversational assistant, but an environment built around the real lifecycle of a tender — from uploading documentation, to generating summary sheets, to preparing technical responses and evaluating projects.
We will cover:
- how to govern the introduction of AI in a rigid regulatory context like public tenders, without replacing human judgment but empowering it;
- what concretely changes in the daily work of those managing tenders, from reduced dead time to higher quality technical responses;
- the real challenges (not the slide-deck ones) in adopting generative AI tools in healthcare and procurement;
- the perspective of those who use the technology on the healthcare organization side and on the supplier/distributor side, not just from the vendor’s point of view.
Join us in Bari
If you work in healthcare procurement, in a tender office, in clinical engineering, or in a company that participates in public tenders, this session is designed for you. Come discuss with us on October 15th: we’ll talk about applied AI, no fluff, with real examples of TenderBrain in action.
Where: Nicolaus Hotel, Bari When: Thursday, October 15, 2026, 16:45–17:45 What: parallel seminar as part of the 1st FARE National Conference
For the full conference program: convegnonazionalefare.it
See you in Bari!