The 44th INHIGEO Symposium is organized by the Italian Society for the History of Science (Società Italiana di Storia della Scienza - SISS), with the collaboration of the Center for the History of the Mountains, Material Culture and Earth Sciences (CHMCES) of the University of Insubria, the Visconti di San Vito Foundation, the Transnational Association of Official Guides of Monte San Giorgio, the Turin unit of the Institute of Geoscience and Earth Resources (National Research Council of Italy) and the Tourist Mines of Lake Como (Grìgnolo).