About us

The Congressi Stefano Franscini (CSF) is a division of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH Zürich), 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 Verità.

Every year, the CSF hosts 20 – 25 events organized by professors working at Swiss academic institutions from all different disciplines.

The CSF is also open to the local population with a regular program of public events (lectures, concerts, films, hands-​on demonstrations, etc.) organized in the context of its international conferences.

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 Zürich.