|
3rd Global Summit
on Peace through Tourism
Pattaya, Thailand, 2005
Speaker Bios |
Keynote Speakers
H.E. Suwat Liptapanlop, Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand
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H.E. Suwat Liptapanlop
has enjoyed a distinguished political career including the following
positions: Minister of Justice (2005); Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office
and Minister of University Affairs (2002); Minister of Labor (2002-2003);
Minster of Industry (1999-2001); Minister of Transport and Communication
(1997); and Minister of Science, Technology and Environment (1995).
H.E. Liptapanlop has also received the Knight Grand Cordon
(Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (1996), and is
President of The Organizing Committee of Universiade, (The World University
Games) to be held in Thailand in 2007.
Dr. Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
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United Nations Under Secretary-General Dr. Kim Hak-Su, a
national of the Republic of Korea, assumed the post of Executive Secretary of
the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
on 1 July 2000, following appointment by the United Nations Secretary-General
Mr. Kofi Annan. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Kim, a prominent economist,
had served as the Republic of Korea's Ambassador for International Economic
Affairs. Dr. Kim began his distinguished professional career in 1960 as an
economist with the Republic of Korea's central bank, the Bank of Korea. In
1969, Dr. Kim served as Secretary to the Minister of Commerce and Industry and
was the London Representative of the Bank of Korea between 1971 and 1973. In
1977, he moved into the private sector, joining Daewoo Corporation as Executive
Director and President of DAEWOO International Steel Corporation in New York in
1979. Dr. Kim joined the United Nations system in September 1981 as Chief
Planning Officer and Chief Technical Adviser under the United Nations Department
for Technical Cooperation and Development in the Pacific island states of
Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. In 1989, after eight years of United
Nations duty, Dr. Kim accepted a position as Senior Research Fellow at the Korea
Institute for International Economic Policy, researching and publishing on many
substantive issues regarding international economic cooperation. Dr. Kim served
as President of the Hanil Banking Institute before taking up the post of
Secretary-General of the Colombo Plan, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka (1995-1999),
where he revitalized the 24-member country’s intergovernmental Colombo Plan in
Asia and the Pacific, stressing human resources development and focusing on
South-South cooperation. Married with three children, Dr. Kim was born in Wonju,
Republic of Korea, and studied as an undergraduate at Yonsei University. He
later earned a master's degree from Edinburgh University, United Kingdom, and a
Ph.D. in economics from the University of South Carolina, in the United States
of America.
Hon. Kabinga Pande,
Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources, Republic of Zambia
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Hon. Pande's professional
career began with a job as an Information Officer in the Government
of the Republic of Zambia from 1974 to 1979. He then worked as
Public Relations and Marketing Manager at ZAL Holdings, a Subsidiary of
the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) from 1985 to
1991. From 1990 to 2001, he was a part-time lecturer in Public Relations at the
University of Zambia and had been an Examiner in Public Relations at the Evelyn
Hone College in Lusaka, Zambia from 1989-2001. He joined the Central Bank of Zambia in 1991 and worked for 13 years as Head of
Public Relations (Corporate Communications) until March, 2005 when he entered politics
with an appointment by His Excellency, Levy P. Mwanawasa, SC,
President of the Republic of Zambia as the Minister of Science, Technology and
Vocational Training. He then was moved to his current position in early August, 2005
as Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources and assumed the
position of president of the Africa Travel Association
(ATA).
Hon. Pande graduated with a Diploma Certificate as a Journalist at Evelyn Hone
College, a Polytechnic College in 1974. In 1982, he undertook a Group Diploma Programme in Public Relations at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
and then undertook another Public Relations Management Programme in 1993 at the Frank
Jefkins School of Public Relations in London. This was followed up with another
Programme in Proficiency in Public Relations and Marketing at Trident College in
London. He is currently studying for a Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
Ms. Kathryn W.
Sudeikis, CTC ,
National President and CEO, American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA)
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Kathryn W. Sudeikis, CTC, vice president of corporate relations for All
About Travel in Mission, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, was inducted
as ASTA’s National President and Chief Executive Office in October 2004.
Previously, Sudeikis served two terms as national vice president and two years
as the national secretary.
A working travel agent, Sudeikis appeared in 2002, 2003 and 2004 editions of
Travel and Leisure magazine as one of their “Super Travel Agent”
recommendations to their readers. She was featured with her specialty of
intergenerational family travel. Also in 2002, Sudeikis was recognized as
“Travel Agent of the Year” by the readers of Travel Trade magazine.
A 35-year industry veteran, Sudeikis is frequently quoted in national
publications, including the Kansas City newspapers, The Chicago Tribune,
Washington Post, Wall Street .Journal, Los Angeles Times and USA TODAY
She has appeared on numerous national television programs including “The
News Hour with Jim Lehrer,” “The Today Show” and “CBS This Morning.” She has
also appeared on several radio programs, including National Public Radio, Radio
Free Europe and the Armed Forces Radio Network.
An accomplished speaker, Sudeikis has addressed groups at many industry events,
including the National Tour Association (NTA), the Travel Industry Association
of America (TIA), the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and the
Travel Agent Associations of India, South Africa, Australia and Germany.
Sudeikis earned her Certified Travel Counselor (CTC) distinction in 1976 from
the Institute of Certified Travel Agents and was awarded a lifetime membership
in 1983. She has served on Travel Agent Advisory
Boards for American Express Travel Related Services, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Company, the German National Tourist Office, Rail Europe and Thrifty Car Rental.
Before her national election Sudeikis was a member of ASTA’s Board of Directors
representing the Missouri Valley and Upper Midwest Chapters. Sudeikis was the
chairman of ASTA’s 1993 World Travel Congress. The annual Congress, which
attracts thousands of travel agents and travel suppliers from around the world,
is the Society’s largest event. Sudeikis has also served the Society as
presiding officer of ASTA’s Chapter Presidents Council, and as a member of the
Public Relations Committee and the Aviation Committee. She has appeared in
Travel Agent magazine’s “100 Most Powerful Women” in 1999-2002.
