2026 Winter Olympics – Dialogues between the city and the Alpine macro-region

The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics involve different sites within a complex macro-regional system: springing from Milan’s metropolitan core and stretching across the mountain areas of Lombardy, Veneto, and Trentino-Alto Adige. This seminar draws on two recent books that focus, in particular, on the Milanese and Valtellina contexts: Milan Cultural Mega-events and Beyond the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, recently published by researchers from Politecnico di Milano’s Department of Architecture and Urban Studies. Following a keynote speech by Sven Daniel Wolfe (ETH Zurich) addressing mega-event planning and sustainability, a panel of local administrators, experts, and scholars will discuss the current and future steps toward the 2026 Winter Olympics event and their urban and regional legacy.

Keynote speech: Sven Daniel Wolfe – Lecturer, ETH Zurich
Roundtable: Samanta Antonioli – Deputy Major for the Olympics and Sport Mega-events Comune di Bormio, Matteo Basso – Assistant Professor IUAV, Marcello Rossi – National Council Member CNAPPC, Giancarlo Tancredi – Deputy Major for Urban Regeneration Comune di Milano, Gloria Zavatta – Sustainability & Legacy Director Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation
Roundtable Moderated by: Francesca Vigotti – Assistant Professor Politecnico di Milano

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Responsabili
Davide Ponzini, Abdallah Jreij

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