Programme at a glance

We have two parallel programme Eiat 2009 Main programme and Eiat 2009 FLF IMEX-MPI
Future Leaders Forum, at Hotel M - Best Western, Belgrade.

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EIAT 2009
Main programme
EIAT 2009
IMEX-MPI Future Leaders Forum

Friday, 25 September 2009.

17:30 Theatre Atelier 212 Official Opening Ceremony
Key note Speakers:
  • HRH Crown Prince Alexander
  • Ray Bloom, Chairman at IMEX, Frankfurt
  • Professor Jafar Jafari, University of Wisconsin, USA
Official EIAT transfer will be organized for all delegates from Atelier 212 to the Royal Palace at 19.15 in front of Atelier 212. At 21.30 busses will take delegates and guests back to Atelier 212. Busses will stop at Hotel M Best Western in case delegates who want to stay at the Hotel M jump off
19:00 Royal Palace, home of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II – Opening Ceremony Cocktail - all opening Ceremony delegates are invited
(kindly note to have your invitation with you)  

Saturday, 26 September 2009

08:30 – 09:30 EIAT and Future Leaders Forum Balkans delegate registration - Hotel M Best Western, Avala room
09:30 – 09:45
  • Welcome and introduction to EIAT Conference.
    Milan Ćulić MA, Executive Director at the Center for Tourism Research and Studies
  • Chair of the Conference
    will be professor Jafar Jafari, University of Wisconsin
  • EIAT will be moderated by
    Rok Klancnik, Director at Slovenian Tourist Bureau, Brussels
09:45 – 10:45
  • The impact of TV and film locations on tourism destinations
    Laurence Bresh, Marketing Director for VisitBritain
  • Tribes, Trends and Tourism
    Rick Taylor, CEO, The Business Tourism Company Sandton, Sauth Africa
  • Destination marketing - the ‘wow’ factor
    Alison Cryer, Chair at the Tourism Society London, UK
  • Identities and cultures in tourism: the role of UNESCO World Heritage sites
    Giorgio Andrian, Assistant Program Specialist and project coordinator at UNESCO, Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (BRESCE)
10:45 – 11:00 Open panel discussion
based on topics identified in advance by the students and delegates
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break, Avala room
11:00 – 12:45
  • Networking your way to success
    Rob Davidson, Senior Lecturer in Business Travel and Tourism at the University of Westminster
  • Customer Service - we're all in this together
    John Humphreys, Travel & Tourism Diploma Development Manager, People1st, Great Britain
  • Leadership Challenge for XXI century
    Sanja Vlahović, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism - Bar
12:45 – 13:00  Open panel discussion
based on topics identified in advance by the students and delegates
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch taken with FLF Balkans delegates, BW club at M Hotel Best Western 
14:00 – 15:15
  • What is a successful Tourism Destination?
    Miroslav Dragićević, Founder and Senior Partner in Horwath HTL, Zagreb
    and Sandra Lisjak, Senior Consultant in Horwath HTL, Zagreb
  • Adaptability in the hospitality industry
    Dejan Đorđević, Alatau Hospitality / Loftique Hotels
  • The role of a General Manager in the 21st century
    Željko Stašević, general manager of The Westbury Hotel 5*, Mayfair, London
  • Branding a Nation: Cinema and Tourism
    Masih Sharif, Assistant to the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific (Spain)
15:15 – 15:30 Open panel discussion
based on topics identified in advance by the students and delegates
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break Avala room at M Hotel Best Western
15:45 – 17:15
  • “You want to see the people that live here”: using everyday life to create a distinctive city destination
    Professor Robert Maitland, Director, Centre for Tourism Research, University of Westminster
  • PPP: The way we set an example.
    Case study: Conventa – challenge of success
    Gorazd Čad, CEO at Go MICE, Slovenia and Miha Kovačić, Director at Slovenian Convention Bureau
  • Do we need public relation in hotel?
    Amelia Tomašević, CEO at Zagreb Tourist Office
17:15 – 18:00
 Summary of day and close. 
18:30 – 19:00
 Gathering at Hotel M Best Western for the departure to Viminacium
19:00
 Departures to Viminacium in front of Hotel M Best Western
20:00 – 23:00 Networking evening with FLF Balkans delegates at Viminacium old Roman historic site outside of Belgrade. All delegates will have opportunity to take part at the contest organized by Slovenian Convention Bureau and to win week-end at Kempinski Portorose, Slovenia! Have your Slovenia energy drink number.

Sunday, 27 September 2009. World Tourism Day

9:00 Scientific session at EIAT
  • Sonia Mileva, St Kliment Ohridski Bulgaria
  • Tanja Mihalić, Faculty of Economics Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Bojana Kovačević, Faculty of Science Novi Sad
  • Igor Stamenković, Faculty of Science Novi Sad
  • Aleksandar Đorđević, Faculty of Economics Belgrade
  • Tanja Vanić and Tamara Kliček, Tourism Organization of Novi Sad and FAM Faculty
11.45 – 12.15
 Close and hand out of Certificates of Participation