COMMITTEES
- The Honourable Alberto Fabra.
President of the Government of the Autonomous Community of Valencia - Ms Rita Barberá
Mayoress of Valencia Town Hall - Mr Máximo Buch
Regional Minister for Economy, Industry, Tourism and Employment - Mr Antonio Tajani*
Vice President and Europe Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Commission - Mr Manuel Butler
Managing Director of TURESPAÑA - Prof Dr Esteban Morcillo
Principal of University of Valencia - Dame Pauline Green
President of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) - Ms Eva Blasco
Vice-President of the European Travel Agent's and Tour Operator's Association (ECTAA) - Mr Rafael Aznar
President of Valencia Port Authority - Mr Manuel Espinar
President of Valencia Hospitality and Leisure Federation (FEHV) - Mr José Vicente González
President of Confederation of Business Organisations of the Valencia Autonomous Region (CIERVAL) - Mr Luis Martí
President of the Hotel Union of Valencia (UHPV) - Ms Empar Martínez
Managing Director Florida Education and Cooperative Group - Mr Antonio Mayor
President of the Hospitality Business Association of Benidorm and Costa Blanca (HOSBEC) - Mr Juan Molas
President of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels (CEHAT) - Prof Dr Danute Rasimaviciene
President of SPACE Network. Dean of Vilniaus Kolegija/University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania - Mr Emili Villaescusa
President of the Confederation of Co-operatives of Valencia Region
*To be confirmed
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Presidency:
- Prof Dr Eduardo Fayos-Solà
President of Ulysses Foundation – President of Scientific Committee - Prof Dr Mercedes Aznar
Vice-president SPACE Network - Vice-president of Scientific Committee - Ms Victoria Gómez
Florida Universitària Director - Vice-president of Scientific Committee
Members:
- Prof Dr David Airey
University of Surrey, UK - Prof Dr Isabel Albert
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain - Prof Dr Joaquin Alegre
University of Valencia, Spain - Prof Dr María Dolores Álvarez
Boğaziçi University, Turkey - Prof Dr Magda Antonioli
Bocconi University - Prof Dr Hazel Barret
Coventry University, UK - Prof Dr François Bédard
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada - Mr Luc Broes
SPACE Network - Prof Dr Almudena Buciega
Florida Universitària - Prof Dr Peter Burns
University of Brighton, UK - Mr José Manuel Campo
Florida Universitària - Mr Florentino Carreño
Cuatrecasas, Golçalves Pereira - Ms Mercedes Carreño
CENP Business School, Spain - Prof Dr Carmen Chasovschi
Stefan cel Mare University, Suceava, Romania - Prof Dr Mónica Chastellain
Anahuac University, Mexico - Ms Carmen Comos
Director of the Spanish Business Confederation of Social Economy (CEPES) - Prof Dr Chris Cooper
Oxford Brookes University, UK - Dr Arturo Crosby
Forum Natura, Slow Tourism International - Prof Dr Rubén José Cuñat
Florida Universitària - Ms Roz Deming
Ulysses Foundation, USA - Prof Agita Donina
School of Business Administration Turiba, Latvia - Prof Ole Faaborg
SPACE Network - Ms Alba Fernández
Tourism for Development (TIDE) Group - Prof Dr Heredina Fernández
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - Prof Dr Isabel Fernández
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain - Prof Dr Manuel Figuerola
Antonio de Nebrija University, Spain - Ms Laura Fuentes
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain - Dr Henryk Handszuh
Katowice School of Economics, Poland - Ms Hilde Hoefnagels
SPACE Network - Prof Niels Høyer
Lillebaelt Academy of Professional Higher Education, Denmark - Prof Dr Josep Ivars
University of Alicante, Spain - Prof Dr Jafar Jafari
University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA - Prof Dr Jens Friis Jensen
Roskilde University, Denmark - Mr Jose Mª de Juan
KOAN consulting SL - Prof Dr Anders Justenlund
University College Northern, Denmark - Prof Dr Alžbeta Kiráľová
University of Business in Prague, Czech Republic - Ms Regitze Kristensen
SPACE Network - Prof Dr Sonja Sibila Lebe
Multidisciplinary Research Institute Maribor, Slovenia - Prof Dr Juanita C. Liu
University of Hawaii, USA - Prof Dr Ana Lopaz
Florida Universitària - Prof Dr Francisco Madrid
Universidad Anahuac, Mexico - Dr Joaquim Majo
University of Gerona, Spain - Dr Cipriano Marín
Starlight Initiative, Unesco - Prof Dr Rosario Martínez
University of Valencia, Spain - Prof Dr Antonio Melo
Polytechnic of Guarda, Portugal - Mr Jacob Mentz
Lillebaelt Academy of Professional Higher Education, Denmark - Prof Dr Antonio Minguzzi
Università del Molise, Italy - Prof Dr Carlos Moreiro
Carlos III University, Spain - Prof Dr Ana Muñoz
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain - Ms Luminita Panait
Ministry of Tourism, Romania - Prof Dr Marta Peris-Ortiz
Polytechnic University of Valencia and Florida Universitària - Prof Jorge Ricardo Pinto
ISCET (Business and Tourism Polytechnic), Portugal - Prof Dr Maciej Piotrowski
University of Information Technology and Management. Rzeszow, Poland - Mr Tudorel Popescu
SPACE Network - Prof Dr Darko Prebežac
University of Zagreb, Croatia - Prof Dr Mario Radrigán
Santiago de Chile University, Chile - Prof Dr Alejandro Reyes
San Martín de Porres University, Peru - Dr Cecilia Rivas
San Ignacio de Loyola University, Peru - Prof Carlos Rodríguez
CENP A Coruña, Spain - Prof Dr José Miguel Rodríguez Antón
Autonomous University of Madrid - Prof Vitor Roque
Polytechnic of Guarda, Portugal - Prof Dr Lisa Ruhanen
The University of Queensland, Australia - Mr Peter Saabaye Simonsen
Danish Business Academies Centre for Tourism and Experience Research - Prof Dr Agustin Santana
University of La Laguna, Spain - Prof Savvas Savvides
European University Cyprus - Prof Alexey Seselkin
Russian International Academy of Tourism - Prof João Albino Silva
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal - Mr Javier Solsona
Valencia Region Tourist Board - Prof Dr Thomas Thijssen
President of the Research Committee of SPACE Network - Prof Dr Catalina Vacas
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain - Prof Dr Mª José Vañó
University Institute for Social and Cooperative Economy (IUDESCOOP). University of Valencia, Spain - Ms Inge Verhaegen
Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen, Belgium - Prof Dr Fanny Vong
Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao, China - Prof Dr Boris Vukonić
UTILUS Business school for tourism and hotel management, Croatia - Prof Dr Rosa Yagüe
University of Valencia
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Presidency:
- Ms Empar Martínez
Managing Director Florida – President of Organising Committee - Prof Dr Eduardo Fayos-Solà
President of Ulysses Foundation – Vice-president of Organising Commitee
Coordination:
- Ms Inmaculada Mora
Florida International Relations Co-ordinator
Members:
- Prof Dr Mercedes Aznar
Vice-president of SPACE Network and Professor at Florida Universitària - Mr Carlos Gómez
Co-ordinador of Tourism and Leisure at Florida - Ms Victoria Gómez
Florida Universitària Director - Ms Amparo López
Technical Secretary at Tourism and Leisure at Florida - Ms Regitze Sparre
Secretary General of SPACE Network - Ms Amparo Vallés
Director of Tourism Studies at Florida Universitària