As the chairman of ASTA’s Future Planning Committee, she led a taskforce
responsible for developing ASTA’ s new category of individual membership. Prior
to that, Sudeikis was the lead issue manager on ASTA’s consumer awareness
campaign. Sudeikis oversaw the Society’s efforts to promote the value of the
travel agent and spearheaded the public relations campaign, with the slogan,
“Without a travel agent, you’re on your own.”®
The mission of the American Society of Travel Agents and its affiliate
organizations is to enhance the professionalism and profitability of members
worldwide through effective representation in industry and government affairs,
education and training, and by identifying and meeting the needs of the
traveling public. The Society is the worlds largest and most influential travel
trade association with 20,000 members in more than 140 countries.
Mr. Alwin Zecha
Mr. Alwin Zecha has a broad background of experience in the
travel industry. He serves as Executive Chairman of Pacific Leisure Group with
offices throughout Asia. He has served as Deputy Chairman and Managing Director
of Pacific Communications Limited of Hong Kong and has held managerial positions
with Asia Magazines Ltd., Columbia Pictures Television, and Hertz Corporation. Mr. Zecha also served as President of the Pacific Asia Travel Association for
two consecutive terms. He is former Chairman of PATA's Marketing Authority,
Chairman of PATA's Industry Council and Associate Director, International
Marketing Institute. In addition, he has been the Deputy Chairman of the Travel
Industry Council of Hong Kong and Vice President of the East Asia Travel
Association. Currently, he is World President Emeritus of the International
Congress and Convention Association and the only honorary permanent member of
PATA's Board of Directors. Mr. Zecha holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree from
Harvard University and Bachelor's degree in economics from Tufts University.
Mr.
Demba Ba
Demba Ba is Sector Manager of the Africa Private Sector
Group, where RPED is based. He is an expert on privatization; enterprise
restructuring with an emphasis on telecommunications,agro-industry, utilities;
project financing,institutional development; and private sector assessments. His
experience includes projects related to private concessions of water &
electricity, privatization of petroleum products distribution
networks,liberalization of the telecommunications sector, privatization of
airlines,and the restructuring of port authorities. Demba has worked in several
countries, including Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Benin, Mauritania,
Morroco, Somalia, Congo, and Gabon. He has six years of field experience as a
project officer with the World Bank and USAID dealing with implementation as
well as policy issues. He is fluent in Fulani, French, English, and Arabic.
Dr. Sasithara Pichaichannarong
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Dr. Sasithara Pichaichannarong is the Deputy
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, and previously
served as the Director-General, Office of Tourism Development, Ministry
of Tourism and Sports. She has been assigned as the Chairperson of the World
Tourism Organization Committee on Sustainable Development of Tourism , and also
chaired ASEAN Task Forces and Working Groups on topics including Tourism
Investment, Standards, Services and Integration.
Mr. Spencer T. King, President & CEO,
International Executive Service Corps (IESC)
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Spencer T. King was appointed President and CEO of International Executive
Service Corps in October, 2003, having served
as Sr. Vice President Worldwide Business Development since January 2003.
Mr. King has been with IESC since 1992, when he joined as export promotion
executive in our program in Jordan. He later became general manager of that
program and remained with it until it closed in In 1994, he rejoined IESC as the
general manger of our Technology Initiative for the Private Sector (TIPS)
program in Sri Lanka. An independent evaluation of TIPS found that it was one of
USAID's most successful programs. It created employment, increased the
international competitiveness of Sri Lankan companies and generated exports for
both the U.S. and Sri Lanka.
While in Sri Lanka, he served three terms as president of the American Chamber
of Commerce there and was a volunteer director for both it and the Fulbright
Commission. After five years as head of the TIPS program, he transferred to
Egypt in 1999 as chief of party and added the duties of regional program
director for Asia/Near East in late 1999.
In 2001, he became vice president for Asia and the Near East and continued as
chief of party for the Center for Business Support (CBS) in Cairo, Egypt, which,
at the time, was one of IESC's largest programs.
Before joining IESC, Mr. King owned and operated international trading companies
with offices in Central America, California and Massachusetts. Prior to
his international career in economic development work to enhance competitiveness
of enterprises mainly in the developing world, Mr. King was the President of
dozens of companies in Latin America. He has authored many publications on
investment, business development and international competitiveness. Mr.
King holds a BA Degree from Tulane Law School, and a JD from Hobart College and
was a prosecutor at the Attorney General's Office of New Mexico.
H.E. Mr. Veng Sereyvuth,
Senior Minister, Royal Government of Cambodia
Mr. Veng began his political career as a
Secretariat Member of the Supreme National Council for Cambodia in 1991. In
1993-97 Mr. Veng was appointed as co Minister of the council of Ministers and
Minister of Tourism. At the same time he was retaining the portfolio as
Minister of Tourism for 11 years from 1993 to 2004. Currently, as well as
maintaining his Senior Ministerial role for the government, Mr. Veng is Chairman
of the Cambodia National Tourism Authority. In addition he is Chairman of both
the government Tourism Taskforce for Poverty Alleviation and Chairman of the
Mekong Irrawaddy Dolphin Conservation and Tourism Development.
Mr. Veng Sereyvuth gained a Bachelor of
Arts degree majoring in Political Science from Victoria University, Wellington,
New Zealand in 1988. More recently, in 2002 he attended the John F. Kennedy
School of Government Leadership at Harvard University, USA.
Mr. Peter de Jong, President and CEO, Pacific Asia
Traval Association (PATA)
Based at PATA Headquarters in Bangkok,
Mr de Jong is responsible for providing visionary leadership to the Association
and overseeing the delivery of services that enhance the growth, value and
quality of Asia Pacific travel and tourism for the benefit of PATA members.
Prior to joining PATA in November 2001, Mr de Jong served for 10 years as the
Director General of the Federation of International Youth Travel Organisations (FIYTO).
Under Mr de Jong’s leadership, FIYTO experienced a decade of unparalleled growth
in membership, recognition and resources. Mr de Jong served 11 years as
Secretary General of The Experiment in International Living, a US-based
international citizen exchange organisation that specialises in language and
educational travel, intercultural studies and academic exchanges. He has also
worked in Sao Paulo, Brazil as an organisational development consultant. A Dutch
national fluent in six languages, Mr de Jong has studied journalism, English
language and literature in Europe and the US.
