Programme - Circle the Med Forum

09:00 - 09:30

Registrations

09:30 - 09:50

Opening-Welcome

Speakers :

Prof. Spyridon Flogaitis

Director European Public Law Organization of the EPLO and President of its Board of Directors

Mr. George Kremlis

H. Director of EC, member of the Board of the EPLO, President of its Circular Economy and Climate Institute

Mrs. María de la Concepción de Santa Ana Fernández

Managing-Director of El legado andalusí-Andalusian Public Foundation, Spain. Lead Partner of the Dialogue4Tourism project

09:50 - 10:00

Dialogue4Tourism Interreg Euro-MED presentation

Speakers :

Mr. Ioannis Mardikis

Director of the Circular Economy and Climate Institute of the EPLO, Hellenic Republic

10:00 - 11:00

Round table I: The future of sustainable tourism in the Mediterranean basin

Moderator :

Mr. George Kremlis

H. Director of EC, member of the Board of the EPLO, President of its Circular Economy and Climate Institute

Speakers :

Mr. George Hatzimarkos

Governor of South Aegean, the Region of Cyclades and Dodecanese island groups, Greece

Mr. George Alexakis

Vice Governor of Crete on European and International Affairs, Vice President of CPMR on climate & energy

Mr. Fokion Zaimis

Deputy Governor for entrepreneurship, research and innovation, Region of Western Greece

Mr. Ihab Tarek

Ex - Regional Coordinator, Environmental Governance Legal Officer, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

Mrs. Alessandra Sensi

Head of the Environment, Green and Blue Economy Sector at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

11:20 - 12:20

Round table II: Transformation of Tourism governance. Innovative and circular tourism

Moderator :

Mrs. Alexia Spyridonidou

Business Development Manager, Circular Economy and Climate Institute-EPLO, Hellenic Republic

Speakers :

Mr. Lovre Karamarko

Head of Service for the implementation of Financial Mechanisms in the field of Energy and Climate Change and Strategic Projects and Initiatives in the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds of the Republic of Croatia

Mr. José Francisco Benitez

EU Projects Advisor at the Regional Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport of Andalucia, Spain

Mr. Tomaso Comazzi

Communication and Membership Manager at the Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism (NECSTouR)

Mr. Haris Paliogiannis

Policy Officer at the Mediterranean Information Office for the Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE). Community4Innovation

Mrs. Tonia Koutsopoulou

Research Associate at the University of Thessaly. Community4Tourism project, Interreg Euro-MED

Prof. Demetris Francis Lekkas

Associate Professor – Environmental Engineering and Science Sector, University of Aegean, Greece

12:20 - 13:20

Round table III: Transformation of Tourism governance. Towards a resilient and climate neutral tourism

Moderator :

Mr. Ioannis Pappas

Director for the Mediterranean Region at the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)

Speakers :

Mr. Tabone Robert

Head EU and International Affairs Unit at the Local Government Division within the Ministry for National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government, Malta

Mr. Saša Popovac

Head of Market Research and Analytics from the Croatian National Tourist Board, Croatia

Mrs. Laure Reynaud

Sustainable Tourism Coordinator for the Regional Nature Parks of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Prof. Maria Papadopoulou

President of the Board of the Greek Natural environment and climate change Agency (NECCA), Professor at the School of Rural Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Mr. Giuliano Tallone

Head of Studies, Innovations, Statistics, Regional Tourism Agency, Lazio Region, Italy

Mr. Danilo Čeh

Lead project manager at the Scientific research Centre Bistra Ptuj, Slovenia. Community4LivingAreas project, Interreg Euro-MED

Mrs. Marina Kouta

Project Manager at the University of Patras, Greece. Dialogue4LivingAreas project, Interreg Euro-MED

13:20 - 14:00

Light Lunch

14:00 - 14:30

Closing remarks

Speakers :

Mr. George Kremlis

H. Director of EC, member of the Board of the EPLO, President of its Circular Economy and Climate Institute

Mr. Ioannis Mardikis

Director of the Circular Economy and Climate Institute of the EPLO, Hellenic Republic

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