Speakers / Moderators
(in alphabetical order)  

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Caroline Andrieux, Sustainability Project & Communications Senior Manager, Accor
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Martin Barth, General Manager, World Tourism Forum Lucerne
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Wilhelm Bauer, Managing Director, Fraunhofer IAO
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Christian Baumgartner, Secretary General, Naturefriends International
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Indraa Bold, Director of the Governing Board Mongolia National Tourism Organization
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Ernst A. Brugger, Professor Dr, CEO,  BHP - Brugger and Partners Ltd.
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Peter M. Burns, PhD, MA, MEd, FRGS, AcSS, University of Brighton
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Achilles V. Constantakopoulos, Managing Director T.E.MES. SA
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Patrick W. Diemer, Managing Director & Chairman, AirPlus International
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Charles Donkor, Partner, PwC Switzerland
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Stephanie Draper, Director of Change Strategies, Forum for the Future
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Urs Eberhard, Executive Vice President Markets & MICE and Vice Director of Switzerland Tourism
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René Estermann, CEO, myclimate
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Stephen Farrant, Director, International Tourism Partnership International Business Leaders Forum
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Adrian Finighan, Financial Journalist, World Affairs Specialist: BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera
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Mason Florence, Executive Director, Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO)
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Allan Flores, Minister of Tourism of Costa Rica
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Michael Hitchcock, Director & Dean, IMI University Centre, International Hotel Management Institute
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James Hogan, CEO, Etihad Airways 
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James Hyde, Senior Client Partner, Korn & Ferry
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Kati Ihamäki, Vice President Finnair, Sustainable Development
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Tim Jackson, Professor University of Surrey
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Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI Europe
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Samira Khelifi-Dubart, Professor Ecole hotelière, Lausanne
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Klaus-Dieter Koch, Managing Partner Brand:Trust GmbH
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Klaus Lengefeld, Senior Advisor Sustainable Tourism
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Geoffrey Lipman, Director greenearth.travel, Advisor to Secretary General UNWTO
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Rakesh Mathur, President & CEO, WelcomHeritage Hotels, India
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Dr Bob McKercher, Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Wolfang Müller-Pietralla, Head of Future Affairs, Volkswagen
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Louis Palmer, Environmental adventurer, Initiator & Director ZERO EMISSIONS Race
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Heinz Pfuschi Pfister, Cartoonist
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Max Pfister, Government Councillor of the Canton of Lucerne
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Jeanine Pires, Minister Special Advisor for Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games
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Bruce Poon Tip, Founder Gap Adventures 
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Brent Ritchie, Professor School of Tourism, University of Queensland
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Christopher Rodrigues, Chairman, VisitBritain 
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Peter Rothwell, CEO, Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd.
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Samih Sawiris, Chairman and CEO, Orascom Development Holding SA
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Christian Schmicke, Editor-in-chief Travel.one
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Jürg Schmid, CEO Switzerland Tourism
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Daniel Scott, Canada Research Chair in Global Change and Tourism, University of Waterloo
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David P. Scowsill, President & CEO World Travel & Tourism Council
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Paul Steele, Director Aviation Environment, IATA
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Urs W. Studer Mayor, City of Lucerne
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Potjana Suansri, Director, The Thailand Community Based Tourism Institute (CBT-I)
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Rohit Talwar, CEO Fast Future
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Ercan Turk, Professor University of South Carolina
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Hon. Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, Minister of Tourism South Africa
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Widar von Arx, Head of Mobility, Institute of Tourism, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
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Urs Wagenseil, Head of Tourism, Institute of Tourism, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
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Roger Wehrli, Head of Research, Institute of Tourism, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
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Reto Wittwer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kempinski
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Mariyam Zulfa, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Republic of Maldives
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Bernard Zen-Ruffinen, President, EMEA Zurich and London Korn/Ferry
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