Invited Speakers
Ken Shirasu
RIKEN Yokohama
Bob Schmitz
University of Georgia
Doris Wagner
University of Pennsylvania
Teva Vernoux
ENS Lyon
Michael Raissig
University of Bern
Sara Simonini
University of Zurich
Ascona: the secret capital of lago maggiore
Ascona: City of Ideas, Style, and Stories
May 24–28, 2027 — CityLife
The Monte Verità Foundation
Strada Collina 84, CH-6612 Ascona
Ascona – where the Alps let go and soften into the Lago Maggiore, and firs are replaced by palm trees. The pastel houses along the Piazza have watched a century of people come here to slow down — painters chasing light, the restless chasing peace — and the lake keeps taking them in without ever telling what it’s seen.