Our speakers
GGDD20
Meet our speakers
Theme 1: Reducing Our Climate Impact

Dağhan Mehmet Yazıcı
Environment and Waste Management Coordinator in TURMEPA – Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association.
Zero Waste Blue

Ayyoub Salameh
General Manager at North Island
North Island, Seychelles
Tackling Waste Management on North Island

Riine Rander
Marketing Manager of Visit Saaremaa
Saaremaa, Estonia
A Case Study of Saaremaa

Bev Thornton
Executive Director of Alberta South West Regional Economic Development Alliance
Alberta, Canada
Partnerships, Innovation and Green Economy Reducing Climate Impact: local action with a global impact

Diuly Cristina Mähler
Tourism Development Coordinator in the municipality of Rolante
Rolante, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Rolante Cycling Tourism
Portuguese Session

Andreia Melo Carreiro
Azorean Regional Director for Energy
Azores DMO
Azores, Portugal
Reducing Climate Impact: local action with a global impact
Portuguese Session
Theme 2: Certification To Support Destination Recovery

Rod Hilman
Chief Executive of Ecotourism Australia
Australia
Rebuilding from a crisis
Tuncay Kuleli
Director of Bodrum Maritime Vocational School
Turkey
A theoretical framework to measure the sustainability of coastal uses

Penny Spoelder
Senior Associate at TRC Tourism
Niue
Does size really matter? The journey of the world’s smallest independent nation toward sustainable tourism
Theme 3: Reinforcing Pride And Respect For Cultural Heritage

Giovani Rodrigues
Secretary for Planning, Finances, Tourism
and Economic Development in the Parnamirim
Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Centro Cultural Trampolim da Vitória
Portuguese Session

Janielle Linhares da Silva
Secretary of Tourism and Communication of the Municipality of São Miguel do Gostoso
São Miguel do Gostoso/ Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
The Community-Based Tourism Course
Portuguese Session
Theme 4: Beyond tourism's dependency

Felipe Vera Soto
Sustainable Tourism Management Specialist
Futaleufú, Chilean Patagonia
The Experience of Natales And Futaleufu In Chilean Patagonia

Magdalena A.K.Muir
Researcher and Social Scientist at the Arctic Institute of North America and the Energy Management Program
Caribbean-Pacific Islands-Remote Arctic Coasts
Utilizing Global Sustainable Tourism Council Criteria and Green Destinations Standards to Achieve Sustainable Development During COVID-19 Pandemic

Ms Romana Purkart
Head of the Public Relations, Bled Tourist Board
Slovenia
Saving Lake Bled
Greg Bakunzi
Founder of Red Rocks Rwanda
Rwanda and The Dominican Republic of Congo
Rwanda – A Case Study

Anja Sedevčič
Consultant for The Tourist Board of Miren–Kostanjevica
Miren Kras, Slovenia
Tree for Cerje (Drevo za Cerje)
Theme 5: Redefining Tourism Success

Masaru Takayama
Founder of the Asian Ecotourism Network (AEN)
Japan
Motivating Government of all sizes to become Green Destinations – Japan’s cases

Luca D'Angelo
Destination Manager at Dolomiti Paganella Tourism Board
Trentino, Italy
Dolomiti Paganella Future Lab

Blanka Kovačič
CEO at the Institute for Tourism and Sustainable Development of Solcavsko
Slokavia
The pure power of nature

Susan Santos de Cardenas
President of Society for Sustainable Tourism & Development Inc. (SST)
The Philippines
Rebuilding Tourism in a More Sustainable Way- Make Your Tourism Recovery Green

Joanne Chang
Consultant
Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan
Presentation

Elizabeth Susana Bauchwitz
Secretary of Tourism of Tibau do Sul | Local agent of the Local Economic Development Project
Tibau do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Ecological Sanctuary of Pipa
Portuguese Session