2026 Winter Olympics

Dialogues between the city and the Alpine macro-region

30/09/2024, h. 17:00
Politecnico di Milano, Campus Leonardo, Edificio 1, Aula Magna del Rettorato
Piattaforma Webex

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

Speakers

Andrea Arcidiacono, Full Professor of Urban Planning – Massimo Bricocoli, Director of DAStU – Stefano Di Vita, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning – Luca Gaeta, Coordinator of the Urban Planning, Design, and Policy PhD Program – Abdallah Jreij, PhD Candidate – Pierangelo Metrangolo, Rector’s Delegate for Sports – Davide Ponzini, Full Professor of Urban Planning.

Responsabili

Davide Ponzini, Abdallah Jreij

Photo Credits: Propp