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Founder and President of Beyond Green Travel, Senior Advisor for Sustainable Tourism at National Geographic. Pioneer in Sustainable Tourism.
José Manuel Camarero
Regional Secretary for Tourism. Valencian Generalitat
Juan Antonio Amengual
Mayor of Calvià
Federico De Arteaga
President of the Ibero-American Network of Smart Tourist Destinations
Mabel Sáez
Francisco Javier García
Director of RED.es and digital public services
Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio
Fabio Carella
Specialist in Marine Spatial Planning. Department of Architecture and Arts. IUAV University of Venice
Leire Bilbao
Managing Director of VisitBenidorm
Àngels Segura
Head of the Seafood Products Sector at AECOC
Verónica Santinelli
PhD, Researcher. International Marine Center Foundation
Dr. Johan Robbens
PhD, MBA. Head of Cell Blue Biotech and Food Integrity. Instituut voor Flanders research institute for agriculture, fisheries and food (ILVO)
Margarita Laboisse
European Projects and International Networks. Andalusian Tourism
Francisco P. Zurita
Project Coordinator. Fisheries Markets Department. Andalusian Agency for Agricultural and Fisheries Management (AGAPA)
Rafael Piñar
Honorary President of Andalusia. Spanish Association of Hotel Managers (AEDH)
Pedro Sánchez-Fortún
Manager. Provincial Association of Hospitality Entrepreneurs of Almería (ASHAL)
Alessandro Pititto
European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet)
María del Mar Martínez
Director of Promotion at the Murcia Region Tourism Institute
Elena Martínez
CTO and Co-founder of grupo SOS (SOS Biotech and SOS Carbon)
Ignacio Revilla
President of Bio-Ports
Sara Ferrari
Vice Director at the Phoenicians' Route - Cultural Route of the Council of Europe
Vincent Ernoux
Coordinator at Interreg NEXT MED Branch Office for the Western Mediterranean
Marta Gómez
Head of the Blue Growth Strategy at Puertos del Estado
Josep Rodríguez
Coordinator of the Interreg Euro-MED Sustainable Tourism Community and Head of Strategic Projects in the Tourism Services Management Department of the Barcelona Provincial Council
Axel Rodríguez
Project Officer. Interreg Euro-MED Programme
Jordi Rom
Manager of Nàutic Parc-Estació Nàutica Costa Daurada i Terres de l'Ebre
Elisabet González
Director of the Technical Office of Tourism at the Diputación de Barcelona
Julio De la Rosa
Professor of botany at University of Granada. Director of aula del mar and coordinator of the CEIMAR campus.
Robin Degron
Director of Plan Bleu
Carlos Alarcón
Head of Smart Cities Section at the Diputación de Valencia
Raquel Paiz
Head of Communication and Strategy, StepbyWater Alliance
Manel Cebrian
Consulting Engineer in Energy Transition and Blue Economy, Domini Ambiental
Mª Ángeles Guarnido
Director of the Port Authority of Almería
Tomás Azcárate
President of Marinas de España
José Guillermo Díaz
CEO of Artiem Hotels
Walter Vassallo
Founder, Blue Marina Awards
Marta Pascual
Spanish National Hub for WestMED Initiative
Pere Granados
Mayor of Salou
Beladjine Boumediene
Researcher. Université des Sciences et Technologies d'Orán Mohamed Boudiaff
Alessandra Azzola
Project Manager. Deda Group
Paula di Lorio
European Projects and International Relations Unit. Catalan Tourism Board
Aldo Puleo
Programme Manager. Interreg NEXT MED Programme
Adrián Gómez
Director of Innovation – Public Company for Tourism and Sports Management of Andalusia
Aécio Dantas
Sustainability Director at Silbon
Alicia Mateos
President of Fundación Genera ITM
Fernando Rodríguez
Director of Gestema Sur
Juan Pablo Merino
Director of Corporate Communication and Sustainability at Aqualia
Marilena Estarellas
General Manager of ANBE
Sacramento Sánchez
Delegate Councillor for Public Works, Maintenance, Accessibility and Blue Economy area. Almería
Basilio Otero
President of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Guilds of Spain (FNCP)
Manuel Manchado
PhD, Investigador. Andalusian Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries, Food, and Organic Production Research and Training (IFAPA)
Manuel de Pablos
Deputy Director-General for Economic and Social Sustainability, General Secretariat for Fisheries. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Government of Spain.
María del Mar Vázquez Agüero
Mayor of the City of Almería
José García
President of the Port Authority of Motril
David De Haro
Manager of Mundo Marino
Carmen Pita
Director of Tourism Promotion of Galicia
Concha Maza
Partner at Huella Social y Empresa
Denis Grasso
Coordinator project PortCREW
Jaime Martínez
Mayor of Palma de Mallorca
Manel Alcaide
CEO and Co-founder of Visualfy
Margarita Del Cid
Mayor of Torremolinos
Sofía Basterra
Director of Communications at MSC Cruises Spain
Antonio Pérez
Mayor of Benidorm
Sara Ferrari
Vice Director at the Phoenicians' Route - Cultural Route of the Council of Europe
Nuria Varela
Quality and Sustainability Director – Grupo Blaumar
Consolación Vera
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
Yolanda De Aguilar
General Secretary for Tourism, Government of Andalusia
Marta Nel-lo
Director of the Chair of Innovation and Research in Tourism Salou-Costa Daurada at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Javier Aureliano
President of the Provincial Council of Almería
Víctor Sánchez
Director of Digital Services at MasOrange
Leo Gutson
Founder & Managing Director en RGN IMPACT
Valeria Cibrario
Senior Programme Manager. Interact Programme
Esther Molina
Managing Director of Suncruise Andalucía
Ana Moniche
Head of European Projects and International Networks at Turismo Andaluz
Javier Minguez
Southern Regional Manager for Public Concessions and Private Client Management at ACCIONA
Ivo Benzon
Advisor, Department for EU programmes and projects implementation, Public Institution RERA S.D for Coordination and Development
Luis Ayala
Director of the Port Authority of Melilla
José Lorenzo
Director – Manager at Canary Islands Tourism
Elena Kountoura
Member of the European Parliament- ViceChair Committee on Transport and Tourism
Germán Alcayde
Board member at HVR Energy
María Sennacheribbo
Operations & Itinerary Planner en Lantimar Group
Cándido Seba
RECI Manager and CIVINET Iberia Ambassador – Rota City Council / European Commission
Christos Economou
Head of Unit DG MARE - EU Commission
Biswajit Basu
Coordinator, Trinity College Dublin - ECOTWIN project
Lise Schrøder
Project Coordinator - SEADITO project
Manuel Cerdeña
President of the Association of Municipalities of the Costa del Sol
Pablo Del Toro
Head of Environment at Grupo Piñero
Carmen Farré
Head of Innovation for Nature-Based and Nutrient Solutions at Veolia
Katherine Dávila
Director of the Directorate of Tourism Environmental Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru
Bruno García
Mayor of Cádiz
Francisco Góngora
Mayor of El Ejido
Noelia Arroyo
Mayor of Cartagena
Emma Cantos
Researcher at IFAPA Rancho de la Merced
Adrià Lamelas
Mayor of Lloret de Mar
José de la Uz
Mayor of Las Rozas and President of the RECI (Network of Smart Cities)
Felipe Puertas
Director of the Tourism Board of the City Council of Almuñécar (Granada, Spain)
Francisco García
Mayor of Mojácar
Stephanie Sheehy
Member of the Board of Directors of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT)