Speakers & Facilitators

Check out the amazing speakers and facilitators attending XDW 2024.

Giannis Giatas

Marketing Greece

Giannis is a 29-year-old marketeer working at Marketing Greece as a Content Marketing Manager.

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Giannis Giatas

Marketing Greece

Flora Reeve

NewcastleGateshead Initiative

Flora works on promoting the region to visitors and locals, using her skills on social media to help populate a wide range of social channels.

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Flora Reeve

NewcastleGateshead Initiative

Kathrin Chambers

Fáilte Ireland

Kathrin is a highly experienced and passionate marketer, with over 30 years of tourism marketing and digital experience.

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Kathrin Chambers

Fáilte Ireland

Franziska Sunderland

Visit Düsseldorf

Franziska is continuously pushing towards a digital and data driven future whilst remaining in touch with reality.

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Franziska Sunderland

Visit Düsseldorf

Nikos Diamantopoulos

Marketing Greece

Since the organization's inception, he has played a key role in its development and boasts a deep understanding of Greek tourism.

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Nikos Diamantopoulos

Marketing Greece

Heléne Östberg

Visit Skåne

Heléne Östberg worked as a marketing manager for seven years with the goal of attracting as many international visitors as possible to Skåne.

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Heléne Östberg

Visit Skåne

Kevin Stäuble

The Trip Boutique

Kevin champions the idea that AI-enabled personalised travel can be a catalyst for more conscious and independent exploration.

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Kevin Stäuble

The Trip Boutique

Spyridon Kagkas

This is Athens

Born and raised in Athens, Spyridon Kagkas uses his skills in digital marketing, crisis management, and destination development.

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Spyridon Kagkas

This is Athens

Antonio Sánchez

Visit Benidorm

Antonio's passion for tourism and technology has led him to develop creative and engaging content through video content for TikTok and Reels.

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Antonio Sánchez

Visit Benidorm

Jutta Stienen

Guuru Solutions

Jutta is Head of Marketing at GUURU Solutions, an innovative Zurich-based startup that seamlessly integrates ChatGPT with authentic human advice.

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Jutta Stienen

Guuru Solutions

Wendy Weijdema

MarketingOost

Wendy Weijdema is responsible for creating actionable insights for MarketingOost and the province of Overijssel.

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Wendy Weijdema

MarketingOost

Curtis Wake

NewcastleGateshead Initiative

Creating an excellent customer experience is a main driver in Curtis’ work.

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Curtis Wake

NewcastleGateshead Initiative

Irene Vitouladiti

Marketing Greece

With expertise in destination marketing at a DMO level, Irene is involved in leading travel content creation and strategy for discovergreece.com.

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Irene Vitouladiti

Marketing Greece

Konstantinos Papakonstantinou

Rhodes Co-lab

Konstantinos Papakonstantinou leads Rhodes' sustainable tourism project and is an expert in business & sustainability.

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Konstantinos Papakonstantinou

Rhodes Co-lab

Tina Kyriakis

Alternative Athens & Back to the Routes

Tina is the founder of Alternative Athens & Back to the Routes, two innovative travel companies that propose a different way of travelling.

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Tina Kyriakis

Alternative Athens & Back to the Routes

Kevin O’Shaughnessy

CityHook

Kevin is a software entrepreneur with 25 years experience building next-generation interactive systems in mobile, travel and now in AI. 

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Kevin O’Shaughnessy

CityHook

Angela Bustillos

eXplorins

Angela Bustillos is the CMO and co-founder of eXplorins, a creative tech hub where they develop phygital experiences.

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Angela Bustillos

eXplorins

Cheryl Novak

Rhodes Co-lab

Cheryl Novak is Sustainability Expert at the Rhodes Co-lab Sustainable Destination with the collaboration of the Municipality of Rhodes.

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Cheryl Novak

Rhodes Co-lab

Maria Paola Forleo

SEA Milan Airports

With extensive experience in Aviation Industry, Maria Paola has a strong background in marketing management and brand development.

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Maria Paola Forleo

SEA Milan Airports

Chieko Tanaka

Touristship

Chieko is in charge of branding, promotion and arranging events and seminars related to “touristship” for expansion.

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Chieko Tanaka

Touristship

Hanna Carlholt Jarl

Smålands Turism

Hanna's areas of expertise include brand development, web, social media, and campaigns.

