COMMITTEES

• Honour Committee
• Scientific Committee
• Organising Committee

HONOUR COMMITTEE

• 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