Mr. Suporn
Ratananakin
is the
Director of Research and
International Cooperation Bureau at the
Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Ministry of Interior,
Thailand
. He earned a B.A. in Political Science from
Chulalongkorn University and a M.A. in Regional Development at the
Institute of Social Studies. He previously held the positions of
Chief,
Department
of Accelerated Rural Development (ARD) -
Provincial Office Phuket and
Chief, Foreign Relations Sub
-
Bureau, Disaster Prevention, and
Mitigation Policy Bureau
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Mr. Hiran Cooray is the Managing Director
of Jetwing Hotels. Mr Cooray has over 17 years
experience in the hotel Industry and is a Board Member of PATA since 1996 and
served on the Executive Committee of PATA during the year 2002/2003, presently
the Chairman of the PATA Travel Mart advisory committee. He is also a
graduate of Business Administration from university of North Carolina (USA) and
has successfully completed a senior management course in Hotel Management at
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA). Whilst holding 25
directorships in various Hotel companies, he is the current President of the
Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, and the immediate past Chairman
of the PATA Sri Lanka Chapter. He was also the Chairman of the organizing
committee of PATE - ATECM 2001 ( Adventure Travel and Eco Tourism
Conference and Mart), and a Committee member of the Field Ontheological Group of
Sri Lanka.
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Khun Nirun Wattanasartsaton
He was horn in Naklua on
July 12, 1960. Graduated with his Master of Public Administration
from National Institute of
Development
Administration
(NIDA). He started his first
career as a directing manager of Simon
Safety and Card Co., before he
look over his family business of Pattaya
Best Food Co. which then was a first company in Pattaya
that delivered food and supply to
Hotels in Pattaya. Now Pattaya
Best Food Co. supplies their products to over 80% of
all hotels in
Pattaya
City. He also
holds the position of Vice
President to Flipper House Hotel, Flipper Lodge and and Pattaya Best Food Co. He started his political career in 1989 as an
elected Member of the first council of Pattaya
City. After he finished his
first term as a member of the council
in 1993, He hired as a Deputy Permanent Secretary of Pattaya City for 2 terms From
1994—1998, In 1999, he was hired as a Permanent
Secretary of Pattaya
City for
1 year. In late 1999, Pattaya
City had gone through some transition to elect a qualified person to be
Mayor of the city. He was then
appointed to be a Deputy Mayor of
Pattaya
City. One of his
notable works in Pattaya City
law Enforcement
Department was to regulate businesses and
merchants on beaches in Pattaya. In
2004, he was elected to be the second Mayor of
Pattaya City with his vision of leading Pattaya City into the new and modern international city, expanding
its capability to support more tourists and improving
the quality of Iife to all Pattaya people.
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Session
Title: Engaging Global Youth for Change
through Travel
Cindi
Reiman
is the President and Founder of the American Hospitality Academy (AHA). As an
International Cultural Exchange Program, AHA began providing structured training
opportunities for students seeking a career in the hospitality industry in 1986.
More than 750 students from 100 academic institutions in the USA and many other
countries participate annually in AHA’s internship program. Most recently, in
conjunction with the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging
Association, AHA championed the first global hospitality internship manual
SERVLEAD, a new, comprehensive, competency-based internship program that
combines both the leadership training and cultural awareness skills.
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Session
Title:
Enhancing Our Environment and Preserving Bio-Diversity
Adhi
Rachmat Sudrajat Hariyadi
is the Site Manager Ujung Kulon National Park Project
with the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia, and earned his education in
Biology at the University of Alberta, Canada and Veterinary Science from the Bogor Agriculture Institute, Indonesia. Prior to
joining WWF, in 1994 he worked as a quarantine and fish health technician at Sea
World Indonesia and dealt with various aspects of medications and treatments
for the animals in Sea world’s facility. In 1999, he joined a WWF project in Ujung
Kulon National Park. With Javan rhinoceros conservation as his project’s main goal,
he was involved in many activities in the National Park including field research
and studies, as well as socio-economic programs for people residing around the
National Park. He is currently supervising overall activities such as rhinoceros
research, habitat studies, alternative livelihood and conservation awareness for
people in the buffer zone around the Park.
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Anil Mathur will present on the success story of one man, Satinder Guleria, who has set up
the Institute for environmental studies in a small area of Kangra, in the
northern Indian state of Himachal. Also, it will refer to how a travel
industry professional, Rakesh Mathur, President, Welcomheritage, helped in
bringing to public light, the work being done by Mr. Guleria. Mr. Mathur felt
that without environment checks there can be no tourism, hence his focus on this
aspect and the work being done by Mr. Guleria.
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Session
Title: Role of Media in a 21st Century Agenda
Vijay Verghese worked as a
reporter for national daily Times of India, New Delhi, before moving East to
Bangkok and thence to Hong Kong in 1984 to edit and publish a range of travel,
lifestyle and business publications. Verghese was Editor and Publisher of
Business Traveller Asia-Pacific for several years, did a stint at the Hongkong
Standard newspaper, and was Editor-in-Chief of Times Publishing Hongkong where
he ran HOLIDAY Asia and Asian Business. Verghese continues to reside in
Hongkong, focusing on his online publishing company, Dancing Wolf Media, where
he edits web magazine, SmartTravelAsia.Com.
Rob McKeown is one of
the most prominent Western journalists focusing on tourism, culture, and travel
at work today in the Asia-Pacific region. His work has been translated into a
half-dozen languages, on several continents, and garnered awards, in turn,
including the prestigious 2005 PATA Gold Award for Newspaper Journalism. McKeown
has reported from dozens of countries in Asia, the Middle East, and the
Americas. Based between Thailand and China, he is the Asia editor and
correspondent for Travel+Leisure and is helping launch the new Travel+Leisure
Australia in a guiding role. In the last 4 years, he has also been instrumental
in helping establish DestinAsian as a regional media presence as its
editor-at-large. McKeown reports regularly on culture, travel, food, and the
arts for the Boston Globe. He has worked with design collectives in Laos, spent
time in fishing/farming communities in SE Asia and China, and earlier this year
spent months reporting on post-tsunami Thailand for NBC News, the Boston Globe,
live radio in New England, and the T+L website. Globally, McKeown consults
regularly on agriculture, sustainability, design, and food projects with
organizations like Slow Food in Italy, chefs like Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and
large-scale documentary film projects, like the upcoming "China Rises" series by
the CBC TV network in Canada, and does similar research for the prestigious
Oxford University Food Symposium. McKeown speaks Thai and is currently in the
midst of Mandarin immersion in Shanghai and Beijing. He travels an average
of 5 countries per month.
