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Max Schweder

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

Max Schweder

CYLVESTER

Stefan Liehr

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

Stefan Liehr

Founder

Angela Bustillos

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

Angela Bustillos

eXplorins

Regis Cazanave

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

Regis Cazanave

ForwardKeys

Carolina Mendonça

Azores Regional Government

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

Carolina Mendonça

Azores Regional Government

Wendy Weijdema

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

Wendy Weijdema

MarketingOost

Kaisa Kosonen

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

Kaisa Kosonen

Visit Finland

Hanna Carlholt Jarl

Smålands Turism

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

Hanna Carlholt Jarl

Smålands Turism

Adriana Ballón Ossio

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

Adriana Ballón Ossio

CSCP

Joan-Carles Cambrils

Visit València

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

Joan-Carles Cambrils

Visit València

Ondrej Mitas

Breda University of Applied Sciences

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

Ondrej Mitas

Breda University of Applied Sciences

Tobias Hartmann

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

Tobias Hartmann

CYLVESTER

Curtis Wake

NewcastleGateshead Initiative

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

Curtis Wake

NewcastleGateshead Initiative

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.

Sophia Adampour

'verse gallery nft

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.

Jutta Stienen

Guuru Solutions

Spyridon Kagkas

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

Spyridon Kagkas

This is Athens

Ave Pill

Estonian Tourist Board

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

Ave Pill

Estonian Tourist Board

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.

Claudia Neumann

Cologne Tourist Board

Antonio Sánchez

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

Antonio Sánchez

Visit Benidorm

Lucho Pérez

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

Lucho Pérez

Visit Benidorm

Franco Losi

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

Franco Losi

CINELLO

Tirsa Ramos-Pedersen

Tourism in Skåne

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

Tirsa Ramos-Pedersen

Tourism in Skåne

Olivér Szabó

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

Olivér Szabó

Greencentive

Jonas Rothe

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

Jonas Rothe

TimeRide

Rajneesh Badal

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

Rajneesh Badal

Zoey

Florian Jovy

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

Florian Jovy

KI NRW

Tiago Relvão

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

Tiago Relvão

BD4.ai

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.

Eleni Mami

Vamvakou Revival

Sveinn Birkir Björnsson

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

Sveinn Birkir Björnsson

Visit Iceland

Chieko Tanaka

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

Chieko Tanaka

Touristship

Johannes Brauckmann

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

Johannes Brauckmann

gamigo

Kevin Stäuble

The Trip Boutique

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

Kevin Stäuble

The Trip Boutique

Viktor Waal

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

Viktor Waal

Spot AR

Haris Vasilakos

Vamvakou Revival

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

Haris Vasilakos

Vamvakou Revival

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.

Nick Hall

Digital Tourism Think Tank

Camillo Stark

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

Camillo Stark

MSM.digital

Tomas Andersson

Visit Stockholm

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

Tomas Andersson

Visit Stockholm

Dr Heike Döll-König

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

Dr Heike Döll-König

Tourismus NRW

Nadia Aniff

Cape Town Tourism

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

Nadia Aniff

Cape Town Tourism

Franziska Sunderland

Visit Düsseldorf

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

Franziska Sunderland

Visit Düsseldorf

Chris Carmichael

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

Chris Carmichael

TUI Musement

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.

Nikos Diamantopoulos

Marketing Greece

Maria Paola Forleo

SEA Milan Airports

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

Maria Paola Forleo

SEA Milan Airports

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.

Flora Reeve

NewcastleGateshead Initiative

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.

Tina Kyriakis

Alternative Athens & Back to the Routes

Kevin O’Shaughnessy

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

Kevin O’Shaughnessy

CityHook

Markus Scholz

Modularfield Records

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

Markus Scholz

Modularfield Records

Josefine Carlsson

Tourism in Skåne

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

Josefine Carlsson

Tourism in Skåne

Dunja Karabaić

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

Dunja Karabaić

ökoRAUSCH

Margrit Miebach

CityLeaks Urban Art Festival

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

Margrit Miebach

CityLeaks Urban Art Festival

Maksim Izmaylov

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

Maksim Izmaylov

WIN

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.

Irene Vitouladiti

Marketing Greece

Birthe Menke

University of Southern Denmark

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

Birthe Menke

University of Southern Denmark

Giannis Giatas

Marketing Greece

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

Giannis Giatas

Marketing Greece

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.

Chiara Loos

Helsinki Partners

Cheryl Novak

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

Cheryl Novak

Rhodes Co-lab

Brian Harte

Tourism Ireland

Brian is a digital marketer with 20 years digital experience.

Brian Harte

Tourism Ireland

Wiebke Nadzeika

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

Wiebke Nadzeika

OneGuide

Ralph Christoph

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

Ralph Christoph

CO Pop

Sven Weber

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

Sven Weber

MSM.digital

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.

Isabel Mosk

Sherpa's Stories

Daniel Ferrer

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

Daniel Ferrer

Explorins

Kathrin Chambers

Fáilte Ireland

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

Kathrin Chambers

Fáilte Ireland

Konstantinos Papakonstantinou

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

Konstantinos Papakonstantinou

Rhodes Co-lab

Filipa Maria Cardoso

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

Filipa Maria Cardoso

VisitPortugal

Heléne Östberg

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

Heléne Östberg

Visit Skåne

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.

Küllike Tint

Guidio / Tallinn City Museum

Tim Betzin

rausegegangen.de

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

Tim Betzin

rausegegangen.de