Responsible Tourism
Responsible Tourism
14:00 - 14:10 Welcome and Introduction by Ms Mmatsatsi Marobe, CEO of TBCSA
1.1 Business Linkages in Tourism
Scene Setting with Professor Harold Goodwin who will do an overview on this aspect of Responsible Tourism and will be followed by best practice case studies and projects on the continent
Panel Speakers:
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Mr Adama Bah, Project Coordinator, Travel Foundation, The Gambia
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Mr Gareth Haysom, Programme Coordinator Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch University
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Professor Harold Goodwin, Director, The International Centre for Responsible Tourism, Leeds Metropolitan University
1.2 Traveller's philantrophy
Scene Setting with Ms Jennifer Seif who will present an overview on the subject of Travellers Philanthropy. The presentation will be followed by responses from field based activities on the subject.
Panel Speaker Discussion with the following:
- Mr Paul Miedema, Director at the Calabash Trust Project
- Ms Heidi Kyser, Researcher & Consultants on Responsible Tourism & Sustainable Development
- Ms Claire Howse, Sustainability Director, Conservation Corporation Africa
1.3 Climate Change and carbon off-setting
Scene Setting with Dr Murray Simpson from University of Oxford who will provide the audience with an overview of th subject of Climate Change and Carbon Off-setting. This will be underpinned by field based projects on the subject by the following speakers:
Panel Speaker Discussion with the following:
- Ms Judy Kepher-Gona, Chief Operations Officer, Base Camp Explorer in Kenya
- Dr Dietrich Brockhagen, CEO of ATMOSFAIR GmbH, Berlin
- Dr Murray Simpson, Senior Research Associates, Centre for Environment, University of Oxford, UK, and Principal of Sustainable Solutions worldwide consultancy
- Mr Ashley Johnson, Director of Ecosystem & Biodiversity Research, Marine and Coastal Management
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