Frank Dirceu Braun
is an award-winning journalist and producer, with over
25 years of experience in both print and broadcast journalism. Braun has worked
as an Associate Producer for "60 Minutes", and as an Investigative Producer for
the C.B.S. affiliated stations. In 1992, Braun was nominated for an Emmy and
captured all of the significant awards presented by the San Diego Press Club for
Best Investigative journalism for television. Those awards were presented for
"Bad Doctors, Blind Trust", an investigative series Braun wrote and produced,
which led to reform of the California Medical Board. Born in Brazil, and raised
in the U.S., Braun is a graduate of U.C.L.A. After graduation, he returned to
Brazil to help launch "The Latin America Daily Post", an English language daily
newspaper patterned after Europe's International Herald Tribune. As a
journalist, Braun has specialized in covering the space programs of the United
States and other nations, for over a decade. In 1994, Braun was the Executive
Producer for the 25th Anniversary of Apollo 11, mankind's first landing on the
moon, Vice-President Al Gore was the keynote speaker; Braun also produced the
25th and 30th Anniversary Galas of the Apollo 13 mission. On November 15,
2001 Braun's production company collaborated with James Cameron's Earthship.TV
to produce The Arthur C. Clarke 2001 Gala. The Clarke Gala honored Science
Fiction Writer Arthur C. Clarke, and was attended by over 400 guests at the
Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. Keynote speakers included Film Director James
Cameron, Actors Patrick Stewart and Morgan Freeman, and Astronauts Buzz Aldrin,
James Lovell, and Robert Crippen. In December 2002, Braun and James Cameron's
Earthship.TV co-produced the 30th Anniversary of Apollo 17, America's last
mission to the moon. Braun currently writes for United Press International,
specializing in coverage of Brazil's space and nuclear program.
Jered Barclay, Travel Photo/ Journalist, was
teethed in the snarly jaws of the entertainment business. From age three he was
an actor and performer. He has directed 16 plays and musicals on Broadway,
off-Broadway, on PBS, BBC and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, to critical
accolades from The New York Times, Newsweek, Time and The New Yorker. He has
co-starred in 28 films directed by the masters: Hitchcock, Curtiz,and Preminger.
He starred on Broadway / off-Broadway in plays by Albee, Osborne, O'Casey,
Williams etc. He has directed/coached 11 Oscar, Emmy, Obie and Tony
winners and nominees including: Johnny Depp, Liza Minnelli, Lily Tomlin, F.
Murray Abraham, Rue McClannahan, Sylvia Miles, Ron Rivkin as well as Nicholas
Cage, Dixie Carter, Alyssa Milano etc. Among the accumulated awards in his
multiple careers: Emmy, Obie, Dramalogue, Cue Magazine. In 1989, he
shifted his focus to travel photo/journalism. Because he has covered all seven
continents and sixty-eight countries, he is considered one of the most traveled
photo/journalists in the world. His specialties are exotic and event travel in
second and third world countries. His repeated visits to some of these countries
has evolved into his extensive, first hand knowledge of, and passionate interest
for improving the ecology/environment, retention of traditions in culture, and
the preservation of the arts of those nations. His work is seen in 27
international publications including Men’s Journal, Chicago Tribune etc. He
produces contract photographs for Lonely Planet Images and is regularly
interviewed on travel shows on CRN - Cable Radio Network and XM Satellite Radio.
His photographic work is seen in Mexico City, Boca Ratan, Bogota, and Toronto.
He brings a lifetime of experience from the theatrical arts to the visual arts
and the written word. In both images and language he holds up a mirror
reflecting the life of both exotic and familiar destinations in order to promote
international understanding and unity.
Denise L. Hummel is the Founder of Imagine
Communications. Throughout her career, Denise has seen the power and value of
effective communication in action, and established Imagine Communications in
1998 to harness her insight and experience for clients. Denise provide general
corporate communications services including writing and editorial services,
facilitation services, communications counseling and training, and personal and
executive coaching - and also offers services specifically designed to support
the travel and hospitality industry as well as those services particularly
designed to bridge cross-cultural gaps in businesses that operate globally.
Denise received her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Barnard College,
Columbia University and her law degree from Washington College of Law. She has
also studied Italian language and culture at the University of Florence and
sign-language at the New York School for the Deaf, and is a member of several
professional organizations. A journalist and author as well as a successful
attorney, Denise has published several articles on topics including
international travel, destination resorts, Italian culture, public relations and
public affairs.
Session
Title:
Workshop: Poverty Reduction Indicators
Dr. Walter Jamieson,
Dean of the School of Travel Industry Management at the University of Hawai’i at
Manoa, has been involved in a significant number of academic as well as
consultancy activities over the last 30 years. His consultancy activities
include working with the World Tourism Organization, ESCAP and UNESCO. In
addition, he has worked on a number of projects at the local, national and
international level. He has been director of research and outreach centers at
the University of Calgary and team leader on a number of projects in Asia. As a
team leader and a team member he has participated in over 100 research and
consultancy projects. He has also been active in training and facilitation on a
worldwide basis. This activity has involved him in the development and delivery
of a number of courses for professional audiences at many international
locations. He has published and presented widely and is solely or jointly
responsible for over 250 publications, papers, presentations and outreach
lectures.
Dr. Jitti Mongkolnchaiarunya
is the Associate Dean for Planning and Development of the Faculty of Social
Administration, and Director of the Asian Center for Tourism Planning and
Poverty Reduction jointly established by Thammasat and Hawaii Universities, and
Co-Director of the Capacity Building Programme for Associate Judges in Juvenile
and Family Court.
Douglas Hainsworth
has 20 years experience in the tourism sector
reflects work in Southeast Asia, Central and North America. In pursuing his
interests in tourism as a tool for local development he has worked with
bilateral and multilateral development agencies, INGOs, the business sector and
as a volunteer while accumulating a range of experiences from working with local
communities to national-level programs. Currently a Senior Advisor with SNV (The
Netherlands Development Organization) he is assisting the Government of Vietnam
in developing sustainable tourism that address poverty reduction.
