INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NEW TENDENCIES IN ECO- TOURISM: THE PROTECTED AREAS NETWORKING AND VISIONING CHALLENGE
Committees
Scientific Committee
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain (General Director Programme of International Consultancy on Ecotourism-PICE- Mexico)
John P. Debo, Jr (Superintendent Cuyahoga Valley National Park, United States)
William Douros (Superintendent Monterey Bay National Marine Sactuary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA)
Roberto Gambino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Micheal Manfredo (Department of Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism, University of Colorado, United States)
Stephen P. Martin (Deputy Director of Operation, National Park Services, United States) Joseph P. Martori (Chairmain and CEO, ILX Resorts Incorporated, United States) Massimo Sargolini (University of Camerino, Italy)
Andrea Simoncini (University of Macerata)
Attilio Celant (University of Rome “La Sapienza”)
Scientific Board
- Marco Vannini (Director of the Department of Economics of Sassari, Italy)
- Piero Deidda (University of Sassari- President of the Asinara National Park, Italy)
- Francesco Pigliaru (University of Cagliari, Italy)
- Raffaele Paci (President of CRENoS, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Italy)
- Augusto Navone (Director of Tavolara Park, Italy)
- Silvano Focardi (University of Siena, Italy)
- Gabriele Piccoli (Cornell University, United States)
- Elisabetta Addis (University of Sassari, Italy)
- Carlo Donato (University of Sassari, Italy)
- Giorgio Spinelli (University of Rome “La Sapienza”)
Organizing Commettee
Francesco Morandi (Università di Sassari) morandi@uniss.it
Federico Niccolini (Università di Macerata) fniccolini@unimc.it
Secretaries Scientific Secretary Didactic Secretary
Olbia University Centre
Faculty of Economics
Costa Smeralda Airport, Olbia, Italy www.uniolbia.it/eco-tourism ecotourism@uniss.it
Ph. 0039-0789-642184 Fax: 0039-0789-646108
Organizing Secretary
Sviluppo Performance Strategie S.r.l.
Costa Smeralda Airport, Olbia, Italy www.spssrl.net
Programme
Wednesday October 4th 2006
Accomodation
9.00 PM: Dinner at the hotel/agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
Thursday October 5th 2006
Trip to Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo Marine Protected Area
8.30 AM: Breakfast in hotel/ agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
10.00 AM: Leaving for Tavolara Island
1.30 PM: Lunch
4.30 PM: Leaving for Olbia
5.30 PM: Arriving to hotel/agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
9.00 PM: Dinner at the hotel/agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
Friday October 6th 2006: Conference Opening
8.00 AM: Breakfast in hotel/ agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
9.00 AM: Leanving to Airport
9.30 AM: Registration
10.00 AM
Plenary Session
Workshop Introduction– The possible evolution of eco-tourism in the third millennium.
Managerial issues, problems, threats, answers and international experiences
2.00 PM: Buffet with typical speciality foods
4.00 PM
Plenary Session
Planning and Organization in Eco-tourism: the protected areas networking and visioning challenge.
7.30 PM: Leaving from airport to hotel/ agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
9.00 PM: Dinner at the hotel/agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
Saturday October 7th 2006
Second day of the Conference
8.30 AM: Breakfast in hotel/ agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
9.30 AM: Leanving to Airport
10.00 AM
Workshops
Group 1 – New tendencies in eco-tourism. From eco-tourism to responsible tourism. Outdoor recreation as
outdoor education. Comparison of experiences and cooperation hypothesis.
Group 2 - New ways and conditions for ecotourism. Protected areas management, organization, networking and visioning in the third millennium. Comparison of experiences and cooperation hypothesis.
2.00 PM: Buffet with typical speciality foods
4.00 PM
Expositions of outputs of the group discussions
Possible cooperation projects and future plans
6.30 PM: Leaving from airport to hotel/ agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
8.00 PM: Dinner at the hotel/agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
Sunday October 8th 2006
Closure of Conference
8.00 AM: Breakfast in hotel/ agriturismo (typical holiday farm)
9.00 AM: Leanving to Airport
9.00 AM
Plenary Session
Public debate with university professors, local authorities, and world experts in eco-tourism and protected areas management.Discussion of the proposals prepared by the working groups.
2.00 PM: Buffet with typical speciality foods
In the Afternoon: Leaving from accomodation to the airport and departures.
