GSTC2017 Speakers
Following the GSTC Criteria, management, marketing and awareness of sustainable destinations will be key theme for this year’s GSTC Global Sustainable Tourism Conference, GSTC2017.
Simultaneous translation will be provided in English and Spanish.
Alejandro Huala Canumán
Mayor of Coyhaique
Andrés Fellenberg v.d.Molen
Technical Director, GSTC
Aristides Benavente
President, Fundación Patagonia de Aysén
Beatriz Barreal Danel
Founder & General Manager, Sustainable Riviera Maya; Board of Directors and Mexico Country Representative, GSTC
Blake Rogers
Executive Director, Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIA Yukon); Canada Country Representative, GSTC
Campo Elias Berna
Executive Director, Federación Colombiana de Eco Parques , Ecoturismo y Turismo de Aventura (FEDEC)
Cathy Parsons
Accreditation Panel Chair, GSTC
Carolina Morgado
Director, Tompkins Conservation Chile
Cristian Alarcón
Aysén Regional Director of Tourism
Cristián Caipillán
Co-founder & Director, Traful Consulting
Cristian Medina
Founder, Ocio Territorial Hotel
Dr. Dave Rundle
Director, the Sustainable Tourism concentration, USF College of Global Sustainability; President and Executive Director, WHALE Center
Diana Beltran
Sustainability Manager of Wyndham Hotels
Eduardo Gomez
Director Regional, Sernatur Los Lagos
Eileen Ocampo Fernández
Miembro de Junta Directiva, Buena Vista Lodge y Cámara de Turismo Guanacasteca
Fernando Olivera Rocha
Secretary of Guanajuato Tourism; President, Union of Secretaries of Tourism of Mexico (ASETUR)
Francisco Santa Maria
Director, School of Engineering in Expeditions and Ecotourism, San Sebastian University
Franklin Carpenter
Director, Nacional Área Hotelería, Turismo y Gastronomía, INACAP
Fresia Painefil
Encargada de Ventas y Reservas, Comité de Turismo Lafkenche
Gwendal Castellan
Sustainable Destination Specialist, Tourism Vancouver
Hernan Mladinic
Executive Director, Fundación Pumalín
Dr. Ioannis Pappas
Co-Founder & CEO, Green Evolution; Board of Directors and Greece Country Representative, GSTC
Javiera Montes
Undersecretary of Tourism
Jillian Blackbeard
Executive Marketing Manager, Botswana Tourism Organisation
Jim Sano
Vice President for Travel, Tourism and Conservation, WWF
Dr. Jonathon Day
Associate Professor, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University; Communications Working Group Chair, GSTC
Jonathan Tourtellot
Founder and former Director, National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations; CEO, Destination Stewardship Center
Jorge Moller
Director, Regenera ONG; Board of Directors and Chile Country Representative, GSTC
Juan Ignacio Marambio Morel
Co-founder & CEO, Travolution
Juan Luis Crespo
CEO, Smartrip
Kathleen Pessolano
Destination Program Director, GSTC
Karina Acevedo
Intendenta de Aysén Región
Leonardo Yañez
Director, Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF)
Lonneke de Kort
Lonneke de Kort CEO, Bookdifferent
Luigi Cabrini
Chairman, GSTC; Advisor on Sustainability to Secretary-General, UNWTO
Manuel Jose Perrot
Head of Sustainability, Servicio Nacional de Turismo (Sernatur)
Manuel Maribur
President, National Association of Indigenous Tourism
Marcela Cabezas
National Director of Tourism of Chile
Militza Aguirre
CEO, Transforma Turismo Program
Natalia Naranjo
Leader, Comunitur; Colombia & Ecuador Country Representative, GSTC
Peter Muck
Senior Advisor in Climate Change Adaptation, Chilean Ministry of Environment
Raffaele Di Biase
Founder, BirdsChile
Randy Durband
CEO, GSTC
Rodrigo Cabrera Nieri
Peru Representative, TourCert; Director, KmCero
Saul Blanco
Sustainable Tourism Specialist – Quality Assurance, Rainforest Alliance
Rosa Harris
Director of Tourism, Cayman Islands
Susana Figueroa
Seremi Medio Ambiente, Red de Parques de la Patagonia
Tammy Coe
Quality Assurance Manager, Rainforest Alliance
Tomás Sánchez
Executive Director, TKO
Dr. Trace Gale
Regional Director, Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP)