Adriatic Sea Forum Programme 2022

ADRIATIC SEA FORUM – Cruise Ferry Sail & Yacht

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The programme of Adriatic Sea Forum 2022

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 6

13.45 Openings and registrations

14.00 Welcome speeches

Antonio Decaro – Mayor, city of Bari
Luca Scandale – General Manager, Pugliapromozione
Vincenzo Leone – Rear Admiral, Head of Bari Port and marine director of Apulia and Ionian Basilicata

14.30 Bari Host City of the 2022 edition

Ugo Patroni Griffi – President, Southern Adriatic Ports Authority

Adriatic Sea Tourism Report

Francesco di Cesare – President, Risposte Turismo

15.00

Who will be the tourists in Adriatic in the next future?

What can we expect from maritime tourism in the Adriatic? Who will be the tourists who will arrive? What are the profiles and characteristics? What can push them to take a holiday in the Adriatic? How ready are the area and its destinations to welcome them?

Matteo Della Valle – Passengers Sales&Marketing Staff Director, GNV
Andreas Nüssel – Managing Director Europe, Silversea
Maro Saulovic – General Manager, Gulliver DMC
Luca Scandale – General Director, Pugliapromozione
Ilija Todorovic – Senior Associate, Tourism Organisation of Kotor

Moderator: Francesco di Cesare – President, Risposte Turismo

16.15 – CONCURRENT ROUND TABLES

Is there anyone who is struggling to innovate and restart the growth of ferry traffic in Adriatic?

An industry that has always guaranteed mobility between the two coasts of the Adriatic, as well as connections with the islands, essential for facilitating tourist flows, for years has not seemed to find the key for a change of scenery. Is the brake in supply or demand? What could be done to increase or improve the links? And is this a real need for operators, destinations and tourists? Or should we expect to have the same current status quo in ten years?

Piero Bianco – Head of Port Operations Dpt. for the ports of Bari, Manfredonia, Barletta and Termoli, Southern Adriatic Ports Authority
Corrado Ceccarelli – Business Developer Manager, Gruppo Amatori
Massimo Di Giacomo – CEO, Anek Lines Italia
Vasilis Katsaris – Commercial Director, Attica Group
Paul Kyprianou – External Relations Manager – Grimaldi Group, Grimaldi Lines

Moderator: Anthony La Salandra – Director, Risposte Turismo

How much local companies are really involved in the supply chains?

In ship supplies, passenger assistance, technical operations related to cruise, ferry and nautical traffic, in recent years there has been a tendency to rely on global players, able to offer certain standards and fulfill specific requests. How much has this entailed a reduction in opportunities for local operators? Is a switch back to local an option?

Maja Ban – Founder & Owner, MYS Yachting
Dorijan Dujmic – Managing Partner, BWA Yachting Croatia
Alberto Gotti – Marine Europe Director, ECOLAB
Andrea Morandi – CEO, Morandi Group
Mihailo Vukic – Owner, Allegra Port & Yacht Agent

Moderator: Francesco di Cesare – President, Risposte Turismo

17.15 – CONCURRENT ROUND TABLES

How far is nautical tourism from reaching its potential?

With two coasts equipped with numerous nautical marinas and many facilities, the numbers of nautical tourism in the Adriatic, even before the pandemic, seem not to correspond to the expectations and possible attractiveness of this area. What has been missing so far? What are the possible obstacles? On which fronts should action be taken to see a change of pace?

Nikola Banović – Director, Portonovi Marina
Domenico Guidotti – CEO, Guidotti
Erlis Hereni – CEO, Albanian Seaports Development Company
Boris Oman – General Manager, Adriaservic
Stipe Žunić – Managing Director, ACI Marinas Šimuni

Moderator: Roberto Perocchio – President, Assomarinas

Will crews and human resources management be the new critical issue in maritime tourism?

The current complex scenario for the economies of many countries is recording, among other critical issues, also a difficulty for some companies to find professionals to provide their services. A problem that, in certain terms, is also emerging for maritime traffic and tourism. How are companies trying to manage this issue? How much, on the contrary, can the sector offer job opportunities for a professional growth?

