Official Opening and Welcome

Silvia Barbone, FEST (Foundation for European Sustainable Tourism).

Arantza Madariaga, General Manager of BASQUETOUR (Basque Tourism Agency).

Nerea Melgosa. City councillor for employment and sustainable economic development.

Presentations and lessons learnt from implementing Sustainable Tourism Best Practices

1. Zero Carbon Resorts (ZCR) towards Sustainable Development of

the Tourism Sector in the Philippines and Thailand (funded by the Switch Asia Programme).Robert Wimmer, Chairman GrAT - Center for Appropriate

Technology.

2. Digging for gold: how tourism is used in Folkestone’s creatively led regeneration.Alastair Upton, Director of the Creative Foundation in Folkestone.

Presentations and lessons learnt from implementing Sustainable tourism Best Practices

3. Project management tools, approach and lessons learnt from a donor perspective.Knut Gerber, Adviser GIZ.

4. Tourism for Tomorrow Tourism Destination Award Winner Ljubljana.Petra Stušek, General Manager, Ljubljana Tourism.

Brainstorming Session

Generating successful project ideas with PM4SD™.Moderated by Alejandro González Domingo, Bio Sustainable tourism and PM4SD expert.

Presenters selected for the papers submitted will present their case study:

1. System of tourism indicators for the sustainable management of destinations in the province of Barcelona.Dra. Alba Caballé, Diputació Barcelona (LABturisme).

2. Linked Data for Sustainable Tourism Destinations.Ander García, Department of eTourism and Cultural Heritage, Vicomtech-IK4.

3. From obscurity to world fame: the transformation of the Puerto Princesa underground river.Nerissa D. del Fierro-Juan. Getaways Travel and Tourism Consultancy

(videoconference).

4. Using private-public partnerships to develop sustainable agro-tourism: the Sao Tomé and Principe case-study.Andrea Serpagli, IFAD.