[3] The Como Conference and the interwar period Volta Congresses were funded and attended by Benito Mussolini.
[5][6] It was organized by Orso Mario Corbino and Guglielmo Marconi along with Enrico Fermi as secretary.
"[7] Mussolini used the conference to strengthen ties with Franz Seldte from the Der Stahlhelm and with Hermann Göring and Alfred Rosenberg from the Nazi Party.
[10] The influence of Italian aeronautics was gaining momentum, led by General Gaetano Arturo Crocco, an aeronautical engineer who had become interested in ramjet engines in 1931, and influenced the selection of "High Velocities in Aviation" for the 1935 Volta Congress.
[6] Consisted of 38 participants, 28 Italians, and included founders of modern aerodynamics like Ludwig Prandtl, Theodore von Kármán and G. I.
[2] This meeting is notable historically as it introduced a number of topics in compressibility and also included the first presentation on swept wings by Adolf Busemann.
[17] The followup IX Volta Congress on contemporary mathematics and applications of 1939 was not held due to World War II.