GSTC2024 Conference Speakers

The GSTC2024 Global Conference in Royal Djurdgården, Stockholm, Sweden will address:

Environment

Climate and smart management

Social

Welcoming and inclusive

Governance

Thriving and innovative

Credible Assurance

Speakers

Fredrik Reinfeldt
Former Swedish Prime Minister

Dr. Aboud Suleiman Jumbe
Principal Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Heritage, Zanzibar – Tanzania

Cheh Hsien Lee
Assistant Chief Executive, Corporate and Sustainability, Sentosa Development Corporation – Singapore

Visit Sweden

Susanne Andersson
CEO, Visit Sweden

Firhan Mohamed Abdul Salam
Deputy Director, Conventions Singapore Tourism Board

Andreas Veilstrup Andersen
CEO and President, Liseberg Group / International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA)

Catherine Gilvarry
Head of Supply, Hostelworld

Annika Sandström
Region Tourism Chief, Region Västerbotten

Neil Rogers
Tourism Advisor, Rewilding Europe

Susana Vicente Álamo
Director ESG, Peninsula Papagayo

Leigh Howard
CEO, Tourism Fiji

Netsai Bollmann
Programme Manager, Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area Secretariat; GSTC Board Member

Henrik Littorin
Program Manager, ELIS (electrified aviation)

Ingunn Sørnes
Special Advisor on Sustainability, Innovation Norway

Jason Bent
Tourism Development Advisor and Cluster Manager, Tourisme Îles de la Madeleine

Camilla Zedendahl
CEO, Royal Djurgården Society

Jahanzeeb Ahmed
CCO, Because

Juliet Kinsman
Sustainability Editor, Condé Nast Traveler

 Lennart Pittja
Owner & Founder, Sápmi Nature Sapmi Nature Camp; Leadership Council, World Indigenous Tourism Alliance (WINTA)

Liisa Kokkarinen
Head of Sustainable Development, Visit Finland

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Bhummikitti Riktaengam
President, Sustainable Tourism Development Foundation (Phuket)

Elif Balcı Fisunoğlu
Vice General Manager, Tourism Operations and Development Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA)

Dr. Willy Legrand
Professor, IU International University of Applied Sciences

Annika Fredriksson
CEO, Swedish Lapland Visitors Boar

Wolfgang Töchterle
Marketing Director, IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige

Maria Fiskerud
Heartaerospace

Guojian Ou
Deputy Vice President, Sustainable Solutions, Mandai Wildlife Group

Hele Lōhmus
Tourism Development Project Manager, Visit Tallin

Carl-Oscar Lawaczeck
CEO, OceanSky Cruises

Dr. Kelly Bricker
Director Center for Sustainable Tourism, Arizona State University

Koko Tang
Founder, Colourful Earth; GSTC Board Member

Peter Skogh
Director, Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Choni Fernandez Veciana
Director of Sustainability, PortAventura World, Spain

Theofilos Kyratsoulis
General Manager, MINDHAUS

Kurt Grötsch
Director, Flamenco Dance Museum Seville

GSTC at ITB Berlin 2024

Rika Jean-François
CSR Commissioner, ITB Berlin; GSTC Board Member

Matthias Beyer
CEO, Mascontour

Kate Heiny
Vice President of Sustainability, Booking Holdings

 Roni Weiss
Executive Director, Travel Unity

Rachel McCaffery
Sustainability Lead, VisitEngland; Chair, GSTC’s Destination Stewardship Working Group

Kevin Fsadni
Deputy CEO – Product Development & Regulatory, Malta Tourism Authority

Gabriella Granditsky
Chief Sustainability Officer, Parks & Resorts Sweden

Filip Lundin

Filip Lundin
Founder, Sopköket

Dr. Milena Nikolova 
Chief Behaviour Officer, BehaviorSMART

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.Peter Reelfs
Sustainability Advisor and Lecturer

Linda Sturk
Project Leader, West Sweden Tourist Board

Thomas Laurell
Chief of staff, Stockholm Business Region

Anne de Jong
Co-founder, Good Tourism Institute

Rik van den Brink
Co-founder, Good Tourism Institute

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.Martin Heng
Accessible & inclusive Travel Expert (former Lonely Planet’s Accessible Travel Manager and Editorial Adviser)


Emma Björner

Researcher in Marketing, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg

 

Carl-Éric Guertin 
General Manager, Économusée Network Society

 

Dr. Kurt Grötsch
Director, Flamenco Dance Museum Seville

Stefania Clemente 
Sustainability Project Manager, Visit Trentino

Jason Lin
Co-founder & CEO, Hotelzero

Sarah Justine Leduc-Villeneuve
Director of Destination Development and Financial Assistance Programs, Tourisme Montréal

Arnar Már Ólafsson
Director General, Icelandic Tourist Board

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.Vojtech Vegh
Zero-Waste Plant-Based Chef and Author

Holger Sigmund
Co-creator, Tourism Impact

Tarek Habib
Co-Founder and CEO, Murmuration

Sri Mujiyati
Director, Viavia Tour & Travel Jogja

Peter Vaník
Market, Downstream and Innovation Consultant, European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA)

Virginie De Visscher
Executive Director, Business Events Destination Canada

Fredrik Hermelin
General Manager, Swedish Business Travel Association (SBTA)

Anja Hartung
Founder LoopNordic

Dr. Bijan Khazai
CEO, Risklayer

Urs Wagenseil
Professor and Co-director, Tourism Competence Centre, Institute of Tourism, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Maria Wiberg
Analyst, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth

Sven Wiltink
Global Senior Director Sustainability Radisson Hotel Group

Ayako Ezaki
Online Training Manager, GSTC

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Estefanía del Azar
Communications Manager, GSTC

CB Ramkumar
Vice-Chair & South Asia Program Director, GSTC


Dr. Mihee Kang
Global Assurance Director, GSTC

Luigi Cabrini
Board of Directors Chair, GSTC

Randy Durband

Randy Durband
CEO, GSTC

More speakers to be announced soon…

Organizers 

Visit Sweden

Media Partners

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