Thursday September 27, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Policy/Issues Track
Public Land Management /Protected Areas and Ecotourism/LAC
Location: Hall E
Moderator: Dave Sollitt, Executive Director, The International Ecotourism Society
1. Alan Graefe, Associate Professor of Leisure Studies, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University
Presentation Title: Balancing Ecotourism and Resource Protection
2. Bob Krumenaker, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI, National Park Service
Presentation Title: Climate Change in the National Parks and Gateway Communities
Communities Track
Handcrafts / Festivals, Heritage Tourism, Environmental Art
Location: Hall F
Moderator: Carole Summers Morris, President, Meritage Consulting
1. Carole Summers Morris, President, Meritage Consulting
Presentation Title: HandMade in America; Community Development in Western North Carolina
2. Pamela Ward, Executive Director, Metepenagiag Heritage Park
Presentation Title: Community driven approach to balancing cultural preservation and presentation
Greening Track
Supply Chain
Location: Hall H
Moderator: Lisa Kivirist, Owner, Inn Serendipity/ Co-Author, Rural Renaissance & Edible Earth
1. John Ivanko & Lisa Kivirist, Owners, Inn Serendipity / Co-Authors, Rural Renaissance & Edible Earth
Presentation Title: Going Green in a Restoration Economy
How-to Track
Vehicles of Marketing and Media Outreach
Location: Hall G
Moderator: Frances Figart, Editor, Modern Traveler magazine
1. Francis Farrell, Publisher, National Geographic Adventure magazine
Presentation Title: The Crash of Traditional Marketing Constructs when Applied to Ecotourism (And why that’s a Good Thing!)
2. Bob McElwee, Publisher, Modern Traveler magazine
Presentation Title: Inside the Green Box: Online ROI in Online Ecotourism Marketing
3. Kimberly Lisagor, Freelance journalist and Author, San Luis Obispo, California
Presentation Title: The Anti-FAM: Passive Marketing and the Travel Press
