by Silvia De Ascaniis | Oct 5, 2017 | Events
From 27th to 29th September 2017, a delegation of the UNESCO Chair at USI composed of prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, dr. Silvia De Ascaniis and Emanuele Mele participated in the third Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality International Conference held in Pori (Finland). The...
by Silvia De Ascaniis | Sep 13, 2017 | News
In 2016, the Chair received an official mandate by the Swiss Commission for UNESCO (SCU) to perform a strategic analysis of its online communication and to help re-design it. The mandate was carried out in two steps. In the first phase, different methodologies were...
by Silvia De Ascaniis | Sep 7, 2017 | Events
The UNESCO Chair at USI is actively involved in the conference as a partner and with two activities on place: a keynote presentation by the chair-holder, professor Cantoni, on “eLearning for Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality: an outline and some...
by Silvia De Ascaniis | Sep 1, 2017 | News
Thanks to a successful first mandate, last May the UNESCO Chair at USI was granted a renewal of four years (September 2017 – August 2021). During its first mandate (September 2013 – August 2017), a variety of activities have been performed, among which: organization...
by Silvia De Ascaniis | Aug 28, 2017 | Events
The fourth edition of the Summer School of the UNESCO Chair in ICT [Information and Communication Technology] to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites, established at USI – Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland), has been...
by USI UNESCO Chair | May 26, 2017 | Events
May 25, 2017. Suzan LeVine, United States Ambassador to Switzerland, was at USI to discuss about cultural diplomacy and digital technologies: the role of social media and tourism in peace-building The workshop tackled the topic of diplomatic use of digital...