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Hanna Carlholt Jarl

Smålands Turism

Haris Vasilakos

Vamvakou Revival

He is Co-founder and Events & Programming Manager of Vamvakou Revival and responsible for the Touristic pillar development.

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Haris Vasilakos

Vamvakou Revival

Eleni Mami

Vamvakou Revival

Eleni is the Co-founder and Communication & Marketing Director of Vamvakou Revival with experience in consultancy, PR, marketing and digital media.

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Eleni Mami

Vamvakou Revival

Previous Speakers

Ave Pill

Estonian Tourist Board

Ave has designed services and solved digitalisation issues in the travel agency and hospitality industries.

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Ave Pill

Estonian Tourist Board

Josefine Carlsson

Tourism in Skåne

Josefine has worked within tourism and marketing for 7+ years at Tourism in Skåne.

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Josefine Carlsson

Tourism in Skåne

Daniel Ferrer

Explorins

Daniel is thrilled by ideas how technology can enhance cultural experiences by making them more accessible to a broader audience.

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Daniel Ferrer

Explorins

Sven Weber

MSM.digital

Sven is a an omnichannel expert with a strong focus on engaging social augmented reality experiences.

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Sven Weber

MSM.digital

Birthe Menke

University of Southern Denmark

Birthe is a PhD fellow in sustainable tourism development at the University of Southern Denmark.

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Birthe Menke

University of Southern Denmark

Tiago Relvão

BD4.ai

Tiago is a media and travel intelligence expert, former Amadeus, with 15+ Years of experience working with leading global brands & destinations.

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Tiago Relvão

BD4.ai

Chris Carmichael

TUI Musement

Chris is Head of Corporate Innovation at Intercruises Shoreside & Port Services, the world’s leading cruise specialist.

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Chris Carmichael

TUI Musement

Dunja Karabaić

ökoRAUSCH

Dunja Karabaić is the owner of the design agency “bureau gruen.” that’s dealing exclusively with sustainability.

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Dunja Karabaić

ökoRAUSCH

Olivér Szabó

Greencentive

Olivér Szabó found greencentive in 2019 to get everyday people involved in the fight against human made climate change.

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Olivér Szabó

Greencentive

Sophia Adampour

'verse gallery nft

She took a break from her studies to start the Nordic region's 1st permanent physical NFT gallery in central Oslo.

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Sophia Adampour

'verse gallery nft

Max Schweder

CYLVESTER

Max Schweder is a digitalist, musician, performer and producer. 

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Max Schweder

CYLVESTER

Sveinn Birkir Björnsson

Visit Iceland

Sveinn Birkir Björnsson has been orchestrating the Inspired by Iceland campaign for Visit Iceland since 2011.

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Sveinn Birkir Björnsson

Visit Iceland

Nadia Aniff

Cape Town Tourism

Nadia is a Broadcast Media and Tourism Specialist, with a penchant for storytelling.

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Nadia Aniff

Cape Town Tourism

Adriana Ballón Ossio

CSCP

Adriana joined the CSCP in November 2021 as a project manager in the Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE) team.

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Adriana Ballón Ossio

CSCP

Rajneesh Badal

Zoey

Tech entrepreneur with > 10 years experience in Travel, Virtual Assistants and Customer Experience

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Rajneesh Badal

Zoey

Dr Heike Döll-König

Tourismus NRW

Dr. Heike Döll-König is a passionate Germanist and literary scholar. Since 2010 she has been the Managing Director of Tourismus NRW.

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Dr Heike Döll-König

Tourismus NRW

Wiebke Nadzeika

OneGuide

Wiebke Nadzeika is the Co-Founder of OneGuide, the first travel guide app offering selected travel recommendations.

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Wiebke Nadzeika

OneGuide

Franco Losi

CINELLO

Franco Losi, a graduate in Information Sciences, has thirty years of experience in the field of new technologies and start-ups.

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Franco Losi

CINELLO

Chiara Loos

Helsinki Partners

Chiara is a German who was cool enough to embrace the Finnish way of life. She made Helsinki her home in 2020.

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Chiara Loos

Helsinki Partners

Küllike Tint

Guidio / Tallinn City Museum

Küllike is an archaeologist. Apart from regular museum work, she is involved in the presentation of archaeology and cultural heritage in various ways.

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Küllike Tint

Guidio / Tallinn City Museum

Ondrej Mitas

Breda University of Applied Sciences

Dr. Ondrej Mitas (born Bratislava 1982) researches tourists’ emotions.

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Ondrej Mitas

Breda University of Applied Sciences

Filipa Maria Cardoso

VisitPortugal

Filipa is the Director of Communication and Digital Marketing at VisitPortugal where she coordinates the development of the Destination’s promotion.

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Filipa Maria Cardoso

VisitPortugal

Isabel Mosk

Sherpa's Stories

Isabel helps cities, regions, islands, and countries get ready for the future and to do marketing in the era we live in.

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Isabel Mosk

Sherpa's Stories

Kaisa Kosonen

Visit Finland

Kaisa is an experienced, energetic and self-driven digital development, travel industry and B2B sales professional.

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Kaisa Kosonen

Visit Finland

Tim Betzin

rausegegangen.de

Tim Betzin is the founder of Rausgegangen.de, a leading platform for event inspiration in Germany.

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Tim Betzin

rausegegangen.de

Claudia Neumann

Cologne Tourist Board

Since 2007, Claudia Neumann is head of the Corporate Communications department at the Cologne Tourist Board and spokesperson for the same.

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Claudia Neumann

Cologne Tourist Board

Ralph Christoph

CO Pop

Ralph H. Christoph is one of the founders of the c/o pop Festival.

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Ralph Christoph

CO Pop

Tomas Andersson

Visit Stockholm

In 2020 he started a position at the City of Stockholm to lead digital transformation at Visit Stockholm.

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Tomas Andersson

Visit Stockholm

Maksim Izmaylov

WIN

Maksim Izmaylov is a serial entrepreneur with the background in software engineering and law.

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Maksim Izmaylov

WIN

Carolina Mendonça

Azores Regional Government

Carolina is committed to bringing solutions to improve the sustainable management of tourism.

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Carolina Mendonça

Azores Regional Government

Viktor Waal

Spot AR

Viktor Waal's mission is to recreate history or cultural heritage and make this accessible to tourists and citizens using AR.

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Viktor Waal

Spot AR

Tobias Hartmann

CYLVESTER

Dr. Tobias Hartmann's work moves in a field between the poles of danceable bass music, sound experiments and interactive installations.

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Tobias Hartmann

CYLVESTER

Johannes Brauckmann

gamigo

Johannes has been in the gaming industry for 20+ years through various stations.

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Johannes Brauckmann

gamigo

Margrit Miebach

CityLeaks Urban Art Festival

Margrit Miebach works as a freelance curator at the interface of art, architecture and design.

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Margrit Miebach

CityLeaks Urban Art Festival

Stefan Liehr

Founder

Label founders Markus Scholz and Stefan Liehr give insights into Cologne's music history around Jazz, Electronic music, and Krautrock.

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Stefan Liehr

Founder

Camillo Stark

MSM.digital

Mr. Stark founded an AR Agency (appear2media) in 2012 which merged in 2019 into the MSM.digital Group.

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Camillo Stark

MSM.digital

Nick Hall

Digital Tourism Think Tank

Nick, Founder and CEO, is widely considered as one of the world’s leading experts on digital trends and transformation in the field of tourism.

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Nick Hall

Digital Tourism Think Tank

Jonas Rothe

TimeRide

Born in Dresden, he studied culture and music management in Munich.

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Jonas Rothe

TimeRide

Joan-Carles Cambrils

Visit València

PhD in Economics and Social Sciences. Master in "Public Management". Bachelor in Economic and Business Sciences.

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Joan-Carles Cambrils

Visit València

Lucho Pérez

Visit Benidorm

Being in love with marketing for the Travel Industry Lucho Pérez joined VisitBenidorm in 2013.

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Lucho Pérez

Visit Benidorm

Tirsa Ramos-Pedersen

Tourism in Skåne

Tirsa is a UX Designer from Tourism in Skåne and has process led multiple innovation projects. 

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Tirsa Ramos-Pedersen

Tourism in Skåne

Regis Cazanave

ForwardKeys

Regis started his career in 2001, when the company he set up created machine-learning based recommendation engines for the entertainment industry.

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Regis Cazanave

ForwardKeys

Markus Scholz

Modularfield Records

Label founders Markus Scholz and Stefan Liehr give insights into Cologne's music history around Jazz, Electronic Music and Krautrock.

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Markus Scholz

Modularfield Records

Brian Harte

Tourism Ireland

Brian is a digital marketer with 20 years digital experience.

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Brian Harte

Tourism Ireland

Florian Jovy

KI NRW

AI Manager for the Fraunhofer Society at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems.

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Florian Jovy

KI NRW