Lorenzo Cantoni

Portrait of Lorenzo Cantoni
Lorenzo Cantoni Professor: Università della Svizzera italiana
“Sustainable fashion by digital technology”

Lorenzo Cantoni graduated in Philosophy and holds a PhD in Education and Linguistics. He is full professor at USI – Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland), Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, where he is director of the Institute of Digital Technologies for Communication.

He is chair-holder of the UNESCO chair in “ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites”, established at USI in 2013. He is also board member of WHES – World Heritage Experience Switzerland and director of the Master in International Tourism; he has been also President of IFITT – International Federation for IT in Travel and Tourism (2014- 2018).
Lorenzo Cantoni is USI’s Deputy Rector and Pro-rector for Education and Students’ experience.