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Klaus Lengefeld
is a Senior
Advisor, Sustainable Tourism for GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische
Zusammenarbeit mbH (German Agency for Technical Cooperation Ltd.). He aims
to bring together mainstream tourism and development cooperation, especially for
the so-called “mass tourism” and the All-Inclusive segment. His activities
include: a “Sustainable All-Inclusive?” Initiative to study the interaction of
major holiday resorts with the local economy and communities; and a Sustainable
Destination Partnership to develop a network between main destination
stakeholders and international tour operators. As well, he screens
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Tourism Industry to strengthen synergies
for development; and is working to develop pilot implementation of poverty
reduction schemes by the hotel industry and a Public Private Partnership
Initiative with the International Tourism Partnership, in addition to the desk
management of GTZ projects in Central America and the Caribbean.
Session Title: Tourism
Contribution to Community Empowerment and Capacity Building
Dr. Antonia Neubauer
is Founder and President of Myths
and Mountains, Inc., a cultural travel company, located in Incline Village,
Nevada. Focusing on Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and South America, the
company designs adventures that highlight cultures and crafts, religions and
holy sites, folk medicine and traditional healing, wildlife and the
environment. The company’s goal is to introduce to and immerse participants in
unfamiliar cultures in a manner that encourages understanding and appreciation
of their global neighbors. Giving back to the locals
in regions where Myths and Mountains travels was a priority for Dr. Neubauer
from the company’s founding in 1987. To this end, she established READ--Rural
Education and Development--a non-profit organization whose current focus is
improving literacy in Nepal by building a network of self-sustaining community
libraries. To date, READ has built 30 rural libraries, trained village
librarians, supplied more than 100,000 Nepali books, and constructed sustaining
projects to support the libraries in the future. In 2002, she was honored by
the Association of Nepalis in the Americas with the “Friend of Nepal Award,” for
her “deep friendship toward Nepal and for the difference made in the lives of
Nepalis.”
Dr. Dave Jenkins
is the inspiration behind SurfAid International, as well as its Chairman and
Medical Director. Surfing was the inspiration for his decision to visit the
Mentawai Islands. Dave has dedicated the last 5 years to building SurfAid and to
working with the Mentawai people. He is a passionate advocate of the "hand up,
NOT a handout" philosophy and wishes to see the Mentawai people empowered so
they can build on the health gains from the SurfAid projects, independently, in
the future. The vision for
SurfAid was born when Dr Dave Jenkins traveled to the Mentawais in 1999 to surf
and rest from his job as director of a corporate health project in Singapore.
When Dave realized the disparity between his life on a luxury charter yacht and
those of the sick and dying children only meters away in nearby villages, he
decided that something had to be done to help.
Potjana Suansri, throughout her career as a Social Development Worker, has dedicated
herself tirelessly to the task of community empowerment. Her work shows a
single-minded determination to bring the struggles and successes of Thailand’s
poor communities to the attention of Thailand’s urban and middle classes, while
building the capacity of “small and disadvantaged people” to define and direct
their own development. She was a founder of ‘Responsible Ecological Social
Tours Project’ (TVS-REST) and began organizing study tours to local communities
where NGO’s and community groups were working on community development projects.
As the number of visitors increased, Ms. Suanrsi took a facilitation role,
identifying community members who wished to develop small-scale tourism, and
assisting them to form groups, establish community goals for tourism, prepare
facilities and plan and manage tourism programs.
In 2002,
REST were the co-organizers of the ‘2002 International Year of Ecotourism
Regional Conference’ in Chiang Mai, and also received the ‘World Legacy
Award for Destination Stewardship,’ presented by National Geographic
Traveler and Conservation International. In 2003, Ms. Suansri wrote the ‘REST
CBT Handbook.’ Since then, interest in REST’s model of CBT has grown steadily.
Ms. Suansri has coordinated regular CBT study tours for groups from across Asia,
and conducted national and international consultancy work. Ms. Suansri and the
REST team are now working to support public awareness and support for CBT, while
developing ‘Lessons Learned’ in 3 areas of CBT: CBT Development, CBT Product
and CBT Marketing.
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Chris McHugo
graduated in Management Sciences, trained with one of the worlds Big 5
consultancies and is now an independent management consultant specializing in
Information Systems especially in financial institutions (Banks and Insurance
Companies). He also works in the Tourism sector specialising in strategy at
country and regional levels. He has travelled widely and worked or lived in more
than 20 countries. He is Chairman of Discover Ltd - the owners of The Kasbah du
Toubkal and is passionate about the impact of tourism on destinations.
The Kasbah is widely recognised for its work with and for the community. The
Kasbah has helped establish local associations, rubbish clearance on the back of
a film on the Dalai Lama directed by Martin Scorcese, introduced an Ambulance
Service and recently completed the building of a Community Hammam (bath house).
The Kasbah has won several awards for sustainable tourism (Green Globe, British
Airways Tourism for Tomorrow and Responsible Tourism) and the London Independent
has rated The Kasbah du Toubkal as one of the top five mountain retreats
globally.
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Session Title: Volunteer and Philanthropic Tourism
Dr. Ronald H. Pyszka,
Principal and Founder of Menlo Consulting Group, Inc., has many years of
experience as a consultant to the global travel industry, and has assisted
clients with a wide range of projects involving strategic planning, marketing,
and product development. Dr. Pyszka is an active participant in a number of
international tourism organizations and a frequent speaker at industry events.
He recently completed his third term on the international Board of Directors of
the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), and is a member of PATA’s Industry
Council and former Chairman of its Research Committee. Before founding Menlo
Consulting Group in 1986, Dr. Pyszka served for nearly 15 years as an
International Management Consultant with Stanford Research Institute (SRI
International), managing SRI’s Consumer Behavior Program. Dr. Pyszka has served
as Professor of Marketing and Advertising on the faculties of the University of
Illinois and the University of Washington. He holds a Ph.D. from the University
of Wisconsin (Madison), an M.A. from Stanford University, and a B.B.A. from the
University of Notre Dame.
(click here for Transcript of
presentation)
Jeff Cardwell is the vice-president of Ambassadors for Children, a
non-for-profit organization that offers global volunteer opportunities,
and assists in promoting VolunTourism. Jeff is also president and CEO of A.M.I
Do-It Best Hardware, which was part of building the 100th home for Habitat for
Humanity in 1994. He is currently on their board and continues to assist with
building homes in El Salvador, Guatemala, and the U.S. He also established
"World in Need" (WIN) in 2000 with four other people, has a local radio show in
Indianapolis, Indiana called "People Helping People", and hs chairman of the
Lincoln Roundtable that brings issues of humanitarian work to Washington, D.C.
