ADRIATIC SEA FORUM – Cruise Ferry Sail & Yacht

ITA

The programme of Adriatic Sea Forum 2015

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

STARTING 10.45
10.45
Openings and registrations
11.00
Welcome speeches
  • Igor Butorac – Assistant Minister, Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure of Croatia
  • Nikola Dobroslavic – Prefect, Dubrovnik-Neretva County
  • Andro Vlahusic – Mayor, City of Dubrovnik
  • Antun Asic – General Manager, Dubrovnik Port Authority
11.20
Dubrovnik host city of the 2015 edition
  • Andro Vlahušić – Mayor, City of Dubrovnik
11.40

Adriatic: one sea, one destination, one brand

  • Igor Borojevic – Market research & Strategic planning Director, Croatia National Tourism Board

  • Maja Pak – Head of Research and Development Department, Spirit Slovenia

  • Cristiano Radaelli – Commissioner, ENIT – Italian Agency of Tourism

  •  Zeljika Radak Kukavicic – Managing Director, National Tourism Organisation of Montenegro

Moderator: Francesco di Cesare – President, Risposte Turismo

LUNCH BREAK
14.45
Adriatic Sea Tourism Report
  • Francesco di Cesare – President, Risposte Turismo
15.05

Cruise port facilities in Adriatic: a brief analysis from a cruise company

  • John Tercek – Vice President Commercial Development, Royal Caribbean Cruises
COFFEE BREAK
16.00 – CONCURRENT ROUND TABLES

Focus ferry: building new routes

  • Marko Cicin-Sain – Member of the management board, Jadrolinija
  • Ivan Aga Franicevic – Director, Agencija Za Obalni Linijski Pomorski Promet
  • Milan Blazevski – General Manager, Split Port Authority
  • Paolo Ferrandino – Secretary General, Assoporti

Moderates:  Michele Witthaus – Editor, International Cruise & Ferry Review

Which future for the nautical sector in the Adriatic?

Technical remarks given by Srecko Favro – President, Adriatic Expert

 

  • Sinisa Horak – Senior Adviser, Institut Za Turizam
  • Roberto Perocchio – President, Assomarinas
  • Doris Perucic – General Manager, ACI Croatia

Moderates: Braslav Karlic – Editor in chief, MORE

FRIDAY APRIL 24

STARTING 09.40
09.40 – CONCURRENT ROUND TABLES

Cruise sector to lead Adriatic development

Technical remarks given by Marco Digioia – Director Governmental Affairs, CLIA Europe

  • Antun Asic – General Manager, Dubrovnik Port Authority
  • Alessandro Carollo – Mediterranean Port Operations Manager, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
  • Dario Rustico – Sales and Marketing Director Central Europe, Costa Crociere
  • Maro Saulovic – National Manager, Intercruises

Moderates: Anthony La Salandra – General Manager, Risposte Turismo

The marinas on the Eastern and Western coasts of the Adriatic

Technical remarks given by Piero Formenti – Vice President, European Boating Industry and CEO, ZAR Formenti

  • Tony Browne – Marina Director, Porto Montenegro
  • Matjaz France – Marina Director, Marina Izola
  • Boris Rivic – Marina Director, ACI Rovinji
  • Roberto Sponza – President, Network Trieste Yacht Berths

Moderates: Braslav Karlic – Editor in chief, MORE

COFFEE BREAK
11.15

The sustainable economic growth of the Adriatic

  • Kyriakos Anastassiadis – Executive Board Member, CLIA Europe and CEO, Celestyal Cruises
  • Olivera Brajovic – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism of Montenegro
  • Kristijan Pavic – President, MedCruise
  • Robert Marx – President, European Boating Industry
  • Eduardo Santander – Executive Director, European Travel Commission
  • Francesca Tudini – Head of Unit, “Tourism Policy” Unit, DG Grow of European Commission

Moderates: Francesco di Cesare – President, Risposte Turismo