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Application for Conferences 2013 and Winter Schools 2012/2013

The application period for international conferences in 2013 and for Winter Schools in 2012/2013 is now closed.

CSF Exhibition at Monte Verità

Following its success at the ETH Zurich from September 2010 until February 2011, the exhibition on the Centro Stefano Franscini is now on display in the main Auditorium at Monte Verità. Twelve posters describe the history and the activities of CSF during its first 20 years (1989-2009). The exhibition made its debut during the celebrations for CSF 20 years of activity (Monte Verità, October 2009) and after a "winter residency" in Zurich is now back at Monte Verità.

Public events of the CSF in 2012

• Thursday, March 22nd, 2012:Public lecture "Sound, music and brain" withing the international conference "Music in Neuroscience", 18-23 March, 2012 (In Italian)

• Wednesday, October 24th, 2012: Public lecture on the health risks of electromagnetic fields within the international conference "EMF Health Risk Research - Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future - 7 Years Later", 21-26 October, 2012 (In Italian)

Public events of the CSF in 2011

• Tuesday, May 3, 5.30pm: Public lecture "Images of violence and violence of images in urban violence cinema" within the international conference "Urban violence, young people and drugs in Latin America and Africa", 1-6 May, Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità-Ascona (in Spanish with translation in Italian)
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Martin Lienhard, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Literature at the University of Zurich, expert of literature and visual arts of Latin America and Africa.
  Flyer of the event (in Italian).
  Press coverage on "Il Corriere del Ticino" and "La Regione" (in Italian).

• Wednesday, May 26, 4pm: public lecture "Peut-il y avoir un exc`es de math´ematisation du monde?" within the international conference "Stochastic Analysis, Random Fields and Applications", 22-27 May, Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità-Ascona (in French).
  Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Bouleau (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées).

• Tuesday, October 11, 8.30 pm: public lecture "Quando manca l'ossigeno: sopravvivere all'ipossia nella vita" within the international conference "Hipoxia in Cells, Mice and Men", 9-14 October, Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità-Ascona (in Italian)
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Marco Maggiorini, Head of the Intensive Care Unit, Zurich Universital Hospital, alpinist, member of the REGA Foundation Board.
  Flyer of the event (in Italian)