ADRIATIC SEA FORUM – Cruise Ferry Sail & Yacht

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The programme of Adriatic Sea Forum 2017

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

STARTING 13.45
13.45
Openings and registrations
14.00
Welcome speeches
  • Olivera Brajovic – General Director, Directorate for Tourism Development, Montenegro Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
  • Vladan Radonjic – General Director, Directorate General of Maritime Transport – Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs
  • Dragan Krapovic – Mayor, Municipality of Budva
  • Dragoljub Markovic – Deputy Director, Coastal Zone Management Company
  • Kristijan Pavic – President, MedCruise
14.30
Montenegro host country of the 2017 edition
How to build a brand
  • Simone Masé – Chief Marketing Officer, Publicis Communications and Managing Director, Publicis Italia
15.00

Tackling together the Adriatic challenge

  • Ardit Çollaku – Director, Albania National Travel Agency of Tourism
  • Aljoša Ota – Head of the Italian office, Slovenia Tourist Board
  • Zeljka Radak-Kukavicic – Director, Montenegro National Tourism Organisation

Moderator: Francesco di Cesare – President, Risposte Turismo

COFFEE BREAK
16.45
Adriatic Sea Tourism Report
  • Francesco di Cesare – President, Risposte Turismo
17.00

The future of the Adriatic: the cruise companies’ vision

  • Tom Fecke – Secretary General, CLIA Europe

Planning cruise routes within the Adriatic

  • Michel Nestour – Vice President Global Ports & Destination Development Euromed, Carnival Corp.
  • Luigi Pastena – Worldwide Port Operations Director, MSC Cruises
  • Carla Salvadò – Cruise Marketing Director, Global Ports Holding

Introduces and moderates: Gabriella Chiellino – President, Gruppo eAmbiente

FRIDAY APRIL 28

STARTING 09.30
09.30 – CONCURRENT ROUND TABLES

The ferry route to discovering destintations in the Adriatic: from the sea to the land

  • Emil Bilic – General Manager, Port of Zadar
  • Matteo Della Valle – Business Development Manager, GNV
  • Rodolfo Giampieri – President, Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Adriatico Centrale
  • Andreas Ntais – President and Managing Director, Igoumenitsa Port Authority

From maxi yachts to small boats: how can Adriatic guide the Mediterranean?

  • Zoran Brkic – CEO, Adriatic Sailing
  • Srecko Favro – President, Adriatic Expert
  • Piero Formenti – President, European Boating Industry
  • Vittorio Impallomeni – Board Consultant, Assomarinas
  • Kristijan Pavic – President, ACI Club
  • Ivana Petrovic – Senior Adviser II, Maritime Safety Department of Montenegro
COFFEE BREAK
11.15

Managing the cruise tourism: the choice of Santorini

  • Anastasios Konidaris – Cruise Department Manager, Municipality Port Fund of Thira – Santorini

Cruise destinations in the Adriatic: challenges, opportunities and strategies

  • Vladimir Jokic – Mayor, City of Kotor
  • Konstantinos Nikolouzos – Mayor, City of Corfu
  • Zoran Srzentic – Mayor, City of Bar
  • Jana Tolja – Mayor’s Advisor for International Affairs, City of Koper

The sustainable tourism within the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region

  • Christos Economou – Head of Unit “Sea-basin strategies, Maritime Regional Cooperation and Maritime Security”
    DG for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries – European Commission

ADRIATIC NETWORKING LUNCH

14.30

Hosting and serving hundred thousands of passengers

  • Juan Gual de Torrella – President, Port Authority of Balears

The present and future of maritime tourism: Montenegro as a strength for the Adriatic

  • Aleksandar Bozovic – Adviser, Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro
  • Marco Digioia – Director Governmental Affairs, CLIA Europe
  • Nikola Dobroslavic – President, Adriatic Ionian Euro Region
  • Linda Haydon – Group Tourism Manager, ETOA
  • Christos Lampridis – Secretary General Ports, Port Policy and Maritime Investments – Hellenic Ministry of Shipping Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy
  • Thanos Pallis – Secretary General, MedCruise