Venue

The convention will be held at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino and near the border with Italy. This conference venue is ideally situated in the city center and is less than a ten-minute walk from Lake Lugano. Visitors are attracted to Lugano and its surrounding areas thanks to the beauty of the sub-alpine landscape, the lake and its shores.

The University of Lugano, established in 1996, is part of the Swiss university system, along with nine other cantonal universities and two federal polytechnic schools. The University of Lugano has two campuses, one in Lugano, for the Faculties of Economics and Communication Sciences, and the other in Mendrisio, home to the Academy of Architecture, 15 kilometers south of Lugano. The Faculty of Communication Sciences offers specializations in mass communication and new media, corporate and institutional communication, communication technology, and communication in education and training.

In view of its geographical, political and cultural position, the university wants to act as a bridge between cultural areas in the north and the south of Europe. It aims to contribute to an ongoing dialogue and exchange between diverse disciplinary and cultural traditions.