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51 Brattle St, 7th Floor. Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617) 935-1301 Fax: (617) 432-1941

THE GROWTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL ECONOMY AND

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

MORNING SESSIONS: BROADCAST LIVE ONLINE

Harvard Extension School, 1 Story St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA

Because of space limitations, in-person participation in the classroom is limited to conference delegates

only. All others can watch the live stream.

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES:

• 9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome by Huntington Lambert, Dean, Harvard Extension School

• 9:15 – 10:00 am Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico (2006-2012), Angelopoulos Global

Public Leaders Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

• 10:00 – 10:20 am Carlos Vogeler, Regional Director for the Americas of the United Nations

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

• 10:20 – 10:45 am Tensie Whelan, President, Rainforest Alliance

• 10:45 – 11:00 am Break

• 11:00 – 11:45 am HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, President and Chairman of

the Board, Saudi commission for Tourism and Antiquities

Moderator: Dr. Ramon Sanchez, Assistant Director, Sustainability and Environmental Management

Program, Harvard University Extension School

PANEL 1: CORPORATE INITIATIVES FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

11:45 am – 12:45 pm

• Tom Klein, CEO Sabre Holdings (Travelocity, Last Minute, Sabre TN subsidiaries)

• Mauro Marrocu, CEO, Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)

• Kathleen Matthews, Chief Communications Officer of Public Communications and Global

Affairs, Marriott Worldwide

• Vince Molinari, CEO/Founder, Gate Global Impact, Inc.

Moderator: Megan Epler Wood, Core Lecturer, Environmental Management of International Tourism

Development, Sustainability and Environmental Management Program, Harvard University Extension

School

12:45 – 1:00 pm Questions from the audience

51 Brattle St, 7th Floor. Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617) 935-1301 Fax: (617) 432-1941

EVENING SESSIONS: SEVER HALL #113

All are welcome to attend live, space permitting. The evening sessions will be recorded and posted on

the event website within 24 hours of the event.

WELCOME

PANEL 2: STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT

5:30 – 6:30 pm

• Megan Epler Wood, Professor, Environmental Management of International Tourism

Development, Harvard Extension School

• Gloria Guevara, Former Minister of Tourism, Mexico

• Geoffrey Lipmann, CEO, Gate Trip and Greenearth.travel

Moderator: Jamie Sweeting, Chair of Sustainable Travel International; Principal, Sweeting Sustainable

Solutions; Global Sustainability Advisor, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

6:30 – 6:45 pm Break

PANEL 3: NGO & ACADEMIC STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF TOURISM GROWTH

6:45 – 7:45 pm

• Andre Russ, Vice President of Sales, Earthcheck

• Martin Craigs, CEO, Pacific-Asia Travel Association (PATA)

• Megan Epler Wood, Core Lecturer, Harvard University Extension School, Sustainability and

Environmental Management Program

• Francia Santana Garcia, Chief Marketing Officer, PriceTravel

Moderator: Peter Greenberg, CBS News Travel Editor

7:45 – 8:00 pm Break

8:00 – 8:30 pm Questions from the audience

8:30 pm Event concludes

The Sustainabilty and Environmental Management Program

gives special thanks to PriceTravel for their generosity in

supporting this forum.