Agenda
Day 2 - 10 November 2020, Tuesday
10:00 – 19:45 GMT
- 10:00 GMT
Welcome
Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC
Dr. Taleb Rifai Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO,
Simon Press Senior Exhibition Director, WTM,
Ibrahim Ayoub Group CEO & MD ITIC & Invest Tourism Ltd
- 10:05 GMT
Morning conversations
- 10:05 – 10:20 GMT
Current Economic Outlook, predictions and Recovery plan for 2021
Prof. Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development, Oxford University
- 10:20 – 10:35 GMT
Shaping the Future of Aviation and its projection by 2025
A conversation with Sir Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airline Hosted by Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC
- 10:35 – 10:45 GMT
Keynote Speech
Mahmoud Abdulhadi, Deputy of Investments – Ministry of Tourism, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 10:45 – 11:15 GMT
The Future of Tourism in the Green Economy
- Hon. Nayef Al-Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan,
- Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO
- Ms. Maribel Rodrigues, Senior Vice-President, WTTC
Conversation hosted by Peter Greenberg, CBS News
- 11:15 – 12:00 GMT
Health: Dealing with COVID-19 and how do we restore travellers’ trust and confidence to rebuild business. The New Normal - Learning to live, travel, work and play despite Covid-19
Moderator: Rajan Datar, Presenter & Broadcaster, BBC
Speakers:
Presentation:Angus Urquhart, Sales Director, GeneMe UK
- Simon Vincent, President Hilton, EMEA
- Filipe Silva, Board Member, Turismo de Portugal I.P.
- Professor Heymann David, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, LSHTM and Head of the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House
- Ambassador Dho Young-Shim, South Korea
- Tom Jones, Senior Partner, Finn Partners
- 12:00 – 12:15 GMT
Understanding the financial mechanisms that allow you to survive and rebuild
Presentation by Nicolas Mayer, Global Tourism Leader, PWC and in conversation with
Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC
- 12:15 – 12:30 GMT
One-to-One interview
with Majed AlGhanim, Managing Director, Tourism Quality of Life – Ministry of Investment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC
- 12:30 – 13:15 GMT
Analysing the Challenges and Investment Opportunities in the Aviation Sector
Moderator: Vijay Poonoosamy, Director International and Public Affairs of QI & former VP, Etihad Airlines
Speakers:
- Dale Keller, Chief Executive, Board of Arline Representatives – UK
- Suha Al Arda, Vice President – Treasury & Managements Accounts – Finance
- Gavin Watts, Client Transformation and Delivery Director, Yoti
- 13:15 – 13:30 GMT
Video Presentations and Coffee Break
- 13:30 – 14:15 GMT
Special Focus on the Middle East market - Investment opportunities in Sustainable Travel and Tourism sector
Moderator: Gerald Lawless, Director ITIC & Ambassador WTTC
Speakers:
- Hon. Nayef Al-Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan
- H.E Avedis Guidanian, Former Minister of Tourism, Lebanon
- Haitham Mattar, CEO, Beyond Tourism
- H.E Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal. Executive Chairman of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority Shurooq
- Hammad Al Balawi, General Manager of Investments – Ministry of Tourism, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Abed Al Razzaq Arabiyat, Managing Director Jordan Tourism Board
- 14:15 – 14:45 GMT
Investing in Africa: Tourism an important pillar for African development.
Moderator: Mark Beer, Chairman Metis Institute
Speakers:
- Nick Barigye, Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Finance Limited
- Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman African Tourism Board
- Belise Kariza, Chief Tourism Officer, Rwanda Development Board
- 14:45 – 15:15 GMT
Looking at the Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Airports
A Conversation with Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, hosted by Peter Greenberg, CBS News
- 15:15 -15:55 GMT
How investment in travel and tourism sector can drive growth and cooperation within the Commonwealth countries?
Moderator: Lerato Mbele, Journalist and Broadcaster, BBC
Speakers:
- Hon. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, Minister of Tourism, South Africa
- Hon. Memunatu B. Pratt, Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Sierra Leone
- Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP UK and Chair Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK
- Lord Rami Ranger, President Entrepreneurship, Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club
- Mobin Rafiq Founder and President of the Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club
- Lee Hayhurst, Executive Editor at Travolution.com
- 15:55 - 16:10 GMT
How to attract China outbound investment and tourism during and post covid19.
Presentation by Marcus Lee, Chairman of Association of SME Business owners in China
- 16:10 - 16:15 GMT
Video Presentations
- 16:15 – 17:00 GMT
Challenges and Opportunities for Mergers and Acquisitions in the Post Covid Stage
Moderator: Ibrahim Osta, International Tourism Strategist, Chief of Party, USAID Developing Sustainable Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, implemented by Chemonics International
Speakers:
- Video presentation by Duma Wang, CEO, Hiseas International Travel Group, China
- Nicolas Mayer, Global Tourism Leader, PWC
- Michel Taride, Strategic Adviser & former President Hertz International
- Kee Chong LI Kwong Wing, Independent Director, AFREXIM Bank
- 17:00 -17:45 GMT
Investment opportunities - Presentation of Destinations and Tourism Projects in quest of investment
Project Introduction by Paul Hoskins, Director ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd Brazil
- 17:10 – 17-20 Brazil – presented by Karl Heinsenberg Santos, General Manager – Investment Attraction, Ministry of Tourism – Brazil
- 17:20 – 17:40 Saudi Arabia, The Future of Travel and Tourism in Saudi Arabia, recovery through sustainable investment.
A conversation between Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC & former Secretary-General UNWTO; Haitham Mattar, CEO of Beyond Tourism and Nick Mayer of PWC.
- 17:45 – 18:30 GMT
Tourism Resilience: This may not be the last crisis, how can you prepare to face for any future global catastrophe
Moderator: Peter Greenberg, CBS News
Speakers:
- Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
- Hon. Nikolina Angelkova, Member of Parliament and former Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria
- Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman ITIC and former Secretary-General UNWTO
- Christopher Rodrigues, WTTC Ambassador and Chairman of Port of London Authority
- Raki Phillips, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Authority (RAKTDA)
- 18:30 – 19:00 GMT
Tourism job retention and job growth strategy: marketing tourism as a destination for Employment
Moderator: Nigel Fell, C-Suite leader and not-for-profit Board Advisor to Governments, Tourist Boards and Tourism Business Owners
Speakers:
- Konrad Mizzi, former Minister of Tourism Malta
- Judy Kepher-Gona, University Educator / Sustainable Tourism Advisor & founder Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda
- Catheryn Khoo-Latimore, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Australia
- Brian Mullis – Board member of Transformational Travel Council
- 19:00 – 19:30 GMT
Recovery plan for a stronger digital travel and tourism industry post Covid-19 and Beyond
Moderator: Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, Director eTourism Lab & Deputy Director, International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, Bournemouth University Business School
Speakers:
- Jayant Kolla, Founder and Partner Convergence Catalyst and Sensate Technologies
- Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman African Tourism Board
- Daniela Wagner, Director International Partnership, Jacobs Media Group
- Diego Fuentes Díaz, Chairman & Founder – Tourism Optimizer Platform
- 19:30 – 19:45 GMT
-Closing-
Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC
Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO
Simon Press, Senior Exhibition Director, WTM
Ibrahim Ayoub, Group CEO & MD ITIC & Invest Tourism Ltd
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