Program
PROGRAM
08.00 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 09.15 Opening and Introduction
Boris Hanuščák – Mayor, City of Bardejov, Slovakia
09.15 – 10.30 Plenary Session I – Policy Actions for Sustainable Tourism Development
Place: Hotel Alexander
Moderator: Zuzana Gabrižová, EurActiv.sk
Key note speakers:
- Norbert Kurilla – State Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Slovakia
- Vazil Hudák – Vice-president, European Investment Bank
Panelists:
- Peter Ďurček – State Secretary, Ministry of Transport & Construction, Slovakia
- Dawid Lasek – State Secretary, Ministry of Sport and Tourism, Poland
- Ivan Liptuga – Director, Tourism and Resorts Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine
- Anton Marcinčin – Deputy Government Plenipotentiary for the Support of the Least Developed Regions, Slovakia
Q & A
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.00
Plenary Session II – Sustainable Tourism Development – Best Practices
Place: Hotel Alexander
Moderator: Zuzana Gabrižová, EurActiv.sk
Introduction:
Klára Novotná – Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of the Slovak Republic to UNESCO
Key note speakers:
- Lena Johansson – Swedish National Heritage Board, Sweden
- Kaspar Schűrch – Managing Director, World Heritage Experience, Switzerland
- James Rebanks – Managing Director, Rebanks Consulting Ltd, United Kingdom
Q & A
12.00 – 12.30 Press Conference
12.00 – 13.15 Lunch
13.15 – 14.30 Parallel Session I
Panel I – Financing the Sustainable Tourism Development
Place: Hotel Alexander
Moderator: Pavol Szalai, EurActiv.sk
Key note speaker:
Radoslaw Ossowski-Barbetti – Head, European Investment Bank Group in Slovakia
Panelists:
- Inga Magistad – Ambassador, Norway
- Gerry Muscat – Head of Division, Urban Development Division, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
- Andrea Babčanová – Chief of Staff, International Visegrad Fund
Q & A
Panel II – Natural and Cultural Heritage and Traditions as an Opportunity for All
Place: Hotel Ozón
Moderator: Lucia Yar, EurActiv.sk
Key note speaker:
Radoslav Ragač – Director-General, Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Slovakia
Panelists:
- Giora Solar – Director, Solar Architects, Izrael
- Katarína Kosová – Director-General, Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic
- László Miklós – Head, UNESCO Department, Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
- Martina Pásková– Chair, National Geopark Committee, Global Geopark UNESCO - Český raj, Czech Republic
- Ivana Cimermanová – Executive Director, Global Geopark Novohrad-Novograd, Slovakia
- Vladimíra Fabriciusová – Director, Poľana Biosphere Reserve, Slovakia
- Radomír Jančošek– Director, Šariš Region Tourism Organization, Slovakia
Q & A
14.30 – 14.45 Coffee Break
14.45 – 16.00 Parallel Session II
Panel III – World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism in the Carpathians
Place: Hotel Alexander
Moderator: Pavol Szalai, EurActiv.sk
Key note speaker:
Harald Egerer– Head, Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, UN Environment
Panelists:
- Michael Meyer – Chair, Working Group on Sustainable Tourism of the Carpathian Convention
- Tomáš Dražil – Director, National Park Slovenský raj, Slovakia
- Simion Giurca –Director, Romanian National Tourism Office in Vienna, Ministry of Tourism, Romania
- Andriy Ginkul – Director, Ukrainian National Tourism Organisation, Ukraine
Q & A
Panel IV – Destination Management in UNESCO Sites
Place: Hotel Ozón
Moderator: Lucia Yar, EurActiv.sk
Key note speaker:
Andrej Malachovský – Faculty of Economics, University of Matej Bel, Slovakia
Panelists:
- Peter DeBrine – Senior Project Officer, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Szymon Gatlik– Chief Specialist in Tourism Marketing, City of Krakow, Poland
- Iveta Niňajová– Independent tourism advisor, Member of Advisory Board by Deputy Government Plenipotentiary for the Support of the Least Developed Regions, Slovakia
- Ingrid Lojanová – Executive Director, Upper-Šariš & Upper-Zemplín Region Tourism Organization, Slovakia
- Martin Janoško – Director, Prešov Region Tourism Organization, Slovakia
Q & A
16.00 – 16.30 Plenary Session III - Conclusions and Closing Remarks
Place: Hotel Alexander
Moderator: Zuzana Gabrižová, EurActiv.sk
- Mechtild Rössler – Director, UNESCO World Heritage Centre (Video message with concluding remarks)
- Peter DeBrine – Senior Project Officer, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Norbert Kurilla – State Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Slovakia (Closing remarks)
SOCIAL EVENTS
17.45 – 21.00 Conference Cinema
Place: Žriedlo Cinema, Bardejov Spa
Wild Slovakia
Slovakia/Germany, 2015, 53 min.
Director: Jan Haft, Tomáš Hulík
The Wolf Mountains
Slovakia, 2013, 48 min.
Director: Erik Baláž
S tebou ma baví Slovensko
Slovakia, 2015, 56 min.
Director: Róbert Šveda, Pavol Barabáš