Preliminary Programme            

ASIA PACIFIC ECOTOURISM LEADERSHIP AWARDS

 

2ND MINISTERIAL ROUND TABLE ON ECOTOURISM

 

GOYANG DECLARATION

Recognising personalities and organisations for exceptional drive, dedication and excellence in the development of ecotourism in line with United Nations MDG.

Promoting regional multilateral cooperation and galvanising the resources of successful leaders and practitioners spearheading the advancement of ecotourism in the Asia Pacific

Delegates concludes with the drafting of the Goyang Declaration on Transfrontier Ecotourism Initiatives, sealing the commitment of a common vision and collective affirmative actions to be undertaken.

APES INDUSTRY NETWORKING MEETING

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMME

WORLD ECOTOURISM SHOWCASE

A long term objective to develop a dynamic &  cohesive multi sector industry within the region, building and growing a sizable marketplace, sharing knowledge among researchers & promoting technical exchange among practitioners

 

The innovative programme targetted at youths aims to promote unique tourism experiences through experience and immersion of cultures, personal bonding with communities or nature, personal development and education.

The largest marketplace showcasing community based ecotourism, nature and adventure travel in the Asia Pacific region, establishing supply and demand chains in the international front.

ECOTOURISM RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

ECOTOURISM BUSINESS FORUM

TECHNICAL TOURS

WEC 2012 will provide the platform for the academic fraternity to take the centre stage and showcase new development paradigms, best practice and groundbreaking solutions that have been hatched through years of research.

 

The innovative programme targetted at the private sector aims to promote unique tourism experiences through experience and immersion of cultures, personal bonding with communities or nature, personal development and education.

The largest marketplace showcasing community based ecotourism, nature and adventure travel in the Asia Pacific region, establishing supply and demand chains in the international front.

 

 

 

Saturday

1 September 2012
(Airport Reception and Transfers)

  

08.00 - 22.00

Meet & Greet for international delegates at Incheon Airport

Incheon Airport

Scheduled coach transfers from airport to official hotels for international and national delegates
 

Check-in respective hotels

  

Sunday

2 September 2012

 
 

Hosted Pre-Technical Tours (DMZ,
Gyeonggi)

  

08.00 - 09.00

Depart from official hotels to field tour sites

  

09.00 - 17.00

DMZ & Pyeonghwanuri Park (DMZ Bike & Walk)

  View Itinerary here
 

 

  

Monday

3 September 2012

 

08.00 - 09.00
(Foyer)

On-Site Registration

(Korean delegates & Media)

  

08:50 - 09:00

Korean DMZ Video Presentation

  

09.00 - 10.00

Opening Ceremony

  

(Grand Ballroom.
KINTEX 1)

Presided over by

Mr Joon Kee HWANG, CEO, Gyeonggi Tourism Organisation,

Congratulatory Address: H.E. Dr Kwang Shik CHOI, Minister, Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism

Congratulatory Address: H.E. Dr Young Sook YOO, Minister, Ministry of Environment

Congratulatory Address: H.E. Dr Taleb RIFAI, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organisation, UNWTO,

Congratulatory Address: H.E Mr Seong CHOI, Mayor, Goyang City

Congratulatory Address: Prof. Seong-il KIM, Co-chair, Ecotourism Korea

Welcoming Address      :  H.E. Mr Moon-Soo KIM, Gyeonggi Province Governor

Group Photo Session

10:00 - 12:00

(Grand Ballroom,
KINTEX 1)

Keynote Session - "Ecotourism for Global Peace"

Moderator: Dr. Chung-ll, CHOI, President, UNESCO International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere & Honorary President of Ecotourism Korea.

Keynote Speakers:

  • Mr Sang-Hyup KIM, Senior Secretary to the President of Korea

  • Hon. Mr. Jing XU, UNWTO Director of Asia & The Pacific Regional Programme, Spain

  • Hon. Mr. Nikita LOPOUKHINE, Chair of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Switzerland

  • Panel Discussion

12.00 - 12.30

(Grand Ballroom
Foyer, KINTEX 1)

2012 World Ecotourism Exposition H.E. Mr Moon-Soo KIM, Gyeonggi Province Governor accompanied by H.E. Dr Taleb RIFAI,
Secretary-General, UNWTO, Hon. Ministers, Senior Officials and Keynote Speakers opens the 2012 World Ecotourism Exhibition (WEE2012)

12.30 - 13.30

Hosted Lunch 

  

 

Hosted by WEC 2012 Korea Organizing Committee
 
 

Plenary Session 1 (Grand Ballroom)

 

13.30 - 15.10

The Power of Ecotourism
 Moderator: Mr. Jing XU, UNWTO Director of Asia & The Pacific Regional Programme, Spain

Mr. Glenn Jampol, President, Costa Rica National Chamber of Ecotourism, Costa Rica

  • H.E. Mr Ahmed Sameem, Minister of State for Tourism, Ministry of Tourism, Maldives

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Prof Amran Hamzah, Deputy Vice Chair (South East Asia) IUCN-WCPA ASIA and Director, Centre of Innovative Planning and Development
UTM, Malaysia

H.E. Utay Aung, Deputy Minister of Hotels and Tourism, Myanmar

Panel Discussion

15.10 - 15.30

Coffee Break

  
 

Plenary Session 2 (Grand Ballroom)

 

15.30 - 17.10

 

Transformational Ecotourism Initiatives and Success Stories

Moderator: Prof. Seong-il KIM, (IUCN Councillor)

