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Tuesday, 3 September 2019

13:30-14:20 Forum Special Session (Helsinki Hall, 2nd F, Finlandia)

13:30-13:50 Ms. Esencan Terzibasoglu, Special Advisor to Secretary-General of WTCF, Release of Report on World Tourism City Development

13:50-14:05 Keynote Speech: (WTCF Partner, TBC)

14:00-14:15 Keynote Speech: Ms. Yiqin Pan, Deputy Mayor of Chongqing Municipal People's Government

14:05-14:20 Keynote Speech: Mr. Jean Francois Martins, Vice Mayor, City of Paris

14:30-15:40 Forum Session I: Cultural Heritage &Creative Industry (Helsinki Hall)

Moderator: Prof. Karl Wober, Director of WTCF Experts Committee, President of Modul University Vienna

Panelists:

Mr. Bidya Sunder Shakya, Mayor of Kathmandu

Mr. Frank Ross, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, UK

Mr. Andres O. Hayes, International Business Manager, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development, Washington DC

Mr. Zhang Hui, Chairman of Palm Investment Company

Mr. Geng Danhao, Senior Vice President, iQIYI, Inc.

Dr. Kurt Grotsch, Art Tourism Manager, Director of Flamenco Dance Museum

15:40-17:00 Forum Session II: Intelligent Tourism City Marketing (Helsinki Hall, Finlandia)

Moderator: Dr. Roger Carter, Deputy Director of WTCF Experts Committee, Managing Director of Team Tourism Consulting

Panelists:

Mr. David André, Mayor of Victoria, Seychelles

Ms. Papadina Olga, Director of Project Office for Moscow City Committee for Tourism

Ms. Wen Shuqiong, First Counselor, Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism

Mr. Ge Yujing, Vice President of Tuniu.com

Mr. Miguel Sanz, Director of Tourism, Madrid Destino

Mr. Takamatsu Masato, WTCF Expert, Managing Director & Chief Research Officer, JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.

Wednesday, 4 September 2019

09:00-10:15 Forum Session III: Connectivity and Tourism Growth (Helsinki Hall, Finlandia)

Moderator: Prof. & Dr. Song Rui, WTCF Expert, Director of Tourism Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Panelists:

Mr. Ernest Wooden, President and CEO of Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (LATCB)

Ms. Mika Cui, Vice President, Qyer.com

Mr. Margus Schultz, CEO, Tallink Silja

Mr. Kimmo Mäki, President and CEO, Finavia Corporation

Mr. Roger Qiu, GM of Europe, Middle east & Africa, Destination Marketing, Ctrip

Dr. Tokumura Shisei, WTCF Expert, Professor of Hangzhou Normal University

10:15-11:30 Forum Session IV: Technological Innovation & Sustainable Travel (Helsinki Hall, Finlandia)

Moderator: Mr. Paavo Virkkunen, Executive Director Business Finland, Head of Visit Finland

Panelists:

Ms. Pia Pakarinen, Deputy Mayor of the City of Helsinki

Mr. Gonzalo Robredo, President of the Tourism Entity of the City of Buenos Aires

Mr. Mikko Turtiainen, Vice President, Global Sales, Finnair

Mr. Kim Kyu Lyong, Director of Tourism Policy Division, Seoul

Ms. Noa Sapir, Head of Tel Aviv Convention Bureau, Israel

Mr. James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities & Asset Management, City of Cape Town