Jane Crouch is the Responsible Travel Coordinator for Intrepid Travel,
based in Melbourne, Australia. Intrepid operate small group adventure trips in
Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Jane has been in this position for 5 years and
looks at Intrepid's policy and operations with an aim of minimising the negative
impacts of tourism and maximising the positive. In 2002 Jane established The
Intrepid Foundation, providing travellers with a unique opportunity to provide
support to grass roots community development projects operated by local and
international NGOs. Jane joined Intrepid in 1996 and prior to her current
position, lead trips for Intrepid in Vietnam and Borneo. Over the past 4
years Jane has researched and run Intrepid's trips to East Timor - an
opportunity to set up a model of sustainable tourism in the world's newest
nation. Her employment history includes Home Economist for the Australian Dairy
Corporation, five years in outdoor education with the Australian Outward Bound
School and six years as an energy conservation advisor within the fuel
industry. Jane’s adventures include extensive travels through Asia and Africa
and a 1500km walk around the Victorian coastline. Jane has been actively
involved as a volunteer with several international NGOs for over 15 years and is
currently studying to attain a Masters in International Development.
Edna D. Eufemio is
Project Director for
Africania, Solidarity Tourism. Coming from the Philippines, she has experience
working in human resources, tourism, events, project and museum management, and
advocates volunteerism. She is currently working as
Manager, Tourism & Cultural
Affairs Office, Clark Development Corporation, Clark Special Economic Zone.
As well, she has
taught Business and Public Management at the graduate school of the University
of the Philippines, and was selected as Faculty of the Year.
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Session
Title:
Linkages of
Tourism, Culture, the Arts and Heritage in Building a Culture of Peace
Anna-Lena
Söderlund Törnell is the International Chairman of IATM (International
Association of Tour Managers), a freelance Guide and International Tour manager
and teaches tourism on college level in vocational education. She is very active
within IATM worldwide and she has been instrumental in planning of new
educations as well as taking great part in adjusting courses to the demand of
the tourism industry on an international level. Member of The Swedish
Association for Tourism and Cultural Exchange, The Tourism Educators, The
Swedish Association of Travel and Tourism Education, ISTTE, she has more than 30
years experience from the Tourism Industry worldwide, mainly as Tour Manager and
a BA in pedagogic theory and vocational tourism education.
IATM is the only
global association for professional and international Tour managers and are
working for professional recognition, information and education, certification,
increased working opportunities as well as networking possibilities and social
gatherings. IATM has today about one thousand members worldwide and is
divided in a number of regions where the local work take place.
(click here for
Transcript of Presentation)
Saudia
Muwwakkil of Atlanta, Georgia, USA is a cross-cultural communication
professional specializing in cultural heritage tourism. She currently serves as
Public Information Officer with the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic
Site, a unit of America's National Park Service. There, she established the
Public Affairs Office; has liaised with journalists, dignitaries, and
professionals from more than 55 nations; and organized a staff exchange with the
District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa. Previously, Saudia worked in
public relations at global headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company and in
promotional marketing with media and entertainment companies. She earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in Mass Communication from Grambling
State University where she also received a Masters degree in Cross-Cultural
Communication. Saudia enjoys international travel and has visited in North
America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, North and South Africa, Europe and
Southeast Asia.
Session Title:
Workshop: Destination Crisis Management and Disaster Preparedness
Dr.
Larry
Dwyer is the QANTAS Professor of Travel & Tourism Economics at the
School of Economics, Univeristy of New South Wales. Larry publishes widely
in the areas of tourism economics and tourism management with over 100
publications in international journals, government reports, chapters in
books and monographs. He maintains strong links with the tourism industry
at international, national, state and local levels. He has worked with the
World Tourism Organisation in tourism strategy development in India, and
undertaken consulting work for a substantial number of government agencies
including Tourism NSW, Queensland Treasury, Tourism Victoria, Tourism
Queensland, The Tourism Council of Australia and the Tourism Task Force.
Larry has also served as a contracted consultant to the Commonwealth
Department of Tourism advising on the economic impacts of government
policies on the tourism industry. Larry is an invited academic member of
the London based World Travel and Tourism Corporation Tax Force Panel, and
an executive committee member of the USA based Business Enterprises for
Sustainable Development (BEST). The Qantas Chair has the responsibility to
"lead, encourage and contribute to the development of research on the
economics of travel and tourism across all Australian Universities in the
CRC for Sustainable Tourism". Larry is a member of the the Editorial Board
of seven international tourism journals. He earned a B.Commerce (hons) at
UNSW; a B.A (hons) at University of Sydney; and a PhD at University of
Western Ontario.
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Transcript of Presentation)
Session Title: Indigenous Tourism
Chhaya Sharma
has been involved in tourism for the past two decades.
At present, she is running a Tourism Management College - Nepal College of
Travel and Tourism Management (NCTTM) affiliated with Nepal's oldest university
Tribhuvan University. She is the Founder /Principal of this college which is
the first tourism college in Nepal. She is also the President of the Women
Entrepreneurs Association of Nepal (WEAN), an NGO which works for women's
empowerment through entrepreneurship. Of late, she is also involved in peace
initiation, conflict resolution and mobilizing networks in peace building in
Nepal though an American Foundation. She presented on the 'Role of Tourism
Education in Poverty Alleviation-A Sustainable Approach' at the seminar on
'Poverty Alleviation Through Sustainable Tourism Development' organized by
Ministry of Tourism and UNESCAP(August 2003) in Kathmandu Nepal, as well as
presented on 'one village one product' with case studies at a Seminar on 'One
Village One Product’: A Movement for Community Development (Thailand 2004).
(click here for transcript of
presentation)
Peter Richards is the Marketing Manager
with Responsible Ecological Social Tours (REST) in Thailand. He works to
increase awareness of the principles and process of REST's model of
Community Based Tourism (CBT) for Sustainable Development, designs REST's
marketing strategy, and delivers CBT marketing training to local
communities, in addition to organizing CBT and Study Tours. Prior to
joining REST, he worked with Intrepid Travel as a Small Group Leader and
Responsible Travel Coordinator, with a specialization in Thailand and Lao
PDR. His consultancy, training and facilitation experience has helped
partners identify opportunities for CBT and capacity building.
