The conference will be held in the rooms of USI (University of Lugano), located in the via Giuseppe Buffi 13, in the centre of Lugano, a beautiful city on the shores of Lake Lugano, in the Ticino Canton, in the southern part of Switzerland.
A map of the campus is available.

Accommodation

We have selected a list of hotels in the vicinity of the venue.

You can also visit the site of Swiss Hotels Association to book online your accommodation. Please, remember that in May in Lugano the holiday season starts, so be quick in securing your reservation well in advance!

How to get to Lugano

You can get to Lugano by train, car, and plane.

• By plane. Lugano Agno (LUG) is the airport of Lugano. Crossair is the operator of the airport and there are direct flights with major European cities. There are also two major international hubs, Zurich (ZHR) and Milano Malpensa (MPX) which are relatively close to Lugano. Zurich is connected to Lugano every hour by train (see below) and the travel time is 3.5 hours (return ticket 108 CHF). Milano is connected by a shuttle bus (departing at 08:30, 11:30, 16:30, 19:30 every day) and it takes 70 minutes to cover the distance (return ticket 50 CHF).
• By train. The swiss federal railways provide an interactive time-table which can help you in planning your rail trip to Lugano.
• By car. Lugano is placed on the A2 Autobahn which crosses Switzerland along the North-South axis. Traffic conditions can be checekd on the Touring Club Suisse website (follow the "inforoute" link).