08 March
Local Date: Mar 08 2025 |
Local Time: 6:00 am - 7:30 am
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Harald Pechlaner is Professor of Tourism (Chair of Tourism and Center for Entrepreneurship) and since October 2023 a founding chair of the School of Transformation and Sustainability at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany). Scientific Director of the Competence Center for Green Transformation in Tourism of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action since 2024. Chair of Center for Advanced Studies at EURAC Research, specialized in interdisciplinary research and futures studies (Italy). He is the responsible scientific director of the Sustainable Tourism Observatory of South Tyrol (STOST), part of the International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) of UN Tourism. Adjunct Research Professor at the School of Management and Marketing/Curtin Business School in Perth/Western Australia. His research is focused on destination governance and leadership, and global challenges for regions and destinations. |
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Richard Adam is an International Council member of World Tourism Forum Institute and Global Tourism Forum. Seasoned international C-level executive and board member in asset development, management and nvestment. Destination-, resort-, hospitality-, leisure venue-, public realm, commercial real estate development and place-making from a 360-degree perspective, from greenfield strategy, organizational and infrastructure development to delivering viable visitor experience, frequency, retention and sustainable business, with working experience on 4 continents and a series of accomplishments in distressed and challenging restructuring, recovery or greenfield missions. 20 years reporting at board level. Digital advocate, media trained, well-proven public speaker, endlessly curious. |
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David Weaver is Principal Research Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and has published more than 170 journal articles, book chapters and books. Since his retirement as a Griffith University Professor, he has maintained an active research agenda in sustainable destination management. Professor Weaver has contributed extensively to leading journals including Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research and Journal of Sustainable Tourism. His widely adopted textbooks include Tourism Management (Wiley Australia, with Laura Lawton), Ecotourism (Wiley Australia), Sustainable Tourism: Theory and Practice (Taylor & Francis) and Sustainable Tourism: An Advanced Introduction (Edward Elgar). He is a Fellow Emeritus of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, has held a prestigious Yangtse River Scholarship in China, and has delivered numerous invited keynote addresses around the world on innovative tourism topics. |
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Anna Scuttari is Professor for Empirical Research at the Munich University of Applied Sciences and has been Senior Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research (Bolzano, Italy) since 2012. She holds a doctoral degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany) and a master's degree in Tourism and Environmental Economics from the University of Trento (Italy). Her research interests include research methods, sustainable tourism and transport, mobilities, affective science in tourism and consumer behavior. She is coordinating the Sustainable Tourism Observatory of South Tyrol, a monitoring instrument belonging to the INSTO Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories of the UNWTO. |
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Elena Borin, Ph.D. in Economics and Doctor Europeus, Associate Professor for Link Campus University (Rome, Italy). Previously,Director of the MSc in Arts and Cultural Management and Coordinator of the Research team in Arts and Cultural Management at the Burgundy School of Business (Dijon, France). In 2016, she won the ENCATC Research Award for Cultural Management and Policy and in 2017 the IUSS Award for Best Thesis in Economics. She is member of several international scientific committees, organizations and educational programs in the cultural management field. Her research activities and main scientific contributions (published in books with Springer, PIE-Peter Lang and several scientific journals) are related to cultural entrepreneurship, public-private partnership in the cultural and creative sector, cultural tourism, governance and sustainability |
![]() | Harald Pechlaner Moderator |
![]() | Richard Adam Panelist |
![]() | David Weaver Panelist |
![]() | Anna Scuttari Panelist |
![]() | Elena Borin Panelist |