The ForumAlpinum 2026 in Aosta, is part of a week of various events: a Summer School for young researchers, two days dedicated to the ForumAlpinum (conference day and excursion day), and a number of interesting back-to-back events and side-events (some also open to the public) in collaboration with the Italian Presidency of the Alpine Convention, local authorities and other partners / organisations. Below you can find an overview of the weekly programme. The detailed ForumAlpinum conference programme will follow soon.

Under the following links you can find more information about the side-events open to all participants:

Weekly Programme Overview

Color codes:

  • Blue: open to all
  • Pink: open only to members of the respective working group / taskforce / association
  • Orange: catering breaks
ForumAlpinum Conference Day

A detailed programme of the ForumAlpinum conference day (Friday, 29 May) will follow soon. The following parallel sessions are foreseen:

  • governance of Alpine territorial systems following glacier loss:
    adaptation & mitigation, governance of resources, governance of public systems, governance of adaptation and transition processes, cascade effects, etc.
  • the impacts of cryosphere decline on environmental and cultural systems:
    natural resources, biodiversity, landscape, tourism, community identity, etc.
  • the consequences on territorial and urban systems:
    planning, depopulation, architecture, mobility, lowlands, cascade effects, etc.
  • the challenges posed to the economy and society:
    community resilience, conflicts management, adaptation & mitigation, quality of life, youths, education, research, etc.