Conference Program

Sunday 26  and Monday 27 September 2010

Pre-conference Experiences

19.00 Get-together including dinner in Pärnu Yacht Club

Tuesday 28 September 2010
in Strand SPA & Conference Hotel

09.00 Opening of European Ecotourism Conference

Welcome to Pärnu and Estonia!

Conversations start

10.00 Global perspectives on Ecotourism in Europe – Mr. Richard Denman , The Tourism Company

10.30 Ecotourism and Climate Change – Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Strasdas, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development

11.00 The Experience Economy needs Ecotourism. And the other way around… – Mr. Paal Knutsson Medhus, Norway

11.30 Conversations in form of World Cafe

13.00        Lunch

14.00 Local Travel Movement – Mr. Luke H. Ford, WHL Travel

14.30 How to Market to Green Traveller? – Mr. Richard Hammond, greentraveller

15.00 – 17.30 Conversations in form of World Cafe

19.00 Social Event and Dinner in Strand SPA & Conference Hotel

Wednesday 29 September 2010
in Strand SPA & Conference Hotel

09.00 – 11.00 Parallel Sessions

Theme – Ecotourism and Biodiversity Conservation

• PAN Parks Tourism Model as a tool to protect Europe’s Wilderness – Mrs. Barbara Mayer, PAN Parks Foundation, Hungary
• Ecotourism in Protected Areas of Armenia – Mrs. Zhanna Galyan, Armenian Ecotourism Association

• Proposals for environmental policy based on demonstration of environmental, social and economic benefits from tourism in the Slitere national park – Mrs. Asnate Ziemele , Lauku Celotajs, Latvia

Theme – Community-Based Ecotourism in Europe

• Developing a sustainable tourism destination with the help of the principals of ecotourism – Ms. Anna Martinez, Sweden

• The Onion Road – one region, two nations, three cultures! – Ms. Triin Akkermann, Estonia

• Marelisi -  how to establish a new ecovillage – Mrs. Marta Tudela Sanchez, Spain – Georgia

Theme – Ecotourism and Certification Programs

• Ecotourism Development and Certification in Norway – Ms. Lone Lamark, Ecotourism Norway
• Eco-Romania, integrating certification within destination management – Mr. Andrei Blumer, Association of Ecotourism in Romania
• Estonian Ecotourism Experience – Mr. Mart Reimann, Estonian Ecotourism Association
• How to set up a European Ecotourism Knowledge Network: opportunities and benefits from local to European/global level – Mr. Herbert Hamele, Ecotrans, Germany

Theme – Ecotourism Product and Marketing Innovation

• Business Success and Constraints in the Swedish Nature Tourism Sector – Mr. Peter Fredman,

• Tools, tactics and tips for communicating in a digital world – Mr. Robin Gurney, Altex Marketing, Estonia

• Upgrade your world: How to integrate Web 2.0 tools in promoting European Ecotourism – Mr. Ron Mader, Planeta.com, USA/Mexico

11.00 – 13.00 Conversations in form of Open Space

13.00 – 14.00       Lunch

14.00 – 16.00 Conversations in form of Open Space

16.00 – 17.00 Closing of the conference

Post-conference Experiences

Thursday 30 September 2010

Post-conference Experiences