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Do you work in the tourism industry, are you undergoing training in this sector or are you simply interested in sustainable tourism?
Don’t miss the chance to join the international HyPro4ST conference!
We look forward to seeing you
on Friday 16 May 2025 at 5pm
at Real Teatro di Santa Cecilia – Via Piccola Teatro S. Cecilia, 15, Palermo
Free admission with Eventbrite ticket
The conference The future of sustainable tourism: a balance of inclusiveness, environment and community will be a great opportunity to meet sustainability experts in tourism with whom you can discuss the topic.
You will learn more about the theories driving the sustainable revolution in tourism, hear first-hand accounts from entrepreneurs who have revolutionised their tourism business, find out more about European policies affecting this sector, and much more.
The conference will also be attended by over 50 international guests from the tourism industry, academia, industry associations, but also people simply interested in the sustainable transformation of the sector.
Closing the evening will be a special event featuring Radiodervish – a historic duo from the Italian and international world music scene – presenting their new creation: the Web Radio Dervish ‘Centro del Mundo’, enhanced by a live acoustic performance.
*student-only session
Monday 12 May 2025 from 9am to 10.30am| IPSSEOA “Pietro Piazza” – Corso dei Mille 181, Palermo
09:00 | Introduction of CESIE ETS, speaker and organisations involved, Rosina Ndukwe and Federico Mallei – CESIE ETS
09:15 | What is sustainable tourism and how can we practice sustainable tourism in Sicily?, Federico Mallei – CESIE ETS
09:30 | HyPro4ST project, its purpose, what it offers and what opportunities it provides in the job market, Federico Mallei – CESIE ETS e Penny Kazaki – Sustainable City Network (Grecia)
09:55 | Sustainable tourism as a key to rural development: the EXTOR experience, Aurelia Schera – LAND impresa sociale
10:10 | European mobility opportunities for students, Giorgia Marinelli – CESIE ETS
10:30 | Work closing
Friday 16 May 2025 from 5pm to 11pm| Real Teatro Santa Cecilia – Via Piccola Teatro S. Cecilia, 15, Palermo
17:00 – 17:30 | Welcome and institutional greetings by Alessandro Anello, Councillor for Tourism and Sport of the City of Palermo and Vito La Fata, President CESIE ETS
17:30 – 17:50 | Introduction by Ioannis Georgizas, General Manager at Sustainable City Network
17:50 – 18:10 | Sustainability, territory and local communities – Gaetano Sabato, Associate Professor in Geography, University of Palermo
18:10 – 18:30 | The partnership between sustainability and rural tourism – Elio Savoca, Tenute Gigliotto owner
18:30 – 18:50 | Travel podcasting and inclusive tourism – Cristiana Rumori, Publishing Director Travel Podcast Loquis
18:50 – 19:10 | Tourism project management in Sicily – Luisa Zappalà, Business Development Manager DIMSI Group
19:10 – 19:30 | Anti-mafia and the future of sustainable tourism – Edoardo Zaffuto, co-founder AddioPizzo Travel
19:30 – 20:00 | Q&A
20:00 – 21:00 | Break
21:00 – 23:00 | Radiodervish: web radio presentation and live performance
HyPro4ST – Sustainable Tourism Innovation Through Hybrid Project Management is a project financed by the program Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Partnerships for Innovation: Alliances 2021 Programme, and it has the objective of Developing a new job profile in tourism sector, aimed to upskill managers, professionals, practitioners and students of the tourism sector: the “Sustainable Hybrid Project Manager”.
Read more about HyPro4ST, visit the website https://hypro4st-project.eu/ and follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Contact Federico Mallei: federico.mallei@cesie.org.