Venue 2010

Geneva is located 373 m above Mean Sea Level between the Alps and Jura mountains, to the south-west extrimity of Switzerland and beside Lake Geneva. It's the second most populated city of the country with 185 000 inhabitants (foreigners make up about 45% of the population - with more than 180 nationalities, it is an example of an international city). Until 1870, Geneva was actually the most populated of the Swiss cities, but has been overpassed by Zurich.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, Geneva welcomed loads of political refugees (Switzerland was a neutral country during the two world wars in the first half of the 20th century). The city became the host of the Red Cross organisation, and is nowadays hosts the headquarters for several international institutions.
Geneva is an important Swiss university centre, and therefore a young and dynamic city.