About us

How it began

In 2016, the mayors of Basel, Bern, Biel/Bienne, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Lucerne, St Gallen, Winterthur and Zurich came up with the idea for a new Expo over an espresso, and shortly afterwards commissioned a project outline. The vision of NEXPO, the first nationwide Swiss national exhibition, was born.

Convinced of NEXPO's social significance and its power, the ten cities founded the association "NEXPO – the new Expo" in 2018. Since then, the association has been working tirelessly to put in place a new expo in the 2030s.

Today, the following towns and municipalities are also members of NEXPO: Aarau, Chur, Fribourg, Glarus, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lichtensteig, Neuchâtel, Pontresina, Saas-Fee, Schaffhausen, Sion, St Moritz, Uster and Zug. 

NEXPO seeks to inspire and move people. It is being developed together with artists, businesses, non-profit organisations, universities and the public. A unique cooperation that makes possible a diversity never seen before.

Association NEXPO – the new Expo

  • Association board
    • Raphael Golta, Mayor of Zurich (President of the association)
    • Joëlle Bertossa, Administrative Councillor of the City of Geneva
    • Conradin Cramer, President of the Government of Basel-Stadt
    • Marieke Kruit, Mayor of Bern
    • Grégoire Junod, Mayor of Lausanne
    • Stefan Fritschi, Mayor of Winterthur
    • Beat Züsli, Mayor of Lucerne
    • Maria Pappa, Mayor of St Gallen
    • Filippo Lombardi, Member of the Municipal Executive of Lugano (Vice-President)
    • Glenda Gonzalez Bassi, Mayor of Biel/Bienne
  • Management and project leads
    • Christina Hanke, Managing Director
    • Ladina Taxer, Zurich
    • Vanessa Mengel, Geneva
    • Christoph Bosshardt, Basel-Stadt
    • Jorgos Birboutsakis, Bern
    • Patrick Genoud and Simon Affolter, Lausanne
    • Gianluca Pardini, Lucerne
    • Kristin Schmidt, St Gallen
    • Jan Trautmann, Lugano

Our partners

  • Swiss Museum of Transport
  • Technorama
  • Suisseculture
  • Science et Cité
  • EPFL
  • Caritas Switzerland
  • Pro Infirmis
  • Pro Senectute
  • Procap
  • Swiss Council of Youth Activities
  • SwitzerlandMobility
  • Health Promotion Switzerland
  • TCS
  • Swiss Association for Transport and Environment
  • Pro Natura
  • Forum of Bilingualism
  • Swiss Bishops’ Conference
  • Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
  • Protestant Church in Switzerland

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