The conference is hosted by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and the Municipality of Bozen-Bolzano.

With its almost 100,000 German-speaking and Italian-speaking inhabitants, Bozen-Bolzano is the capital of the province of South-Tyrol. Bozen-Bolzano is a multilingual business centre located in a beautiful setting in the Dolomite Alps area. Since 1997 Bozen-Bolzano has also a University.