Registration of attendees

Master of Ceremonies:

• Natalia Bayona, Director of Innovation, Education and Investments, UNWTO 
• Marcelo Risi, Chief of Communications, UNWTO

Welcome remarks

Welcome Message from UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres

• H.E. Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary- General, UNWTO
• Fernando Valdés Verelst, Secretary of State for Tourism, Spain

Keynote speech

Empowering youth through the Tourism innovation ecosystem and sustainability: two essentials for our sector´s success.

Ms. Natalia Bayona, Director of Innovation, Education and Investments, UNWTO

Musical Interlude by Jadel

Javier Luis Delgado, known as Jadel, is a singer from Vistabella (Tenerife), Canary Islands, Spain will offer participants his own pop style with touches of R&B, dance music with a mix of Latin flavor.

Startups Panel 1: People

Opening: H.E. Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga Minister of Tourism of Sri Lanka
Introduction: Lisandro Menu-Marque Director Int’. Development, Globalia and Wakalua

• SDG 1 (No poverty) - Etnica (Guatemala)
• SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) - Ifarm Agritech (Kenya)
• SDG 5 (Gender Equality) - Sisterwave (Brazil)

Startups Panel 2: Planet (energy + decarbonization)

Opening: HE Abdalla Al-Hamar Ambassador of the State of Qatar, Spain
Introduction: Juan José Güemes Chair Entrepreneurship, IE University

• SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy):
  • BeFC (France)
  • Enexor BioEnergy (United States of America)
• SDG 13 (Climate action):
  • ClimateTrade (Spain)

Musical Interlude by Jadel

Key intervention by the Government of Panama:

Ivan Eskildsen, Minister of Tourism Panama

Signature of MoU between UNWTO and the Government of Panama

• Ivan Eskildsen, Minister of Tourism Panama
• Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary- General, UNWTO

Startups Panel 3: Planet

Introduction: Miguel Arias Global Entrepreneurship Director, Telefónica

• SDG 6 (Clean water and sanitation):
  • ECOLOO Greentech Malaysia SDN BHD (Malaysia)
  • Source (United States of America)
• SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities) - Metrica6 (Spain), Tobadaa (Egypt)

Intervention: ICF´s vision on entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Goals.

• Jared Harckham, VP Managing Director, Aviation & Tourism, ICF
• Yolanda Perdomo, Global Tourism Strategist, ICF

Expert panel:

Private sector insights on tourism recovery leveraging the power of technology

Moderator: Clara Pombo, CEO, ClarkeModet

• Christian Zahorski-Philippe, Head of Sales Pan EU, Amazon Web Services
• Natalia Moreno Rigollot, Director Global Institutional Relations, Telefónica
• Luis Ureta, Country General Manager, Globant
• Charoula Gkioka, Senior Advisor Industry Affairs, Amadeus

Signature of MoU between UNWTO and Telefonica

María Jesús Almazor, Consejera Delegada Cyber&Cloud, Telefónica Tech
Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary- General, UNWTO

Musical Interlude by Jadel 

Startups Panel 4: Prosperity

Introduction: Sustainable Development in resource rich context Anas Abdulaah Alshaaer, General Manager, Innovators & Entrepreneurs Support, Government of Saudi Arabia

• SDG 8 (Good jobs and economic growth) - Clio Muse Tours PC (Greece)
• SDG 16 (Peace, justice and strong institutions) - Impulse Travel (Colombia)
• SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals)
  • Nibi (Colombia)
  • Siliconbali (Portugal)

Signing Ceremony UNWTO & Basque Culinary Center

• Joxe Mari Aizega, Director, Basque Culinary Center
• Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary- General, UNWTO

Apolitical and Mastercard Top 100 in Tourism Policy

• Nicola Villa, Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth, Mastercard
• Ivan Eskildsen, Minister, Tourism Authority of Panama

Reducing risk of Covid-19: i-on by Alteria Automation

Mario Alfonso Sureda, Socio, Alteria

Closing intervention

Ignacio Ybarra Aznar, President, Grupo Vocento

Awards delivery, Closing & Institutional Photograph

• José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Mayor of Madrid
• Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary- General, UNWTO

Musical Interlude by Jadel

Networking Cocktail by Ramon Freixa