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Date |
Time |
Preliminary Programme |
Venue |
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6 July 2010
Tuesday
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ARRIVAL OF DELEGATES
|
KLIA International
Airport |
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7 July 2010
Wednesday
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ARRIVAL OF DELEGATES
Meet & Greet
Delegates |
KLIA International Airport |
|
09.00 – 13.00 |
COMPLIMENTARY TOURS
Kuala Lumpur City
Tour (Fully Booked) |
From Individual Hotels |
|
14.00 – 17.00 |
COMPLIMENTARY TOURS
Kuala Lumpur City
Tour (Fully Booked) |
From Individual Hotels |
|
DAY 1
8 July 2010
Thursday
|
08.00 –
08.45 |
OPENING CEREMONY |
Ballroom 1
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|
Arrival of Invited
Distinguished Guests and Delegates |
|
08.45 - 09.00 |
Guests are seated |
|
09.00 - 09.05 |
Arrival of YAB Dato Seri
Zambry bin Kadir, Chief Minister of Perak |
|
09.05 - 09.10 |
Introduction of Guests of
Honor and Objectives of Conference |
|
09.10 - 09.20 |
Video Presentation of Host Country and Royal Belum
State Park |
|
09.20 – 09.45 |
Opening Remarks by
H.E. Secretary General of World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) |
|
09.45 – 10.15 |
Opening Speech by YAB
Dato Seri Zambry bin Kadir, Chief Minister of Perak |
|
10.15 - 10.30 |
Opening of WEC2010
Conference |
|
10.30 – 11.30 |
Introduction of
eminent speakers & dignitaries & Group Photo Press Conference (By Invitation)
Coffee Break |
Ballroom 1 |
|
10.30 - 11.30 |
PRE-SCHEDULED ONE-TO-ONE
NETWORKING SESSIONS
(Registered Delegates only) |
|
| |
This one-hour networking session is designed to
allow delegates to meet on a one-to-one basis.
Delegates are given prior names and contacts of
participating delegates to make mutually agreed
appointments with each other at the Ballroom Foyer
(tea-break) or at Park View Deck (refreshments at
own expense at Park View Deck)
|
Delegates only at Ballroom Foyer (tea-break) or at
Park View Deck (refreshments at own expense) |
|
11.30 – 11.50 |
Inspection of Green Tourism International Mart
Exhibitors |
Ballroom Foyer |
|
11.50 - 13.30 |
Launch of CBioD Project, an innovative biodiversity
real estate project, reckoned to be the first in the
world |
Ballroom 2 |
|
Welcome Lunch |
|
13.30 - 17.00 |
G2G BILATERAL MEETINGS (with
prior appointments made) |
VVIP Boardroom |
|
This is a platform created
for country delegations attending the WEC to have
informal bilateral meetings with counterparts of
friendly countries to foster among others,
collaboration in technical exchange or explore
regional cooperation.
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|
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KEYNOTE ADDRESSES |
Ballroom 1 |
|
13.30 - 14.00 |
Introduction by Moderator: Prof Trevor Sofield |
|
14.00 - 14.40 |
Keynote Speaker:
Mr
Mahmoud E-Kaissouni
Environmental Advisor to the Egyptian Minister of
Tourism
Ecotourism: Egypt's Future |
|
14.40 - 15.20 |
Keynote Speaker:
Mr Jose Ma Lorenzo Tan
CEO & Vice Chairman. WWF Philippines
|
|
15.30 - 15.50 |
Tea Break |
|
15.50 - 16.30 |
Keynote Speaker:
Prof Trevor Sofield
Foundation Professor and Chair, Tourism
Programme University of Tasmania
Australia
Urban Ecotourism – Where are the
boundaries? |
|
16.30 - 17.00 |
Panel Discussion |
|
17.00 |
End of Programme |
|
|
DAY 2
9 July 2010
Friday
|
10.00 - 18.00 |
SESSION 1 - Urban & Rural Ecotourism: New Paradigms? |
Ballroom 1 |
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Theoretically, urban and rural
ecotourism are at odds with the many accepted
definitions of ecotourism. Should the scope of
ecotourism be broadened to include nature-based
attractions with high level of nature and
pro-environmental interpretation and education
directed at changing attitudes and values in urban
areas which are cradles of civilisation? What are
the challenges and opportunities ahead? Should urban
ecotourism operations be included in ecotourism
definitions?
|
|
Moderator : |
|
09.00 - 09.20 |
Presentation 1 |
|
Speaker:
Mr
Soukaseum Bodhisane
Vice Chairman, Lao
National Tourism Administration (LNTA), Lao PDR
Rural Laos: Simply Beautiful |
|
09.20 - 09.40 |
Presentation 2 |
|
Speaker:
Mr Dave Bamford
Director,
Tourism Resources Consultants, New
Zealand
Rural and Urban Ecotourism: A Changing
World |
|
09.40 - 10.00 |
Presentation 3 |
|
Speaker: Prof Yoshitaka Kumagai
Director, Center for Regional
Sustainability Initiatives (CRESI) Akita
International University, Japan
Revitalizing Depopulating Rural
Communities through Sustainable Tourism
|
|
10.00 - 10.20 |
Presentation 4 |
|
Speaker: Tuan
Haji Shahariman Hamdan
President, Homestay
Association of Malaysia | Chairman of Malaysia-Korea
Association, Malaysia
The Malaysian
Homestay Experience: A Homestay Operator's
Perspective |
|
10.20 - 10.40 |
Panel Discussion |
|
10.40 – 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
KLCC Ballroom Foyer |
| |
SESSION 2 - Market Development & Return on
Investment:
Viability versus Responsibility
|
Ballroom 1 |
|
While ecotourism helps to
support developing countries economic growth, the
increasing demand for ecotourism experiences creates
human-led pressure on fragile natural eco-systems.
Developing regional and domestic markets for
ecotourism, learning from the leaders in destination
positioning, e-marketing and the evaluation of green
tourism economies in developing countries, acquiring
green certification; and analyzing how and where the
ROI is achieved.
|
|
Moderator : Mr Les Clark
Director,
Tourism Resources Consultants, New
Zealand |
|
11.00 - 11.20 |
Presentation 5 |
|
Speaker: Mr Masaru Takayama
President, Spirit of Japan Travel &
Executive Director, Eco Lodge
Association of Japan (ECOLA), Japan
Be in the know and first to know in
ecotourism |
|
11.20 - 11.40 |
Presentation 6 |
|
Speaker:
Prof Amran Hamzah
Director,
Centre for Innovative Planning &
Development (CIPD), Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Malaysia
Community Based Tourism at the
Crossroads: To Scale Up or Shut Down? |
|
11.40 - 12.00 |
Presentation 7 |
|
Speaker: Mr
Lotay Rinchen
Co-founder & Sustainability Adviser,
Bridge To Bhutan, Bhutan
Sustainable Tourism & Gross National Happiness (GNH) |
|
12.20 - 12.40 |
Presentation 8 |
|
Speaker: Dr.
Mihee Kang
Ecotourism Specialist & Director, Ecotourism Korea
Director, Green Research & Marketing, Inc. Planning
Supervisor, Baekdudaegan Arboretum Project Lecturer,
Yeungnam University
|
|
12.40 - 13.00 |
Panel Discussion |
|
13.00 – 14.40 |
Hosted Buffet Lunch |
Ballroom 2 |
|
|
SESSION 3 - Sustainable Tourism & Roadmaps: Turning
Green
|
Ballroom 1 |
|
Sustainable Tourism
embraces all segments of the industry with
guidelines and criteria that seek to reduce
environmental impacts, particularly the use of
non-renewable resources, using measurable
benchmarks, and to improve tourism’s contribution to
sustainable development and environmental
conservation. Where are we now and where are we
heading? What are the "real" and "hidden"
impediments?
|
|
Moderator : |
|
14.40 - 15.00 |
Presentation 9 |
|
Speaker:
|
|
15.00 - 15.20 |
Presentation 10 |
|
Speaker: Dato' Dr Ong Hong Peng
Secretary-General, Ministry of Tourism,
Malaysia |
|
15.20 - 15.40 |
Presentation 11 |
|
Speaker: Dato' Zoal Azha
Secretary-General, Ministry of Natural
Resources & Environment, Malaysia |
|
15.40 - 16.00 |
Presentation 12 |
|
Speaker: Dr Reza Azmi
Founder & Director, Wild Asia
Responsible
Tourism in Asia: Then, Now & the Future |
|
16.00 - 16.20 |
Panel Discussion |
|
16.20 – 16.40 |
Break |
Ballroom Foyer |
|
16.40 – 17.40 |
Presentation by Rapporteur
- Conclusions of WEC2010 Q & A. Discussions and
Voting. |
Ballroom 1 |
|
|
Rapporteur: Prof
Trevor Sofield Foundation Professor and Chair,
Tourism Programme University of Tasmania, Australia |
|
17.40 - 18.00 |
Presentation of Mementoes
and Closing Ceremony |
|
DAY 3
10 July 2010
Saturday
|
PRELIMINARY PARALLEL
TRACK PROGRAME |
|
|
TRACK 1 |
TRACK 2 |
TRACK 3A |
|
PARALLEL
TRACKS |
ACADEMIC
RESEARCH
Moving Up Ecotourism
Along
The Value Chain
ROOM NO:
304 & 305
|
PRIVATE SECTOR
SUCCESS STORIES
Ecotourism: Responsibility first, profitability
follows.
ROOM NO:
302 - 303 |
ACADEMIC
RESEARCH
Moving Up Ecotourism Along
The Value Chain
ROOM NO:
306 |
|
09.00 – 09.30 |
MALAYSIA |
JAPAN
|
THAILAND |
|
The Impact Of
Volunteer Tourism On Host Community Framework In
Sabah: An Exploratory Study.
Mr Albert Aseh & Dr Jennifer Kim
Lian Chan
Tourism Management School of Business
and Economics,University Malaysia Sabah,
Malaysia
|
Tapping the Japanese market for ecotourism: Leads &
Tips
Mr Masaru Takayama
President, Spirit of Japan Travel
|
The Study of Tourism Resources and
Tourism Behaviours for Ecotourism
Development of Koh Chang, Trad Province
Mr. Supot Thaisuriya
Graduate School, Srinakharinwirot
University
Thailand
|
|
09.30 –
10.00 |
INDIA |
PHILIPPINES
|
MALAYSIA |
|
Pattern of Tourism Development in
Wayanad with reference to Responsible
Tourism
Prof Shyju P. J. and Dr. Pravin Singh Rana Dept. of
History of Art, B.H.U.
Dr. P.V. Rajeev
Faculty of
Management Studies, B.H.U. (Banaras
Hindu University, Varanasi)
Mr Rinzing Lama
Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel
Management, New Delhi
India
|
Boracay Island: A Case for Reversing
Urban Tourism Development
Ms Roselle C. Tenefrancia
Eminent Persons Group - Boracay
Lawyer/Travel Writer/Photographer
Boracay Island,
Malay, Aklan
Philippines
|
Looking at
ecotourism value chain from tourists' point of view
Nor Haniza
Binti Mohamad
Faculty of
Built Environment
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
Malaysia
|
|
10.00 –
10.30 |
GERMANY
|
THAILAND |
MALAYSIA |
|
Local Community’s Perceptions and
Attitudes towards Protected Areas and
Ecotourism Management – The Case of
Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana
Raphael Foli Fiagbomeh & Renate
Burger-Arndt
Department of Nature Conservation and
Landscape Management, Faculty of Forest
Sciences and Forest Ecology,
Georg-August-University Gottingen,
Germany
|
Community Based Tourism: Case studies with
EarthCare, a learning program for school groups and
corporations and Himmapaan a forest reforestation
project.
Mr Bruce Hancock
Asian Oasis
Thailand
|
Evaluation of Soil and Vegetation
Impacts from Recreation Activities In
Ulu Bendul Recreational Forest, Negeri
Sembilan Noor
Jalilah Binti Jumaat & Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Abdullah Mohd Department
Forest
Management, Faculty of Forestry,
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Malaysia |
|
10.30 - 10.45 |
Coffee Break |
|
|
|
10.45 –
11.15 |
AUSTRALIA
|
MALAYSIA
|
INDONESIA
|
|
Contextualising Affirmative
Responsiveness: Drivers and Barriers in
the Implementation of Environmentally
Friendly Practices Among Restaurants in
the Casual Upscale Segment
Anida Ismail
Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management,
UiTM
Dr Azilah Kasim
Faculty of Tourism, Hospitality and
Environmental Management, UUM
|
Moving ecotourism & adventure tourism industry up
the value chain: Insights and Foresights
Ms Chan Yuen-Li
Malaysia Representative, Rescue 3 International.
Industry Adviser, Diploma of Adventure Tourism
Management Program, , Queenstown Resort College, New
Zealand.
Managing Director, Nomad Adventure Sdn Bhd.
Nomad Adventure Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
|
Community Based Ecotourism
as a new comparative and competitive advantage to
bring North Sulawesi becoming gate for MICE industry
in East Asia and Pacific region.
Ms H. Jacoba
Roeroe
Researcher at
North Sulawesi R&D Institute, Regional Planning and
Development Board
Co-Director of Center for
Water, Energy and Environment, Pacific Institute for
Sustainable Development, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
|
|
11.15 -
11.45 |
HONG KONG |
MALAYSIA
|
AUSTRALIA |
|
Ecotour Guide Training in Hong Kong: A
Comparison of Training Programs
Dr Alan Wong &
Dr. Thomas Bauer
Ms Carmen Chu
School of Hotel & Tourism
Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic
University,
Hong Kong
|
Visitors Group Alignment Using Travel
Motivation Segmentation: Malaysian
National Conservation Centre
Assoc. Prof. Dr Abdullah Mohd
Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra,
Malaysia
|
Mainstreaming Tourism for Rural Poverty Alleviation:
A Case Study in Terengganu, Malaysia.
