WORLD TOURISM DAY

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Keynote: Welcome to 24 Hours of Travel Innovation

István Ujhelyi, UN Tourism (formerly UNWTO) Ambassador for Sustainable Tourism & Rodney Payne, CEO at Destination Think

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100 Travel Innovations: ​​Spreading the world’s best examples of meaningful change driven by travel

Mikkel Aarø-Hansen, CEO at Wonderful Copenhagen; Todd Montgomery, Director at Oregon State University’s Sustainable Tourism Lab; Sara Raymond de Booy, Editorial Director at Destination Think

03

It’s time for systemic change: How to get beyond corporate sustainability-as-usual

Hadley Dryden, General Manager at Destination Hauraki Coromandel & Auden Schendler, Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company

04

Equity in tourism: How travel is helping destinations become more equitable places to live

Susannah Doyle, Tourism Manager at Indigo Shire Council; Ben Lyman, Head of Communications at the Travel Foundation; Bernadett Papp, Senior Researcher at the European Tourism Futures Institute; Rodney Payne, CEO at Destination Think

05

Indigenous stewardship: A collaborative model for tourism and environmental flourishing

Brad Parsell, Executive Director at Tourism Tofino; Gisele Martin, Tribal Park Guardian at Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks; Mike Rewi, CEO at Mana Tāhuna Charitable Trust

06

Bringing Copenhagen back home: How travel impacts grassroots sustainability

Helene Hjortlund, owner of Green Bike Tours and Green Learning Programs & Tobias Weber-Andersen, founder of GreenKayak

07

Stewardship in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast

Destination Think

08

Working toward sustainable housing solutions in Mammoth Lakes, California

John Urdi, CEO at Mammoth Lakes Tourism; Alisa Harper, restaurant owner and executive board member of Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce; John Mendel, Fire Commission Chair; and from Town of Mammoth Lakes: Rob Patterson, Town Manager; Nolan Bobroff, Community and Economic Development Director

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Helping our destination partners get back to business when disaster strikes

Amy Thacker, CEO at Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism & Stephanie Dunford, Senior Director of Destinations at Sojern

10

Community carrying capacity of tourism

Callandra Caufield, Executive Director at Cochrane Tourism Association & Todd Montgomery, Director at Oregon State University’s Sustainable Tourism Lab

11

Harnessing sentiment data for responsible destination management

Elizabeth Fogarty, Director at Visit Grand Junction & Hannah Babineau, Head of Partnerships at Data Appeal

12

Moving towards sustainable destination management in the Netherlands

Terry Smith, CEO at Destination Cape Breton; Ewout Versloot, Strategist at Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions (NBTC); Eelco Snip, Insights Expert at NBTC; Simone Zaghi, PR Manager at NBTC; Thijs de Groot, Program Manager of Destination Development at NBTC

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Energy and tech innovations: How private sector solutions are fuelling rapid decarbonization

Ellie Westman Chin, CEO at Destination Madison & Rod Drury, entrepreneur and founder of Xero

14

Electrification as a step toward regeneration

Mat Woods, CEO at Destination Queenstown; Mike Casey, owner of Forest Lodge Orchard; Toni Glover, owner of Kinloch Lodge; Trent Yeo, Executive Director at Ziptrek Ecotours

15

The net-positive-energy lodge bringing Queenstown Lakes toward carbon zero

Debbi Brainerd, owner of The Headwaters Eco Lodge

16

Carbon removal: What it is and why it is poised for exponential climate impact

Ellen Walker-Matthews, CEO at Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association & Tito Jankowski, Co-founder of AirMiners

17

How to green an industry: Climate action through insetting and deep retrofits

Angela Nagy, CEO at GreenStep Solutions & Stuart Black, COO at Pursuit Collection

18

Grenada’s reef pyramids and legacy restoration projects

Phil Saye, Grenada Artifical Reef Project

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First steps: Benchmarking – GDS-Index and Gothenburg as a positive example

Anja Spice, PR & Marketing Manager at Global Destination Sustainability Movement; Guy Bigwood, CEO at Global Destination Sustainability Movement; Katarina Thorstensson, Head of Sustainability at Göteborg & Co.

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Route to responsibility: Digital trail management and marketing for sustainable development

Susan Estler, CEO at Travel Marquette & Simon Reuter, Senior Research Partnership Manager at Outdooractive

21

Navigating your stewardship journey

Kristin Dunne, Director of Destination Stewardship at Miles Partnership & Anthony Everett, CEO at 4VI

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How travel businesses can go beyond offsetting to accelerate real decarbonization

Leslie Bruce, CEO at Banff and Lake Louise Tourism & Shannon Guihan, Chief Sustainability Officer at The Travel Corporation

23

Contrail avoidance: The most promising climate solution that no one's heard of

Monika Iuel, Chief Tourism Officer at Wesgro & Joachim Majholm, Founder of Blue Lines

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Film premiere: Travel Beyond

Destination Think