Seminar: Issues in ICT4D

On October 20 2016, there was at USI (Università della Svizzera italiana), Lugano, prof. Wallace Chigona from University of Cape Town giving a seminar on Issues in Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Read more information here....

World Tourism Day 2016

For the celebration of World Tourism Day 2016, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni will be a speaker at the Tourism Leaders’ International Summit, representing both International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) and UNESCO Chair in ICT. The conference will...

40th Session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee

The 40th session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee takes place in Istanbul, Turkey, in July 2016. A side event is dedicated to the “Integration of Sustainable Development into the Processes of the World Heritage Convention: Role of Academia and UNESCO...

Fifth China & Europe International Tourism Forum

The event will take place on June 19-21, 2016, in Lin’an City, China. With the theme”twenty-first century tourism, heritage and memory”, the forum will include topics like heritage tourism, community development coordination, and tourism development...

(Social) Media and the deliberate targeting of cultural heritage

Dr. Silvia De Ascaniis, from the UNESCO Chair at USI, presents #faces4heritage campaign at the UNESCO High-Level Meeting and Technical Conference titled Cultural Diversity under Attack: Protecting Heritage for Peace (Brussels, 09-10 June 2016) More info...