SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER 16th
Plenary 1
10:55 Call to Order and Welcome
11:05 Opening
11:15 Courage and Perseverance in Difficult Times
11:45 Key segments position
12:30 Covid-19: A Resilient Sector Drives to a New Deal with New Leadership
Governments and industry must step up with new leadership. Provide guidance on how to implement travel allowances and travel bans – how to manage a severe crisis.
13:15 Millenials view of travel
13:30 Lunchtime and networking
15:00 Remarks
15:15 Tourist Go Home, Tourist Come Back – Nationalism meets Globalization
Destinations around the world were once trying to keep tourists away, now do they want them back? How are governments balancing tourism and local citizenry demands? How are NGOs playing a role in governance and the local economy of destinations? How long will it take to overcome tourist=covid?
16:00 Break 15’
Conferences
Amphitheater
16:15 “Climate Revolution”
Adapting to the world’s new geography- Coastlines are being reshaped, destinations are adapting to new weather patterns, how will the industry adjust?
17:00 “Localization vs globalization or Glocalisation”
How to share space and value. Is there a new model for the travel sector that merges the need for sustainability with economic performance? Keynote discussion of a worldwide (macro) economist and an analytic consulting firm
Conference Room
16:15 Travel, Peacekeeper and Smart Power
Awareness, diversity, exchanges, protection of cultural and natural Heritage
17:00 Shifting Climate Changes Impact on Tourism
Water availability, extreme temperature, weather crisis, natural risks. Over the next decade which areas will be most affected and how will tourism be impacted? Please look at this problem via short term, mid-term and long-term perspectives.
Workshops
16:15 Risk Mitigation and Health Issues, the Impact on Travel Planning
17:00 Tourism’s Impact on the Environment
How can we ensure preservation of local environments and co-existence of biodiversity and the local economy?
17:45 End of sessions – Day 1
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September 17th
Plenary 2
08:30 Call to order and Welcome: A World for Travel
08:35 Welcome Address – Évora
08:45 Welcome Address – Turismo do Alentejo
08:50 Special Remarks
09:10 «Sustainable Tourism Plan 2020-2023»
09:20 Review of Global Position and White Papers
09:30 How European Countries Collaborate, Advance and Organize a Fluid Domestic Market
10:00 Back to Basics: Culture and Heritage
10:45 Break 15′
Conferences
Amphitheater
11:00 Sustainable Tourism means Industry Reorganization
11:45 New Governance for Safe, Sustainable Travel
12:30 Shared Economy Players’ Contribution to the Transformation of Tourism
Conference Room
11:00 Long term investments and payback: a new model and new risks
11:45 Revising the Travel Model
12:30 From transport to mobility solutions – zero carbon target –
Workshops
11:00 How Will Business Travel Look
11:45 Tourism’s Positive Impact on the Evolution of society
12:30 Better Than Good Enough
13:15 Lunchtime and netwoking
Afternoon
15:00 Conversation
15:30 Consolidation of Workshop Output facilitated Evora University students
15:45 UN Climate Change Summit “A COP in Advance” for Safe and Sustainable Travel
16:00 Conclusion: Tourism Tomorrow
16:15 Overview of Portuguese Policy, Developments and Results & forum conclusions
16:45 “Spirit of Evora” Awards
Granted to a personality or an organization having achieved a remarkable transformation
17:00 End of forum
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