Stefania Catanzaro – Vice President, YoungShip Italia
Anna D’Imporzano – General Manager, Ravenna Civitas Cruise Port
Paola De Paolis – CEO, Swiss Prime Service
Christina Samoulada – Chief People Officer, D-Marin

Moderator: Anthony La Salandra – Director, Risposte Turismo

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7

09.45

LNG and SSE in Adriatic: something in sight?

LNG and SSE are the solutions that are being most focused on to reduce the environmental impacts of maritime transport, but today in the Adriatic there is no port in which one or the other of them is already available. Who is investing in this direction? What are the short-term prospects? To what extent will making these options available be fundamental for the competitiveness of the Adriatic as a maritime tourism destination?

Elfride Covarrubias V.– Market Area Manager, DNV
Eric Gerritsen – Director Public Affairs, Costa Crociere
Francesco Magagnoli – Head of European Policies Office, Ravenna Port Authority
Valeria Mangiarotti – Director of Technical Environmental Solutions, MedCruise
Panayotis G. Zacharioudakis – Managing Director, OceanFinance, member of EALING coordination team

Moderator: Anthony La Salandra – Director, Risposte Turismo

10.45

Will cruise industry in Adriatic have a bright and stable future?

For various reasons, the Adriatic has undergone a series of slowdowns in recent years that have compromised a more linear evolution in the international cruise scenario. Geopolitical tensions, the Venice case, the effects of the pandemic, have contributed to making the planning of investments and itinerary choices more complex, as well as to reach certain levels of traffic. When will it be possible to put all this behind us? Which critical issues should be resolved rst? How much is under the control of the operators and how much escapes them in an attempt to address the dynamics in the right way?

Elisabetta De Nardo – VP, Port Development, MSC Cruises

Maria Deligianni – National Director Eastern Mediterranean, CLIA
Francesco Rossiello – Senior Manager, Deployment & Itinerary planning, Holland America Line

Fabrizio Spagna – President and CEO, Venezia Terminal Passeggeri
Davide Trusciello – Pricing, Itinerary & Revenue Planning Director, Costa Crociere

Moderator: Anthony La Salandra – Director, Risposte Turismo

12.00

How easy is it to reach the Adriatic and move around it?

The infrastructural conditions are fundamental for the tourist growth of an area. Having connections by air, by train and by road to reach a destination, and subsequently move within it, is essential to convince tourists to travel, as well as to destinations to distribute the flows within them. What is the status quo in the Adriatic? What progress has been made in recent years? What investments are planned for the next ones? And is there a general plan that helps governments, local public administrations and businesses to orient themselves on the investments to be activated?

Alessandro Delli Noci – Regional Minister for Economic Developmen and International Policies, Puglia Region
Francesco Olivetti – Managing Partner, Bassani Group
Francesco Riggio – Sales Manager Southern Europe, Amadeus
Antonio M. Vasile – President, Aeroporti di Puglia
Guido Vettorel – Development, Promotion and Statistics Head of Unit, Central Adriatic Ports Authority

Moderator: Francesco di Cesare – President, Risposte Turismo

14.15

Where Puglia is going to with the maritime tourism?

Puglia is one of the best examples in the Mediterranean in which all forms of maritime tourism are expressed. The session will start with the state of the art of cruise, ferry, sail and yacht sectors, then looking at the opportunities to keep growing and leading, with different perspectives of the key stakeholders and operators of the region.

OPENING MESSAGE

Rodolfo Giampieri – President, Assoporti

Giuseppe Danese – President, Distretto Nautico Puglia, Imprenditore Gruppo Danese
Gianfranco Lopane –Regional Minister for Tourism and Culture, Puglia Region
Leonardo Massa – Country Manager, MSC Cruises
Luigi Morfini – President, Southern Adriatic Ports Operators (OPAM)
Massimo Salomone – Tourism Section Coordinator, Confindustria Puglia
Andrea Zullo – Director, Marina del Gargano