Before working in tourism, Peter taught English as a Second Language for a
year in Chiang Mai after completing an ESL Teaching Certificate at
Cambridge University, and a BA in English Literature and Linguistics at
the University Of Birmingham.
Session
Title:
Educating for a Culture of Peace through
Tourism in the 21st Century
Ryuji Yamakawa
is Chief of the Tourism Unit, Transport and Tourism
Division at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP). After holding managerial positions in various departments
of the Japan National Tourist Organization, Mr. Yamakawa joined ESCAP in 1985.
He is responsible for implementing tourism programmes, which aim at
strengthening national capabilities of the Asian and Pacific countries in
sustainable tourism development and promoting regional cooperation. His
accomplishments include the establishment of the Working Group on the Greater
Mekong Subregion Tourism Sector and the Network of Asia-Pacific Education and
Training Institutes in Tourism (APETIT) as well as launching of the ESCAP Plan
of Action for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Asian and Pacific Region
(PASTA).
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Pauline Sheldon, Professor of Tourism,
School of Travel Industry Management, University of Hawaii
"A Curriculum for Sustainable/Responsible Tourism: The B.E.S.T.
Education Network"
This
presentation will focus on the educational needs to build a sustainable or
responsible tourism industry. A curriculum that is values-based and
includes an ethical and responsible approach is needed in today’s
institutions of higher education. The presentation will focus on the
efforts of the BEST Education Network and the contributions it has made in
this regard.
Ian Kelly, Adjunct Senior
Lecturer, University of South Australia
Ian Kelly was born in Glasgow,
Scotland, and has lived, worked and studied in Britain, Canada and Australia. He
has been an educator throughout his working life - as schoolteacher and
university academic. Initially a geographer, he switched to tourism management
in 1990. He developed and ran tourism courses at Monash and Swinburne
Universities in Australia before retiring in 2000. He now works in an adjunct
capacity with the University of South Australia (Adelaide), with a teaching and
research focus on destination management, educational tourism and tourism
education.
His formal involvement in Peace
through Tourism dates from the IIPT 1999 Glasgow Conference. His primary
objectives as Coordinator of the IIPT Educators' Forum are to facilitate the
collection and dissemination of resource materials and establish a working
relationship with educators working in the field of peace and conflict
resolution.
Educating for a culture of peace through tourism involves
two broad and overlapping channels - courses offered through educational
institutions and the traveler experiences offered by industry suppliers. It is
submitted that the incorporation of the peace ethic into tourism courses is
justified by the current level of anti-war sentiment, the ability of tourism to
make the required contribution, the needs of tourism as a discipline and a
profession, the opportunities to develop critical thinking in students of
tourism.
However, it is submitted that the
major contribution can be made by the tourism industry through the provision of
travel experiences which encourage attitudinal dispositions towards compassion,
goodwill, justice and respect. Such experiences involve an element of learning
and intellectual challenge, appropriate messages and communication and
opportunities for involvement.
It
is emphasized that these inclusions are not in conflict with mainstream
commercial interests, and that there are other bodies with whom the peace
objective is shared and with whom the tourism industry can work.
Session Title: Tourism Contribution
to Poverty Reduction
Dr Trevor Sofield
is Professor of Tourism, School of Leisure and Tourism Management, University of
Queensland. Dr Sofield has been appointed to numerous professional positions
over the years. He was Coordinator of the Australian National Cooperative
Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism (STCRC) for Western Australia
(1997-2000) and Tasmania (2001-2004), which links 16 universities around
Australia in partnership in one of the largest tourism research programs
globally. He is one of eight Directors of the Australian Tourism Research
Institute based in Canberra; a director of the International Council for Tourism
Education and Research based in France; a founding member, Executive Board
Member and Australian National Representative of the Asia Pacific Tourism
Association based in Korea; a member of the International Institute for Sports
Tourism based in Ottawa, Canada; and an International Expert for UNESCO,
Bangkok, on World Heritage Sites (tourism management). He was head of a task
force for the World Tourism Organisation on STEP (Sustainable Tourism as a tool
for Eliminating Poverty), Madrid, Spain; is State Representative to the
Australian Council of Universities for Tourism and Hospitality Education; and an
expert for the Australian Minister for the Environment’s National Task Force on
Heritage Tourism. He is currently Team Leader for the Mekong Tourism
Development Program, Cambodia and Vietnam, as Technical Director, Sustainable
Tourism, for the STCRC/GRM International consulting consortium. He is a former
Editor-In-Chief of “Pacific Tourism Review”, published in New York; and is
currently a Resource Editor for the world’s leading tourism academic journals,
“Annals of Tourism Research”, “Journal of Sustainable Tourism”, “Journal of
Ecotourism”, “Tourism Recreation Research”, “Tourism Review International”,
“Anatolia” and “Journal of Sports Tourism”.
Prior to joining the
ranks of academia in 1990, Dr Sofield was a senior diplomat in the Australian
Foreign Service (with postings in Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Singapore, New Zealand,
Solomon Islands and Fiji, amongst others, the final six years at ambassadorial
rank). On leaving the Foreign Service he went into partnership to develop an
island resort in Solomon Islands, a venture he still part-owns today. He has a
wide first-hand experience of tourism issues in the Asia/Pacific having
undertaken more than 70 consultancies and research projects in Australia, China,
Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and 12 Pacific Island countries. Recent
projects in China include as team leader for an Ecotourism Strategy for Nature
Reserves in Yunnan; as International Expert on formulating the Tourism Master
Plan for Hubei Province (site of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River);
as International Expert to assist in assessment of tourism potential in
Southeast Tibet; and as ecotourism and community based tourism expert for a new
tourism strategy for Xinjiang Province, focusing on the Minorities Tuwa and
Kazak peoples along the borders with Kazakhstan and Russia.
Session Title:
Healing the Wounds of Conflict through Tourism, Culture and
Sport
John McAuliff is the founder and executive director of the Fund
for Reconciliation and Development (FFRD), a twenty year old New York based
non-governmental organization <www.ffrd.org
>. He will speak on the role of tourism in overcoming decades of distrust
between the US and Vietnam and Cambodia and the challenge to do the same with
Cuba.
McAuliff graduated from Carleton College in Minnesota. He is a former Peace
Corps volunteer (Peru), a veteran of the US civil rights and peace movements,
and a recognized leader in the process of normalization of US diplomatic, trade
and cultural relations with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
Session Title:
Micro enterprise and SME Development
Mr. Jan B. Orsini joined the American Peace Corps and served as a
volunteer in rural Thailand after graduating from Stanford University in 1965.
Following Peace Corps, Jan joined the United Nations Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO) to assist in establishing an extension system for the UNDP/Thai
Government Rubber Development Project from 1968 to 1973. It was during this
period that Jan and Mr. Poom Siri, his Thai Counterpart, developed the system of
village level rubber "Group Marketing Organizations" (GMO). In the struggle to
accelerate the replication of these GMO, they developed the "Farmer trains
Farmer" (FTF) replication system, which employed the existing successful groups
to train the new groups. Over 600 such groups were eventually established
enhancing farmer income by an average of 14% and raising 11% of Thai rubber
exports from fourth to first grade quality.
After obtaining a graduate degree in Agricultural and Development Economics
at Cornell University, he returned to Thailand in 1976 and joined the United
Nations Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific, UN ESCAP, where he worked
for the Agriculture and Rural Development Division. During this employment, he
further developed and tested the "Farmer trains Farmer" replication system in
more than 15 countries of the Asia and Pacific Region. Eventually, when the FTF
methodology was modified to promote both farm and NON-FARM employment, Jan
changed the name from “Farmer Trains Farmer” to "Success-Case-Replication" (SCR).
During the final set of field trials, conducted from 1994 to 1999, in Bhutan,
Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam, the SCR
methodology yielded an average of 12 dollars of income for the rural poor for
each dollar spent in conducting SCR training. On average, 78% of all families
trained using SCR achieved sustainable income earning activities. SCR was
evaluated by the World Bank as a cost-effective and self-reliant SCALE-UP tool
to replicate successes achieved in rural development, employment promotion and
agricultural extension. Jan Orsini is presently retired from the UN and works as
a consultant for various international organizations.
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W. Cullen Hughes is a second-year Peace Corps volunteer in Buriram, Thailand,
where he is assigned to work with a sub-district Royal Thai Government Office on
community and economic development issues. During the last two years, he
has been active in a number of enterprise development projects in rural Thailand
to benefit the poor. In addition to his work with Dan McDonald in tourism
development, he has used the SCR approach with small mushroom production
enterprises and a snack production cooperative as part of a poverty alleviation
program in his rural sub-district. Mr. Orsini has served as a mentor to Mr.
Hughes during these projects and assisted him organize comprehensive trainings
and presentations to Thai university professors and students on two occasions.
Mr. Hughes' other Peace Corps projects include health promotion and education
initiatives in several rural Thai villages. Before Peace Corps, Mr. Hughes
worked for eight years in economic development and business consulting. His
economic development experience began in the former East German State of
Brandenburg where he received a fellowship from the German Government. He has an
MBA in Finance from the University of Colorado and a B.A. in International
Affairs from Colorado College. After Peace Corps, Mr. Hughes hopes to continue
his career in international development with a specialization in enterprise
development.
Sanjay Kumar Verma
works as a Junior Editor, and also handles media
and public relations, at the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI), which
is an apex member-based national promotional/advocacy organisation for the
cooperative sector in India with focus on education, training, communication,
international relations, etc. Sanjay edits the publications: 'The
Cooperator' (Monthly containing topical articles related to cooperatives,
success stories, news and views, etc.); 'Indian Cooperative Review' (a research
quarterly); and Coop. Horizon ( a bi-weekly news bulletin). He previously
worked as Trainee Sub-Editor at 'Patriot,' a National Daily (1993-94), and
freelanced for the National Newspaper.
(click here for
Transcript of Presentation)
Session Title: Promoting a Just and Equitable
Society Through Travel
Luc Ferran is the Programme
Officer for Combating Child Sex Tourism at the ECPAT International Secretariat
in Bangkok. He began work at ECPAT in January 2003 with the Regional Offices for
Africa and Europe before moving to the Tourism Desk in July 2003. He coordinates
ECPAT International Secretariat’s child sex tourism (CST) prevention activities,
research and data collection, and advocacy efforts in addition to collaborating
with the private sector in the development of programmes to protect children in
tourism. He represents ECPAT International on the World Tourism Organization
Task Force and Executive Committee to Protect Children from Sexual Exploitation
in Tourism and the Steering Committee and Executive Committee for the Code of
Conduct.
He has worked volunteered with various
non-profit organisations, including Habitat for Humanity International and the
Irish Refugee Council. He holds a BA in History from Columbia University, New
York, and a Masters in Peace Studies from Trinity College, Dublin. His Masters
thesis compared the efficiency of governmental, NGO and INGO responses to
trafficking of human beings for sexual purposes in South and South East Asia.
Promvit Klampaiboon was born in Thailand, but grew
up in Australia since the age of 14 pursuing the study of economics and
international relations. His avid interest in people's movement and questions of
Peace and Environment led him through 16 years of traveling and engaging in all
levels of activities for philanthropic ends. His quest took him to Europe,
Africa, US and Latin America volunteering for organizations such as Youth
Hostels, WWF, Amnesty International, Green Peace, Africa Aid, Friends of Amazon,
etc., before returning home to Thailand to lead a corporation as its CEO for
cleaner and social engaging manufacturing industries in 1992. Since 1998,
he has held the position of Environmental Advisor to Toyota Racing Development
Thailand. Having been a firm believer in the Hostelling International
mission 'youth-travel-peace,' and had volunteered for HI overseas for that
specific reason, he began volunteering for the Thai Youth Hostel Association in
1999 to revive and develop the movement. He was recruited as Asia Pacific
Development Officer for International Youth Hostels Federation (IYHF) in 2002
and has worked to develop and expand the HI network in Asia. His current
portfolio is Asia-Pacific network cohesion and growth. He serves as the
driver behind the Peace and International Understanding Campaign of IYHF and
UNESCO. He has been engaging with others in the IYHF network and UNESCO
since 2000 to uphold the spirit and philosophy of the Hostelling International
movement and currently is the Coordinator for the UNESCO-IYHF Peace and
International Understanding Campaign.
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