3 festivals in a single weekend on art and new technologies in Lugano in the Canton Ticino (Switzerland)

(Press release – Lugano, Switzerland, June 12, 2024)

This year, Lugano has tripled its offer at festivals linked to new technologies. After the experiences of the past years, it is time to provide some vertical content for the different communities and different interests associated with the world of the digital avant-garde.

On June 14 and 15, 2024 in Lugano There will be:

NFT Festival: Dedicated to Web3 communities and fans of NFTs in all their multifaceted forms;

Technology Festival: Focuses on the world of startups, investors, and the latest technological innovations;

amazing: Short for “We Understand the Future”, it is a vertical format of new art forms linked to the latest technologies.

And they all make up Digital weekend in LuganoWhich will spread throughout the city and canton of Ticino.

Thanks to the collaboration between FFS and Lugano Living Lab (the city's digital laboratory), entry tickets to the events will also be valid as transfer tickets on public transport within the entire Arcobaleno fare community for the duration of their validity. Tickets can be booked at www.nft-fest.com. Participants will therefore have the opportunity to easily reach Lugano from all over Ticino using the road Free public transportation network.

The center of the various festivals will be the City Hall and Piazza della Reforma (the main city square). Inside the Town Hall courtyard, there will be keynotes and podcasts from industry representatives and top influencers. As last year, it will also be an opportunity to discuss and “clash” on various sensitive, important, and sometimes contentious, topics related to technological innovation.

Above all, there will be space for innovations, and the city will expect to implement some strategic activities to facilitate the repositioning of emerging technology companies in the region.

Dozens of side events in those days, in a city characterized by its vibrant activity in June. It's summer, on the lake, in the Mediterranean climate, schools have just finished, and there are a lot of people around the city.

Michele Voletti, Mayor of Lugano “The courage that the city of Lugano has shown many times inspires new initiatives in the field of technological innovation and artistic avant-garde in the digital world. We are proud to involve more and more people in our territory, which today is being talked about in the world.”

Roberto Gorini, organizer of NFT Festival and TECH Festival He reiterates that “Lugano proves once again that it firmly believes in new technologies and in the ecosystem that this industry brings. In fact, we remember that Lugano was the first city in the world to equip itself with its own cryptocurrency for payments, its own wallet, its own blockchain and institutional blockchain, and many Start-up incubators and various training courses for companies, individuals and local communities in the business world.

Sponsor and Representative Operators:

ICP, Polygon, Tether, Cardano, Binance, Bitget, OKX, 1 inch, BGA, Intraverse, Noku, Original

Official media partners:

Crypto World, Chainwire, Cointelegraph, Money

Plan:

Opening from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.

Friday, June 14, 2024:

Strat-Up and investors will come together to… Lugano incubator The event is at 10:00 and some startups will be selected for the funding track it promotes Municipality of Lugano, SUPSI and Dfinity;

From 10:00 to 19:00 you can listen to different speeches on Monday Main stage and podcast lounge Stations on topics such as new technologies, investors and fashion.

Saturday, June 15, 2024:

At 10:00 Municipality of Luganoalong with institutional partners and blockchain panorama institutions, will be champions Exclusive eventWhere the city and key partners will unveil important initiatives dedicated to developing the cryptocurrency ecosystem;

From 10:00 to 19:00 different speeches will alternate on Monday Main stage and podcast lounge Stations on topics such as NFTs, art, gaming, and new technologies.

Concerts:

All-Star Dinner – June 14 at 8 pm

Institutional Venture Capital Luncheon – June 15 at 12:30 pm

Lugano party bored – June 15 at 7 pm

Rare party – Lugano Casino – June 15 at 11 p.m

Users can book and follow the detailed agenda Digital weekend in Lugano here:

http://slides.by/lugano-digital-weekend