{"id":148,"date":"2025-03-04T07:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T07:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpchi.org\/2026\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:06:51","slug":"about-the-venue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alpchi.org\/2026\/about-the-venue\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Venue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AlpCHI 2026 will be held in person Sunday, March 1st, 2026, to Thursday, March 5th, 2026. Registration will open in September and includes all meals for the duration of the event. Participation is planned from Sunday to Thursday, and attendees are encouraged to be present for the full duration to fully benefit from the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first edition of AlpCHI 2026 will take place at the <a href=\"https:\/\/csf.ethz.ch\/\">Congressi Stefano Franscini (CSF)<\/a> by ETH Z\u00fcrich in Ascona, Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--kubio-color-7);border-left-width:2px;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><em>The Congressi Stefano Franscini (CSF) is a division of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH Z\u00fcrich), responsible for the financial and administrative promotion and selection of international conferences, workshops, ETH doctoral schools and situated in the south of Switzerland (Canton Ticino) at Monte Verit\u00e0.<br><br>Every year, the CSF hosts 20 \u2013 25 events organized by professors working at Swiss academic institutions from all different disciplines.<br><br>The CSF is also open to the local population with a regular program of public events (lectures, concerts, films, hands-\u200bon demonstrations, etc.) organized in the context of its international conferences.<br><br>The CSF has been named after the Federal Councillor Stefano Franscini, a native of Ticino who, in 1854, played an important part in establishing the first Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland, ETH Z\u00fcrich.<\/em><br><em>(from <a href=\"https:\/\/csf.ethz.ch\/about-us.html\">https:\/\/csf.ethz.ch\/about-us.html<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please find more information about the venue CSF on its Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/csf.ethz.ch\/\">https:\/\/csf.ethz.ch\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the main building of the conference centre (Bauhaus) and the Villa Semiramis are generally accessible for wheelchair users. The conference rooms in the main building are also wheelchair accessible, and there is an accessible toilet on the ground floor as well as specially equipped hotel rooms with barrier free bathrooms. If you have any specific needs, please let us the organizers know so that we can make the necessary arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please find more additional accessibility-related information here: <a href=\"https:\/\/zuerst.proinfirmis.ch\/pois\/detail\/24823\">https:\/\/zuerst.proinfirmis.ch\/pois\/detail\/24823<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpchi.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/csf-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-446\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(\u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/csf.ethz.ch\/\">https:\/\/csf.ethz.ch<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AlpCHI 2026 will be held in person Sunday, March 1st, 2026, to Thursday, March 5th, 2026. Registration will open in September and includes all meals for the duration of the event. 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