General program
Thursday 9th December 2021
8:30 – 8:55
DELIVERY OF CREDENTIALS
AUDITORIUM HALL
9:00 – 9:30
OPENING SESSION
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:15
ROUND TABLE: THE POST-COVID AIR CONNECTIVITY
- Mr. Javier Gándara – Chairman of Airlines Association (Asociación de Líneas Aéreas)
- Mr. Rodolfo Nuñez Ruano – Chairman of BINTER
- Mr. José Juan Lorenzo Rodríguez – Director Gerente Promotur Turismo Islas Canarias
- Moderator: Dª. Anabel Rivero – Directora del Departamento de Turismo de la Cámara de Comercio de Gran Canaria
11:15 – 11:45
BREAK
11:45 – 12:15
OPENING CONFERENCE: THE GOVERNMENT’S PLAN FOR RECOVERY, TRANSFORMATION AND RESILIENCE
- Mr. Fernando Valdés – The Spanish Secretary of State for Tourism (to be confirmed)
12:15 – 13:15
ROUND TABLE: DIGITALIZATION IN THE TOURISM SECTOR
- Mr. Mustapha Achoubane – Polytechnical University of Florida
- Mr. José Juan Lorenzo Rodríguez – Director Gerente Promotur Turismo Islas Canarias
- Moderator: Mr. Jacques Bulchand Gidumal – Director de Digitalización Orientada al Usuario, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
13:15 – 13:45
KEYNOTE LECTURE: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE TOURISM SECTOR
14:00 – 16:00
BREAK
STARTING TIME 10:00 – LA VELA TERRACE
GASTROFORUM – Coordinator: MR. FRANCISCO ALMEIDA OSSA
Several demonstration workshops shall be carried out by different businesses and training centres
AUDITORIUM HALL
16:00 – 18:30
HALLS: GUAYADEQUE, BALOS AND ARIDANE
16:00 – 19:30
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS – CHALLENGES OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS
Friday 10th December 2021
AUDITORIUM HALL
9:00 – 10:00
ROUND TABLE: DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN THE CANARY ISLANDS DURING THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA: PERSPECTIVES FOR A SELF-DETERMINED AND DIVERSIFIED TOURIST MODEL
- Mr. Valentin Herbold – Expert in Development of Tourist and Urban Destinations (University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)
- Moderator: Mr. Antonio Garzón Beckman – Founder and Managing Partner of Nutrihotel
10:00 – 11:00
ROUND TABLE: MAKING UP A SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION, LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE COVID-19
11:00 – 11:30
BREAK
11:30 – 12:30
ROUND TABLE: SUCCESSFUL STORIES OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY APPLIED TO THE TOURISM SECTOR
12:30 – 13:00
OPENING CONFERENCE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCESSIBLE TOURISM
- Presented by: Mr. Sebastián Sansó Marrero – Managing Director of the San Roque University Hospitals in Maspalomas and Director of Corporate Development
13:00 – 14:00
ROUND TABLE: ISLAND TOURIST DESTINATIONS. POST-COVID CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Mr. Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera – Expresidente de Uruguay
- Mrs. Yaiza del Castillo Herrera – Counselor of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Canary Government
- Mrs. Natalia Martínez Páramo – Head of Unit for the Executive Agency for SME’s, European Commission (to be confirmed)
- Mrs. Isabel Oliver Sagreras – Former Spanish Secretary of State to Tourism, Consultant of the UNWTO
