With around 40 cultural, educational, and debate activities on the theme of conversational culture, the “Ilanzer Sommer” took place for the second time in August. In the evening, the topic “Peace in Europe: What role does Switzerland play?”, with a focus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, brought together people from international peace policy for a presentation and subsequent panel discussion. In his presentation, the head of the GSPC (Geneva Center for Security Policy), Thomas Greminger, gave an overview of the Ukraine conflict and developed a few keywords on what Switzerland can contribute to a peaceful solution. This was followed by a panel discussion on the same topic with Andreas Zumach (journalist for TAZ), Angela Mattli (Public Eye) and Leandra Bias (swisspeace), moderated by Laurent Goetschel (swisspeace). The third edition of the Ilanzer Sommer will take place next summer.