Seminars

(Last updated on August 13, 2008)

Seminar 5: Tourism in the Amazon Region: Dynamics underway for leveraging tourism.

Aim: To identify and discuss initiatives in progress, which have the potential to leverage tourism in the Amazon Region.
Partner Institution: Banco da Amazônia S/A

September 11, 2008 (Thursday)

7:30 am - 8:30 am - Registration

8:30 am – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 1 Moderator.
Welcoming Video - Flávia Grosso
8:40 am - Panel 1: Strategic Initiatives for the Development of Tourism in the South-American Amazon
Moderator: Cassiano Figueira Marques de Oliveira, State Secretary for Sport, Tourism and Leisure, Government of the State of Acre. Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Oduval Lobato Neto, Regional Development Manager, Banco da Amazônia, Specialist in Ecotourism / Center for Advanced Amazon Studies (NAEA), Works published on the following subjects: Ecotourism: The Example of Amazonas and Sustainable Tourism: A Factor in the Development of the Amazon Region. Language: Portuguese.

8:40 am - 9:20 am
Lecture 1: 2009, The Amazon Region’s Year of Destiny - Driving the Subject of Sustainability Forward - Donald Sinclair, Tourism, Transport, Infrastructure and Communications Coordinator, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), Certificate in Eco-tourism / Inter-American Institute of Tourism, Articles published on the following subjects: Sustainable Tourism, Indigenous Tourism and Sports Tourism, Language: Spanish.

9:20 am – 10:00 am
Lecture 2: Attractive Tourist Destinations in the Amazon Region – Successful Cases – Ricardo Moesch, General Coordinator of Tourism Services, Ministry of Tourism. Language: Portuguese

10:00 am – 10:20 am - Coffee break

10:20 am – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 2 Moderator.
10:20 am - Panel 2: The Amazon Region and the Mercosur: Tourist Routes with Integration Possibilities
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10:20 am - 10:40 am
Lecture 1: Amazon Region – Oreni Campêlo Braga da Silva, Chairwoman of the State of Amazonas Tourist Board (AMAZONASTUR), Master’s Degree in Environmental Management and Auditing, Specialist in Eco-tourism, Language: Portuguese.

10:40 am – 11:00 am
Lecture 2: Pantanal - Nilde Brun, Chairwoman of the State Tourist Foundation, Government of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, maior titulação acadêmica, especialidade que o vincula ao seminário/painel, Language: Portuguese.

11:00 am – 11:20 am
Lecture 3 - Iguaçu-Missiones - Geovani Gisler, Chairman of the Iguassu-Missiones Institute in the Province of Missiones – Argentina, maior titulação acadêmica, especialidade que o vincula ao seminário/painel, Language: ?

11:20 am - 11:40 am
Lecture 4 - Province of Chubut, Argentina - Mário das Neves, Governor of the Province of Chubut, maior titulação acadêmica, especialidade que o vincula ao seminário/painel, Language: ?

11:40 am – 12:20 pm - Debate Session
12:20 pm – Lunch

2:00 pm – Seminar Restart/ Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 3 Moderator.
2:00 pm - Panel 3: Conditions Necessary for the Development of Sustainable Tourism in the Amazon Region.
Moderator: Oreni Campêlo Braga da Silva, Chairwoman of the State of Amazonas Tourist Board (AMAZONASTUR), Master’s Degree in Environmental Management and Auditing, Specialist in Eco-tourism, Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Oduval Lobato Neto, Regional Development Manager, Executive Manager of Banco da Amazônia, Specialist in the Environment, Ecotourism, Planning and Public Policies, Works published on Ecotourism: The Example of Amazonas and Sustainable Tourism: A Factor in the Development of the Amazon Region. Language: Portuguese.

2:10 pm – 2:50 pm
Lecture 1: Opportunities for Sustainable Tourism in the midst of the Obstacles in the Amazon Region – Mário Petrocchi, Tourism Consultant, Petrocchi Consultoria, Postgraduate degree in Business Administration, Experience in supplying consultancy services in the tourism strategy development area and books and articles published on tourism planning and management, hotel management and marketing for tourist destinations, Language: Portuguese.

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm
Lecture 2: The Amazon Region Product and the Tourist Market - Virgílio Nelson da Silva Carvalho, Lecturer on the Tourism and Hotel Marketing Management course at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo, Bachelor’s degree in Tourism, Wide experience in supplying consultancy, advisory and management services in the Brazilian tourism area, Language: Portuguese.

3:30 pm – 3:50 pm - Coffee break

3:50 pm – 4:30 pm
Lecture 3: Initiatives for Leveraging Sustainable Tourism in the Amazon Region – Abidias José de Sousa Júnior, CEO of Banco da Amazônia S. A., Specialist in Foreign Trade, MBA in Marketing and Administration, Wide experience in the management of federal banks, Language: Portuguese.

4:30 pm – 5:10 pm
Lecture 4: Protected Area and Ecotourism in the Amazon Region: Integrating Capitalism and Conservation - Carlos Salinas Montes, Coordinator of Program to Strengthen the Joint Regional Management for the Sustainable Use of the Amazon Region’s Biodiversity, Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), Master in Business Administration / Boston University (USA), Experience in managing protected natural areas. Language: Spanish.

5:10 pm – 6:00 pm - Debate Session

6:00 pm – Close

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