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The Second International Conference on Sustainable Tourism will take place Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November. Thursday 27 November the Riccione Conference Centre will host several events, seminars and conventions about sustainable tourism.
Thursday 27 November
9.00- 13.30 REGION TUSCANY VI EUROMEETING
“For a European Sustainable and Competitive Tourism
between Participation and Measurability”
12.00-13.00 PROVINCE OF RIMINI AND SCUOLA SUPERIORE DEL LOISIR E DEGLI
EVENTI DI COMUNICAZIONE
Presentation of the book “Tutti i colori del verde – Cartografia dei turismi
vocazionali e delle passioni per la natura” of Andrea Pollarini - Franco Angeli Editor
14.30–18.00 EMILIA ROMAGNA REGION
Seminar on Accessible Tourism
15.30-17.30 PROVINCE OF RIMINI AND ISPRA
Convention of European Ecolabel Hotels
“The revision of the European Ecolabel criteria for tourist accommodation service”
15.30-17.30 BITS
Working meeting of Italian members of Bureau International Tourisme Sociale
17.00-19.00 FOUNDATION CARIM-ENI
Convention on "Energy and Tourism"
17.30-19.00 COORDINATION OF ITALIAN LOCAL AGENDA 21
Working meeting of "Sustainable Tourism" , "Culture" and "Sustainable Mountains"
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Friday 28 November
9.00 Registration opens
9.30 Welcome Speech
Daniele Imola, Mayor of Riccione
Opening of proceedings and presentation of Conference
Ferdinando Fabbri, President of Province of Rimini
Intervene:
Paolo Bongini, NECSTOUR
Flavio Delbono, Vice President of Emilia Romagna Region
11.00 Coffee-break
11.30 The challenges of sustainability, competitiveness and identity enhancement
in tourist destinations.
Panel:
- Luigi Cabrini, Director of UNWTO World Tourism Organization -
Sustainable Development of Tourism
- Murray Simpson, Oxford University & Coordinator of the United Nations Environment
Programme – UNEP report ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the
Tourism Sector’
- Iuliana Gabriela Aluas, European Commission - DG Enterprise - Tourism Unit
- European Commission – DG Environment*
- Giovanna De Grassi, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Tourism
Departement of Sustainability and Competitivity of Tourism
- Pierluigi Manzione, Italian Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea Protection
- Angelo Villani, National Responsible of Union of the Italian Provinces
13.30 Lunch Buffet
The Conference continues in parallel sessions split into Panel discussions and Workshops. The Panel discussions will present expert contributions on the major issues discussed at the conference, the Workshops will focus on the comparison and exchange of experiences, good practices and projects.
15.00 Panel discussions
A - Sustainability and competitiveness
The strategies of European tourism in the era of globalization
Chairman: Malcom Bell, South West Tourism UK
- Alessandro Giorgetti, FEDERALBERGHI
- Paolo Bongini, Network of European Competitive and Sustainable Tourism Regions -
NECSTOUR
- Ellen Bermann, Tour Operators Initiative - TOI
- Ivica Trumbic, Priority Actions Programme/Regional Activity Centre - PAP/RAC
UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan
B - Tourism and climate change
Climate change and mass tourism in the Mediterranean basin
Chairman: Cesarino Romani, Concelour of Environment Province of Rimini
- Wolfgang Teubner, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
- Paolo Mazzola, FIAVET
- Emilio D’Alessio, Coordination of Italian local Agenda 21
- Stefano Tibaldi, ARPA Regional Environmental Protection Agency
for Emilia Romagna
C - Identity enhancement
The quest for identity of the 21st-century tourist: destinations reveal answers
Chairman: Marcella Bondoni, Concelour of Tourism Province of Rimini
- Matteo Montebelli, Research and Studies Center Publications
Touring Club Italiano - TCI
- Ermete Realacci, President of SYMBOLA – Foundation for Italian Quality
- Maurizio Davolio, Italian Association for Responsable Tourism - AITR
- Norberto Tonini, Bureau InternationalTourism Sociale - BITS
- Michel Thomas-Penette, European Institute for Cultural Routes
16.30 Workshops
A1 - Sustainability and competitiveness
Area Planning and sustainability: integrated coastal management
in the north and south Mediterranean
Chairman: Malcom Bell, South West Tourism UK
- Carlo Della Libera, The Coastal Union - EUCC
- Rinaldi, Emilia Romagna Region – ICZM
- Serenella Sala, University of Milan Bicocca
A2 - Sustainability and competitiveness
Certification and international, national and local quality labels
Chairman: Enzo Finocchiaro, Dirigente Provincia di Rimini
- Stefania Minestrini, Responsible for Ecolabel Field, Italian National Institute
for Environmental Protection and Research – ISPRA
- Yohann Robert, EC3 & Francois Tourisme Consultans
- Italian Hoteliers Association of Riccione
- Maria Chieppa, Municipality of Milan
- Lorenzo Bono, Ambiente Italia
B1 - B2 Tourism and climate change
Future scenarios and new tourism geography
Chairman: Andrea Burzacchini, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
- Elisa Calcaterra, Countdown 2010 Secretariat, International Union
for Conservation of Nature - IUCN
- Alvisi, Coordination of Italian Agenda 21 - A21L for Kyoto
- Simmo Saar, Deputy Mayor Parnu - Estonia
- Alessio Satta, Sardinia Region*
The adaptation of tourism destinations toc limate change
- Luigi Cabrini, UNWTO
- Stefano Donati, Ambiente Italia
- Elsa Casimiro, Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation Research Group –
CCIAM, Lisbon University
C1 - Identity enhancement
Tourists and destinations: in search of an identity
- Andrea Pollarini, Scuola Superiore del Loisir and Communication Events
- Paul Kiszely, Balatonfured - Hungary
- Massimo Gottifredi, APT Emilia Romagna
- Guy Bigwood, MCI Sustainability Group
- Livio Scattolini, Corinaldo- 2008 EDEN Awarded City
C2 - Identity enhancement
Tourism and local communities
- Gabriele Guglielmi, European Tourism Liaison Committee – ETLC
- Ignasi Riera i Garriga, Municipality of Lloret de Mar
- Malgorzata Ornoch-tabedzka, Puszczykowo - Polony
- Grace Stead, Cape Town, ICLEI Africa & Steadfast Greening
- Micaela Solinas, CTS Environment
- Emanuela Manca, CTS Environment
- Edith Tamagnini, Repubblica di San Marino
18.30 Closing of first day proceedings
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Saturday 29 November
9.30 Presentation panel discussion and workshop results:
- Sustainability and competitiveness
- Tourism and climate change
- Identity enhancenment
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 The European Agenda for sustainable and competitive tourism
Iuliana Gabriela Aluas, European Commission - DG Enterprise - Tourism Unit
11.50 From Aalborg Commitments to “Rimini Charter for Sustainable Tourism”
12.10 Final Rapporteur Malcom Bell, Chief executive South West Tourism UK
12.30 Approval of the new “Rimini Charter for Sustainable Tourism”
13.15 Lunch Buffet
15.00-18.00 Study visits on Sustainable Tourism best practice in the Province of Rimini
- Eco-sustainable Hotel
- Eco-sustainable and accessible beach establishment
- ICZM "Foce del Conca" Pilot project
- Historical architectures "Le Colonie" reconverted in Aquarium "Le Navi" and walk on the
Conca River Park in the thematic park
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