Mrs. Norhazliza Abdul Halim
School of Management University of Tasmania
Australia |
|
11.45 -
12.15 |
THAILAND
|
MALAYSIA
|
CANADA |
|
A Study of Biological Diversity to
Develop the Educational Coastal
Ecotourism in Muang Kluang Sub-district,
Kapur District, Ranong Province,
Thailand
Supaporn Suksileun, Nalena
Prapiraksit, Rakchanok Koto, Chwit
Attasat, Apiradee Suantan
Institute of Ecotourism,
Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok,
Thailand
|
Participation as a Dynamic Process in
Community Based Tourism Project. A case
of Saung Angklung Udjo, Bandung,
Indonesia
Dr Goh Hong Ching
Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
|
International Perspective:
Laotians and Canadians Learning Together to
Understand the Sustainability of Tourism in Laos
Mr Kevin Allen
School of Hospitality and
Tourism Management University of Guelph,
Canada
|
|
12.15 -
12.45 |
MALAYSIA
|
INDONESIA |
NEPAL |
|
Tourism through the
Eye-of-the-beholder: Designing Merang to
Penarik of Setiu Terengganu’s Tourism
Corridor through Tourism Market
Segmentation and Preferences.
Mrs. Suradiah Labintah
Department of Landscape Architecture
Faculty of Built Environment
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Skudai,
Johor Malaysia
|
Ecotourism in Karimunjawa National
Marine Park : Ethnoecology Perspective
Mr Destha Titi Raharjana Graduate School
- Gadjahmada University, Yogjakarta,
Indonesia |
Community Managed Ecotourism – An Effective Means
of Red Panda Awareness and Conservation
Mr
Bibhushan Timsina
Director - Administration & Communications Red Panda
Network,
Nepal |
|
12.45 - 14.00 |
Buffet Lunch |
|
TRACK 3B
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MEETINGS
MEA & APES |
|
14.00 -
14.30 |
AUSTRALIA
|
THAILAND
|
Registration of new applicants for Malaysian
Ecotourism Association and Asia Pacific Ecotourism
Society (APES) |
|
Luxury
ecotourism: Case study of The Great
Barrier Reef
Ms Nicola Lauren Caygill
Oxford Brookes University School of the
Built Environment, NSW,
Australia
|
Eco-friendly cleaners: The prominent
key for eco-campsite development in Khao
Yai National Park, Thailand
Dr Tatsanawalai Utarasakul Environmental
Science Programme, Faculty of Science
and Technology Suan Sunandha Rajabhat
University, Thailand
|
|
14.30 -
15.00 |
CANADA
|
MALAYSIA |
Asia
Pacific Ecotourism Society (APES) Meeting
(14.30pm - 15.30pm)
|
|
A
Lack of Trained Laotian Hospitality Professionals: A
Business Plan for a Hospitality School in Pakse,
Laos: A Possible Solution.
Dr. Stephen Lynch
School of Hospitality and
Tourism Management University of Guelph,
Canada
|
Visitors Group Alignment using Travel
Motivation Segmentation Malaysian
National Elephant Conservation Centre
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Mohd Faculty
of Forestry
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Malaysia
|
|
15.00 –
15.30 |
INDIA
|
ITALY
|
|
A
world class Tourism Centre & its host community
P.G. Padmanabhan & Kence
Georgey
The Society for Socially
Responsible & Eco Friendly Tourism Kumarakom,
Kerala,
India
|
Tourists involved in a Biodiversity
Monitoring Program
Dr Francesco Pensa
Marine Science Group
Citizen Science Lab
Department of Evolutionary and
Experimental Biology
Alma Mater Studiorum
University of Bologna
Italy
|
|
15.30 –
16.00 |
NIGERIA
|
MALAYSIA
|
Malaysian
Ecotourism Association (MEA) Annual General Meeting
(15.30pm - 17.00pm)
|
|
Ecotourism Benefits and the
Role of Non-Governmental Organisations at Yankari
Game Reserve, Nigeria
Dr Adeleke
Bola Olusola,
Department of Transport and
Tourism Studies, Redeemer’s University, Redemption
City, Ogun State,
Nigeria
|
Community Participation in Ecotourism:
Suggestions for Improvement through
Regulatory and Management Reform
Ms Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah
Faculty of Law University Teknologi MARA
|
|
16.00 – 16.20 |
Teabreak |
|
|
16.20 - 17.00 |
Panel Discussion
|
Panel Discussion |
|
Presentation of Momentoes |
Presentation of Momentoes |
|
DAY 4
11 July 2010
Sunday
|
|
Departure for
Technical and Post Tours for Delegates
Technical and Post
Tours
|
|
DAY 5
12 July 2010
Monday
|
|
Delegates depart for
home |
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