Events

In the frame of the global initiative P2P: Challenging Extremism, a class of Master students of USI - Università della Svizzera italiana (in the 1st picture) has been invited to present their project at the U.S. Department of State in Washington...

We are glad to invite you to the seminar held by Dr. Dorothea Kleine from Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) Beyond surveys and focus groups: Young people, participatory film and equity of voice. Experiences from London and Rio The seminar...

 September 19, 2015. Tourism is one of the most intense (informal) learning experiences, when the condition of being free FROM daily duties and responsibilities allows to be free TO cultivate own interests and make new experiences. Religion, on its...

September 19, 2015. UNESCO Chair ran an Expert Workshop to explore the overlapping area between eLearning, eTourism and eReligion. Tourism is one of the most intense (informal) learning experiences, when the condition of being free FROM daily...

June 9-12, 2015. Prof. Cantoni contributes to the 5ème colloque International de l’Association ASTRES – Association Tourisme, Recherche et Enseignement Supérieur (La Rochelle, France) with a presentation on: Information and communication...

May 20-22, 2015. Dr. Nadzeya Kalbaska attended eLearning Africa 2015 Conference in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) During the conference she has presented eLearning in tourism and hospitality projects managed by webatelier.net and the UNESCO Chair, in...

May 20-22, 2015. Dr. Nadzeya Kalbaska attended eLearning Africa 2015 Conference in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and presented the WHACY Campaign.

May 9-11, 2015. Duncan Peltason, from Hospitality Youth Initiative - HYI demonstrating WHACY at INDABA - Africa's Top Travel Shows, Durban (South Africa).     Have you ever played the WHACY Game? Go for it! You will love...

An Inspiring Workshop The European Institute of Cultural Routes set up a workshop for the HECTOR project (HEritage and Cultural Tourism Open Resources for innovative training schemes related to the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe) that...

May 7, 2015. Workshop on Digital Technologies and Tourism for managers of Cultural Routes, Paris (France), May 7th 2015: see more info here.

Prof. Cantoni contributes to the 5ème colloque international de l’Association ASTRES – Association Tourisme, Recherche et Enseignement Supérieur (La Rochelle, France) with a presentation on: Information and communication technologies to listen to...

April 23-24, 2015. Prof. Cantoni presents "Capacity Building Programs for the Youth in Tourism Southern Africa" for his contribution to the WHACY Game at the the Tourism Youth Conference of RETOSA in Mauritius. You can see the two-days conference's...

The conference of the Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa was held in Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius on April 23-24, 2015. The program on “Promoting Sustainable Tourism Development through the Involvement and Participation of the Youth”...

Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni will contribute to the Southern Africa Youth in Tourism Conference "Promoting Sustainable Tourism Development through the Involvement and Participation of the Youth", which will take place 23-24 April 2015, in Pointe aux...

March 6, 2015. Prof. Cantoni presented a seminar on eTourism and Heritage at the Rede da Cátedra UNESCO - Turismo Cultural e Desenvolvimento in Coimbra, Portugal

We are glad to announce that the second edition of the UNESCO chair Summer School is out! Check out the program and all novelties around the theme: Information and Communication Technologies to Promote Sustainable Tourism - Tangible and Intangible...

From February 13th to March 29th 2015 the "Rede da Cátedra UNESCO - Turismo Cultural e Desenvolvimento" organizes 13 seminars in different cities of Portugal and Açores Islands. In March 6th 2015 Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni was invited to present the...

February 3-6, 2015. ENTER2015 eTourism Conference by IFITT whose president is Prof. Cantoni was held in Lugano (Switzerland).

December 4-7, 2014. Prof. Cantoni held a keynote presentation at the  Conference Smart Travel 2014 in Bragança and Mirandela (Portugal).

November 19-21, 2014. Prof. Cantoni gave a course on "Promotion and Localization of Websites for Sustainable Tourism" for the European Master in InterCultural Communication (EMICC) - at INALCO in Paris (France).

November 6-8,  2014. Prof. Cantoni held a keynote presentation at the Conference Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality. A Heritage of Hospitality and Hospitality for Heritage in Istanbul (Turkey).

May 10, 2014. Presentation of the new website of Fondazione Svizzera Pro Venezia.