GSTC2018 Speakers
Following the GSTC Criteria and Kasane Call to Action to accelerate sustainable consumption and production (SCP), the key theme for this year’s GSTC Global Sustainable Tourism Conference, GSTC2018, are:
- Achieving Sustainable Destination Management
- Certification as a Driver of Sustainable Tourism
- Reaching the SDGs through the GSTC Criteria
- Market Access for Responsible Tourism Businesses
SPEAKERS (more speakers to come)
His Excellency The Fourth President of the Republic of Botswana; Lieutenant General
Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama
Prof. Graham Miller
Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Surrey
Sehenyi “Shex” Tlotlego
Botswana Coordinator, Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy
Adama Bah
Adama Bah, Chairman, Institute of Travel and Tourism of Gambia (ITTOG)
Jonathan Tourtellot
Founder and former Director, National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations; CEO, Destination Stewardship Center
Segametsi Monnamorwa
Botswana Environmental Department Manager, Wilderness Safaris
Heidi Van Der Watt
Director, Better Tourism Africa; Board Member, GSTC
Emad Hassan
Advisor to the Minister for Green and Sustainable Tourism, Ministry of Tourism, Egypt
Naut Kusters
Manager, Travelife for Tour Operators
Ronald Sanabria
Sustainable Tourism Specialist
Dr. Kelly Bricker
Vice-Chair, GSTC; Associate Professor and Director at the University of Utah in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Jorge Alves
Destination Management Officer, Azores Destination Management Organization
Grace Nderitu
CEO, Ecotourism Kenya
Per Gunnar Hettervik
Senior Consultant, NCE Tourism Fjord Norway
Glenn Mandziuk
President & CEO, Thompson Okanagan Tourism Region
Dr. Kim Langmaid
Founder, Vice President of Sustainability Programs, Walking Mountains Science Center
Dr. Moren Tibabo Stone
Senior Lecturer: Environment & Tourism, Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana
Dr. Ioannis Pappas
Found & CEO, Green Evolution; GSTC Regional Director – Mediterranean
Luigi Cabrini
Chairman, GSTC
Richard Malesu
Environment & Eco-Certification Manager, Botswana Tourism Organisation
Patricio Azcárate Díaz de Losada
General Secretary, Responsible Tourism Institute (RTI)
Dr. Richard Denman
Richard Denman, Director of the Tourism Company; Co-Chair of GSTC International Standards Working Group
Julian Matthews
Founder & Chairman, TOFTigers
Prof. Urs Wagenseil
Institute of Tourism – Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Heinrich Hafeni
Emerging Tourism Enterprises Association (ETEA), Namibia
Roland Vorwerk
Marketing Manager, Boundless Southern Africa
Carolyn Wincer
Commercial Director, Travelife for Hotels
Vincent Kouwenhoven
Founder & Managing Director, Green Safaris
Phillip Segadika
Head of the Archaeology and Monuments Division, Botswana National Museum
Sebastian Bovensiepen
CEO, The meeco Group
Ruth Stewart
Travel for Impact
Martin Balas
TourCert
Dr. Michael Flyman
Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, Botswana
Derek Tse
General Manager, Hong Kong Ecotourism & Travels Professional Training Centre
Kathleen Pessolano
Program Director – The Americas
Heidi Dahl
Head of Office – Southern Africa, Innovation Norway
Valere Tjolle
Publisher & Editor, TravelMole Vision on Sustainable Tourism
Randy Durband
CEO, GSTC
Jillian Blackbeard
Executive Marketing Manager, Botswana Tourism Organisation
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