The purpose of the conference is to give a significant input to the development of e-tourism in Asia-Pacific as a key factor for growth and empowerment. In order to reach this goal, UNCTAD will be joined by other relevant international organizations, governments, civil society and business community high level representatives who will share their experience over the two day event.
13 March 2007
Each workshop will be led by facilitators. Inputs will be provided from public and private sector representatives, in order to have a cross-sectoral professional overview about e-tourism technical matters.
14 March 2007
The High-Level segment of the conference will be opened by Guest speakers of Honour that will introduce the main topics related to e-tourism.
Guest speakers for the 4 panels will include: Tourism Ministers, Ambassadors, representatives of international organizations with relation to tourism and ICT, institutional experts in the field of e-tourism, high-level civil society representatives (firms, consulting cabinets, etc.).
List of guest speakers:
- Ian Anderson, Senior Advisor, Regional Sustainable and Development Department, Asian Development Bank, Philippines
- Reza Azmi, Director, Wild Asia, Malaysia
- Jean-François Baylocq, Chief of e-Services for Development, UNCTAD, Switzerland
- François Bédard, CIFORT Director, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
- Hugo Bottelier, Regional Head of New Channels, Visa International, Singapore
- Auggaphol Brickshawana, Deputy Governor for Policy and Planning, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thailand
- Sven Callebaut, Regional Expert Cambodia and Lao PDR, TrainForTrade, UNCTAD
- Chong Kah Kiat, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment of Sabah, Sabah State Government, Malaysia
- Julien Cormier, Head of e-Marketing Department, Ministry of Tourism of Quebec, Canada
- Peter Fröhler, Focal Point WSIS, UNCTAD, Switzerland
- Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary of UNESCAP, Thailand
- Amran Hamzah, Head of Tourism Research Planning Group, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Roger Harris, Founder, Asian Encounters, Hong Kong
- Jens Friis Jensen, Associate Professor, Roskilde University, Denmark
- Ishaq Khan Khakwani, Minister, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, Pakistan
- Sanjay Kothari, Additional Director General, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, India
- Richard Leete, Resident Representative, UNDP Malaysia, Malaysia
- Jamie Murphy, Associate Professor of E-Marketing, University of Western Australia Business School, Australia
- Sanjay Nadkarni, Assistant Professor, Macau University of Science & Technology, Macau
- Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD, Switzerland
- Barry Ridgway, Government Industry Director, Microsoft Asia-Pacific, Singapore
- Ibrahim Shah Taarit Shah, Head e-Commerce Application Service Hosting, Telekom Malaysia, Malaysia
- Albert Teo, Managing Director, Borneo Eco Tours / Ecoclub member, Malaysia
- Niracharapa Tongdhamachart, Vice President Technology Transfer, Software Industry Promotion Agency, Thailand
- Victor Wee, Secretary General, Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism, Malaysia
- Xu Jing, Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, UNWTO, Spain
- Ryuji Yamakawa, Transport Policy and Tourism Section, UNESCAP, Thailand