Lugano is a highly resilient, adaptable, and quietly ahead-of-its-time community, integrating the respect for local traditions with the drive for innovation.
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Why Switzerland?
Switzerland offers an extraordinary example of leadership
- ranked #1 country in the Global Investment Risk and Resilience Index,
- ranked #1 country in the WIPO Global Innovation Index 2025 and
- ranked #1 country in the UN Human Development Index (HDI).
Why Lugano?
Lugano is a highly resilient, adaptable, and quietly ahead-of-its-time community, integrating the respect for local traditions with the drive for innovation.
In Lugano, the Patriziati, traditional organizations that preserve cultural and environmental patrimony, coexist nowadays with the Dalle Molle Institute IDSIA, one of the pioneering AI research institutes since the 1970s.
The city, with its LuganoPlanB, is also a pioneer in the application of blockchain technology. It is the first city in the world to develop a blockchain-based economic development strategy, issue its own cryptocurrency, and deploy a blockchain-integrated public municipal infrastructure, all while promoting social cohesion and adaptation through intergenerational digital literacy educational programs.