Speakers 2023

SPEAKERS PARTICIPATING IN #AWFT23

H.E. Mirza Hujic

Assistant Minister - Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ada Xu

Director of International Affairs, Fliggy/Alibaba Group [China]

Dr. Misa Labarile

Policy Officer, European Commission

HON. Edmund Bartlett

Minister of Tourism, Jamaica

Eliza Reid

First Lady of Iceland

Roberto Martinoli

Member of the Board, RINA Srl

Raimonds Gruntins

IATA Director of Regional Affairs Europe

Linden Coppell

Head of Sustainability, MSC

Peter Greenberg

Travel editor, CBS News

Christian Delom

Secretary general, A World for Travel

Rajan Datar

Host, journalist, BBC

Fréderic Vanhoutte

President & founder, Eventiz

Lucas Bobes

SUSTAINABILITY AND ESG OFFICIER, AMADEUS

Inge Huijbrechts

Chief Sustainability and Security Officer, Radisson Hotel Group

Nicolas Brumelot

CEO & Co-founder DIGITRIPS

Professor Lee Miles

University of Bournemouth

Kate Harden-England

Editor, Travolution

Antonio Castano

General Manager, Sevilla City Office

José Luis Sanz Ruiz

Mayor, Seville City

JEHAN DE THE

Group Public Affairs Director at Europcar Mobility Group

Catherine Logan

Vice President, EMEA, GBTA

Daniela Wagner

Commercial Manager, WTTC

Külli Kraner

Head of Tourism at Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for Estonia

Prof. Willy Legrand

Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Events, IU International University of Applied Sciences

Marcello Notarianni

Sr. Associate, SMA Tourism/ Associate – International Labor Union (ILO)

Carlos Cendra

CRO, Mabrian Technologies

Dr. Will Bateman

CEO, CCell Renewables

Jason Hunter

Sr. Global Practitioner, Blue Ocean Global Network

Spiros Almpertis

Vice President, Port Operations, Itinerary Planning and Management, Crystal Cruises

Dr. Sascha Gill

Vice President Environment and Sustainability, CLIA International

Didier Brechemier

Sr. Partner, Global Head for Transport, Logistic and Tourism, Roland Berger

Nico Nicholas

CEO at Trees4Travel / Zeero

Ibrahim Osta

Senior Advisor, Economic Growth & Trade, Chemonics International & Senior Destination Development Advisor, USAID Developing Sustainable

Valentina Girotto

Senior Director, International and Urban Climate Assistance

Raj Gyawali

Partner, Ethical Travel Portal, Norway Founder, socialtours, Nepal

Alastair Crossley

Global Head of Travel Solutions, AXA

Isobel Gibson

Senior Associate, Sustainable Aviation

Mireia Prieto

Regional Director for Western Europe, Booking.com

Eric Dresin

Secretary General, ECTAA

Rika Jean-Francois

Commissioner, ITB Corporate Social Responsibility

Fedja Begovic

Chief of Party, Project Turizam, USAID in BiH, Developing Sustainable Tourism

Philip Halanen

Head of Sourcing and Sustainability, EMEA, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts

Sanith de S. Wiejeyaratne

Director/CEO, Climate & Conservation Consortium

James Thornton

CEO, Intrepid Travel

Isabel Hill

Advisor; Board Member, Envoy, Sustainable Tourism Global Center; Former Director, National Travel and Tourism Office at U.S. Department of Commerce.

Eloisa Urrutia

Head of Sustainability M&E – American Express Global Business Travel

Mariangels Fortuny

Head of Unit, Forestry, Agriculture, Construction and Tourism Sectoral Policies Department International Labour Office, Geneva

Cat Jones

CEO, ByWay

Dr. Karl Wurster

Director of USAID/BiH’s Economic Development Office

Dr. Ripin Kalra

Technical Director, Urban Development and Resilience

Kathy Atkinson

Chief Executive at the Safer Tourism Foundation

Pablo Castillo

Co-founder and CTO, Chain4Travel

Stephan Keschelis

General Manager, Spain & France, Travelzoo

Brodie Carr

Head of Global Partnerships, Exceptional ALIEN

Tim Harris

Chair, South African Board of Tourism

Eric de Neef

Executive Vice President and Global Chief Commercial Officer, Radisson Hotel Group

Sam Altman

Researcher and Consultant, Jacobs Engineering; Co-Producer, Innovations of the World

Emilie Riess

Directrice RSE chez Groupe Pierre & Vacances - Center Parcs

Paul Pruangkarn

Chief of Staff, PATA

Blanca Cros

Head of the European Projects and International Relations Department at the Catalan Tourist Board

Silvia Aviles

Tourism Innovation Summit Event Director - VP at eMobility World Congress - CMO & Co-founder at NEBEXT

Louis Gendry

Principal at Roland Berger

Jason Dunderdale

Global Head of Agency Sales, Blacklane

Marina Delgado

Head of Tourism Quality and Innovation Service

Jose Luis Cordoba

Managing Partner, Andalucia L