On the way to becoming a smart destination investments in key areas along with strategic partnerships are needed for the transition towards more intelligent, sustainable and competitive tourist destinations that meet the needs of all stakeholders involved.

PROGRAMME

Innovation, partnerships, sustainability

- Registration
– Opening remarks by the moderator
- Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament, EPP
– Ioanna Mouliou-Niessler, Policy officer and programme manager, DG REGIO
– Joanna Valente, Senior adviser and strategy coordinator, BusinessEurope
– Konstantinos Koukas, Mayor of Mykonos
– Dimitrios Karnavos, Mayor of Kallithea
- ; Konstantinos Chatziemmanouil, Mayor of Thasos
– ;Open discussion between the speakers and participants

- Lunch break

Agrotourism

- ;Filippos Anastasiadis, Mayor of Paggaio
- ;Nikos Lappas, Editor in Chief Ypaithros Hora
- ;DG AGRI, European Commission (tbc)
- ;Nikos Androulakis, Member of the European Parliament, S&D
- ;Cristina Zygomalas, Communication expert,
- Open debate