Events

The parallel session on communicating Cultural Heritage to global audiences of travelers was held at the at ECREA Conference 2018 in Lugano (31.10. - 03.11.2018). The 7th European Communication Conference was held in Lugano for the first time -...

Chair holder, Prof. Cantoni was one of the keynote speakers at this years' UNWTO Affiliate Members Plenary Session (12 - 14 November 2018) in Hamedan (Iran). The topic this year was Harnessing Cultural Tourism through Innovation and Technology;...

Chair holder, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, talked about "New technologies and religion" on Tuesday, 13th of November, during the "IX Jornades Universitàries de Turisme Religiós" (12 & 13 November 2018) at the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in Spain....

The conference on “Cultura, gastronomia e turismo” was  a unique chance to explore the importance of food in different cultures and its role in promoting tourism, encountering with famous Catalan chef Joan Roca i Fontané, who manages with his...

Chair holder Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, participated in the "Archiving Intangible Cultural Heritage & Performing Arts" symposium and summer school in Lausanne (Switzerland) from August 6 - 7, 2018. He presented about ICTs, Sustainable Tourism and...

On Saturday,  16.06.2018, team member Ilaria Rosani held her first conference presentation at the  "XVI INTERNATIONAL FORUM ‘LE VIE DEI MERCANTI’ WORLD HERITAGE & KNOWLEDGE" (Naples 14 June, Capri 15 & 16 June, 2018) at the Hotel La Palma...

UNESCO Chair holder, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni , was a key note speaker of the upcoming VII Travel Academy 2018 "Innovation and New Trends in Cultural Routes: (Re)interpreting European Cultural Heritage" organized by the European Institute of Cultural...

On May 28, 2018, Dr. Sara Vannini of the Universtiy of Washington (Seattle/ USA) gave a talk on "Information practices of humanitarian organizations serving the undocumented: towards a conceptualization of Digital Sanctuary practices" at Università...

The official inauguration of the UNESCO exhibition “Journeys Through Our Fragile Heritage” was held on Monday 28th May (18.00) at Università della Svizzera iataliana (Lugano Campus). Rector, Prof. Dr. Erez Boas, introuced the speakers Roberto...

Dal 24 al 26 maggio a Lecce, presso l’Università del Salento, si terrà un ciclo di seminari di alta formazione sulla sostenibilità e quality brand nel turismo. L’obiettivo è fornire agli operatori del settore turistico e agli amministratori locali...

UNESCO Chair holder, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni , was a speaker on June 6 at the "Welterbe Tagung" (World Heritage Conference) during the first stop of the conference in Bergün. The conference was part of a series of events for the Cultural Heritage...

UNESCO Chair holder, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni , was a keynote speaker at the  Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF), in Saudi Arabia. JEF is known as the Davos of the Middle East. Its title this year is “From Vision to Prosperity: The Role of the Private...

Chair Holder, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, participated in the meeting of the UNESCO-UNITWIN Network "Culture, Tourism and Development" at the University of Juan Carlos, Madrid from Friday, 9th of February, to Sunday, 11th of February. Prof. Cantoni had...

Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, chairholder, has participated to the annual meeting of KFPE - Commission for Research Partnerschips with Developing Countries. Prof. Cantoni is ad personam member of the board of KFPE. The meeting took place on January 19-20,...

The 8th Seminar of the UNESCO Chair and UNITWIN/UNESCO Network «Culture, Tourism, Development» took place last December 6th, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The seminar tackeld the issue of Tourism and Technologies of Information in UNESCO World...

The meeting has taken place on 23-24 November 2017, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. It followed the first coordination meeting, held in December 2015, and was organized around the overarching theme of Culture as an enabler of sustainable...

From 2 to 5 October 2017, prof. Lorenzo Cantoni has participated to the international workshop organized by the Unitwin UNESCO Network «Culture, Tourisme, Développement» (to which USI's UNESCO chair is affiliated), in collaboration with the...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

May 5th, 2017 prof. Lorenzo Cantoni will keynote at the Sustaining Sustainabilities. Cultural heritage & cultural capital Conference at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Pannonia (Veszprem, Hungary). More info here.

Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni has done a presentation titled "Tecnologie per la comunicazione e promozione turistica dei siti del Patrimonio Mondiale" and delivered a workshop on "Usabilità e qualità dei siti web e delle applicazioni mobili". Monastero di...