 

H.E. Mr Kousom Saroeuth, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia

Dr. Won-hee Lee Research Fellow, Korea Culture and Tourism Institute (KCTI)

Mr Boris Erg, Director, IUCN Programme Office for South East Asia Europe, Switzerland

Mr Na, Gongju, Director, Korea National Park Service (KNPS), Republic of Korea

Panel Discussion

17.10 - 17.30

Tea Break

  

17.30 - 18.15

(Plenary Hall)

Asia Pacific Ecotourism Society (APES)
Annual Networking Meeting
Annual Report & Initiatives 2012 / 2013

18.15 - 18.30
(Plenary Hall)

Ecotourism Leadership Awards

18.30 - 20.00
(TBA)

Welcome Dinner

Hosted by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism

Tuesday

4 September 2012

 

07:00 - 09.00

WCPA Asia Steering Committee Meeting

  
 

Plenary Session 3 (Grand Ballroom)

Parallel Session 1B

09.00 - 10.40

 

Trends & Innovation in Ecotourism
 Moderator: Prof Namjo Kim, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea

Prof Dr. Beate Jessel, President of Federal Agency for Nature
Conservation, BfN, Germany

Mr Gopinath Parayil, The Blue Yonder, India

Mr Sinan Halic, Executive Board Member of Association of
TurkishTravel Agencies (TURSAB)
Ms Kym Cheatham, CEO, Ecotourism Australia, Australia

High Level Ecotourism Advocacy Leaders Forum - (Invited
Delegates Only)
Chair : Prof. Seong-il KIM, (IUCN Councillor)

 

Panel Discussion

  

10.40 - 11.00

Coffee Break

Coffee Break
 

Plenary Session 4 (Grand Ballroom)

Parallel Session 2B

11.00 - 12.40

Ecotourism Best Practices & Recommendations

Dr Uwe Riecken, Senior Scientist, Federal Agency for Nature
Conservation (BfN), Germany
 Dr Kelly Bricker, Chair, The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
USA

Prof. Zainab Khalifah, Lecturer, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
 Panel Discussion

Ministerial Round Table on "Goyang Declaration on
Transboundary Ecotourism
Initiatives for Conservation and Peace

(Invited Ministry Delegates only)

 

Special Session: Asia Forest Cooperation Organization
(AFoCO)
by Seoul National University  (View Programme)

 
 

12.40 - 13.40

Lunch

Lunch
 

Parallel Session 3A (Ballroom A)

Parallel Session 3B

13.40 - 15.00

Ecotourism Research Symposium A
Moderator: Dr. Mihee Kang (Seoul National University)

Dr Meti Ekayani, Bogor Agricultural University Indonesia

Dr. Alan Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Mr. Ersto Bernanto Tambunan, Managing Director, IdeA-Innovative
development for eco-Awareness, Indonesia

Dr. Hui Jung, CEO, Erum Environment Planning & Consulting,
Republic of Korea.

 

Ecotourism Business Forum A
Moderator: Mr Hyun Kim, Director, Gyeonggi Tourism Organisation

Ms Gauree Malakar, Manager,TigerTops, Nepal

Mr.Mohd Amirul Rizal, Director,Tourism Malaysia, Malaysia

Mr Frans Tumiwa, Founder and Chairman. Lebur Pancawati,
Indonesia

Panel Discussion

 

15.00 - 15.20

Tea Break

Tea Break
 

Parallel Session 4A

Parallel Session 4B

15.20 - 17.00

Ecotourism Research Symposium B

Ecotourism Business Forum B

Moderator: Mr Lee Choon Loong, Chair, Asia Pacific Ecotourism
Society

Mr Mahadi Mohd, Go4GreenMalaysia, Malaysia

Mr Masaru Takayama, Ecotravel agent/ Ecotourism Consultant, Spirit
of Japan Travel, Japan

Mr Tim Badman, Head of World Heritage Program (IUCN)

Panel Discussion

 
 

Moderator: Prof. Hochan Jang (Korea National
Open University)

Prof. Nobuhiro Yasuda, Faculty of Service Management Bunri
 University of Hospitality, Japan

Ms Yune-jeang Park, Senior Researcher, Environmental Planning
Institute, Seoul National University, Korea)

Dr Jamil Jusoh, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Roberto P. Cereno, College of Forestry and Natural Resources,
University of the Philippines, Philippines

Panel Discussion

17.00 - 18.00

"Youth & Old" Round Table

Moderator: Dr. Jong-Geel Je

Co-Chair, Ecotourism Korea & Principal, City and Nature Institute,
Republic of Korea

Special Session:
Asia’s Regional Initiative on Protected Area：the first Asia
Parks Congress
by Ministry of Environment, Japan

(View Programme)

 

18.00 - 18.30

Closing Session
 

Adoption of "Goyang Declaration"
 

Closing Remarks

18.30 - 20.30

Farewell Dinner

Hosted by Goyang City

    

Wednesday

5 September 2012

   

For WEC
delegates

Hosted Post-Technical Tours
(Bukhansan National Park)


View Itinerary Here
 

0800 - 17:00

Full day Bukhansan National Park Tour

 

  

Thursday

6 September 2012
(Airport Departures)

    
 

Hosted Airport Transfer from official hotels
to Incheon Airport

    

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              * In the best interest of the conference and delegates, the preliminary programme and invited speakers are subject to change