Thursday Oct 30

Unusual Suspects Providing Opportunity In Uncertain Times from Outer space to Deep Ocean

The travel industry can benefit from science and technology’s advancements. This session explores four key sectors whose efforts can be informative and inspirational in driving new collaborations improving sustainability: science and aerospace; deep ocean and marine; biodiversity and climate science and technology and sustainability.  What about the effects of rare earth mineral harvesting by land and by sea? Open data sets, collaborative projects and emerging innovations will be shared that travel stakeholders can leverage for better destination management.

• Roberto Martinoli, Member of the Board, RINA Srl [Italy]
• Will Bateman, CEO, CCell [UK]
• Laurence Monnoyer-Smith, Vice President, Sustainable Development, CNES, French National Space Agency [France]
• Myriam Younes, Managing Director, Strategic Partnerships and Advertising, Rome 2 Rio [Australia]

Moderator: Paige McClanahan, journalist and author [US]