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Speakers

Opening Session

Hon. Dominic Gaskin, MP, Minister of Business of Guyana
Bio │ Welcoming Address

Amb. Nestor Mendez
Assistant Secretary General of the OAS
BioWelcoming Address

Brig. David Granger
President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Bio │ Welcoming Address

Kim Osborne
Executive Secretary for Integral Development, OAS
Bio Welcoming Address

Second Plenary Session:
Introduction to the Topics

Dr. Richard Brown
Director of Single Market and Sectoral Programs
BioPresentation

Alejandro Varela
Deputy Regional Director for the Americas, UNWTO
BioPresentation

Evan Berg
Director, Ricondo & Associates, Inc.
BioPresentation

Third Plenary Session:
Forging Strategic Business Alliances for Developing Sustainable Tourism

Capt. Jagmohan Singh
Vice-President of Operations- Caribbean Airlines
Presentation

Dr. Auliana Poon
Strategic Partnerships for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Americas
Presentation

Sophie Makonnen
Country Rep, Inter-American Development Bank
Presentation

Julia Reifer Jones
CEO, LIAT
Presentation

Fourth Plenary Session:
Importance of Product Innovation in Connecting the Americas

Catherine Hughes
Minister of Public Telecommunications of Guyana
BioPresentation

Samantha Hogenson Bray
Managing Director- Centre for Responsible Travel (CREST)
Presentation

Samantha Charles
Tourism Officer, Ministry of Tourism of St. Lucia
Bio Presentation

Sr. Rogers Valencia
Vice- Minister of Tourism of Peru BioPresentation

Mtro. José Angel Díaz Rebolledo
Director General of Destination Management of the Secretariat of Tourism, Mexico
                     BioPresentation

Fifth Plenary Session:
Connecting the Americas through Sustainable Tourism (Challenges and Opportunities)

Kayla R. Reece
Director of Marketing, Fly Jamaica Airways
Bio Presentation

Christophe Didier
Sales Vice President, COPA Holdings S.A.
Presentation

Bárbara Mejía
Technical Director ICF
Bio Presentation

Iván López Villalba
Executive Director of the Ecuadorian Federation of Provincial Chambers of Tourism, Technical Secretary of the Tourism Business Council of South America and Executive Director of the Inter-American Network of Small Hotels
Bio Presentation

Pablo Chalen
Commercial Director, Travel Retail Latin America, AMADEUS
BioPresentation

Sixth Plenary Session:
Multi-Destination Travel to Promote Market Opportunities

Carolina Briones
Secretary General, Agency for Tourism Promotion of Central America
Bio Presentation

Gabriela Ruiz
Director of International Relations, Secretariat of Tourism, Mexico
BioPresentation

Yldiz Pollack-Beighle
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Surinam
Presentation

Dominic Gaskin
Minister of Business, Guyana

Marcela Bacigalupo
Executive Secretary of the National Tourism Secretariat, Paraguay
Bio Presentation

Seventh Plenary Session:
Building Resilience in the Tourism Sector in the Americas

Mr. Hugh Riley
CEO and Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization
Presentation

Hon. Edmund Bartlett
Minister of Tourism of Jamaica
Bio

Kim Osborne
Executive Secretary for Integral Development, OAS
BioPresentation

Sandra Howard
Vice Minister of Tourism, Colombia
BioPresentation

Eighth Plenary Session:
Reports of the Inter-American Committee on Tourism and General Secretariat

Amb. Carlos Alberto Calles Castillo
Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) and Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the OAS

Sr. Rogers Valencia
Vice- Minister of Tourism of Peru BioRemarksPresentation

Richard Campbell
Chief of the Culture and Tourism Section, Department of Economic Development
PresentationNarrative

Closing Session

Kim Osborne
Executive Secretary for Integral Development, OAS
BioRemarks

Hon. Dominic Gaskin, MP
Minister of Business of Guyana
Bio