Coastal and Nautical Tourism Event

Coastal and Nautical Tourism Event (10-11/11/2022)

Connecting the Blue Community

A conference and a participatory foresight workshop

_A knowledge-tranfer session with presentations from projects participating in the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Blue Careers and other funding schemes.

_An ideal opportunity to meet and network with organisations within the Coastal and Nautical Tourism sector in Greece.

_A closer look into the new EU funding opportunities for the marine sector.

Day 1 – Conference Agenda

09:30 – 10:00 – Registrations

10:00 – 10:10 | Introductions – Welcome Note // Odysseas SPYROGLOU, NAUTILUS Project Coordinator

10:10 – 10:30 | NAUTILUS- An Education & Certification Framework for Water Sports Tourism Professionals // Dr. Fani GALATSOPOULOU, Sustainable Tourism, Communication, and Travel Media Researcher & Educator, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, AUTh (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

10:30 – 10:50 | Water Sports Certified Quality – A tool for distinction // Konstantinos MAVROPOULOS, Head of R&D Division of the Certification Body TÜV AUSTRIA, Hellas

10:50 – 11:10 | Diving Activities – Training Challenges: from Documentation to Promotion of Underwater Natural & Cultural Heritage // Dr. Kimon PAPADIMITRIOU, Ing Rural and Surveying Engineering/Scuba Instructor, Laboratory Teaching Staff at AUTh

11:10 – 11:30 | Gaining Experience from the Sea of Experience: innovative training & mentoring tools for the maritime sector // Nikolaos P. VENTIKOS, Associate Professor, NTUA & Alexandros RAMMOS, Research Engineer, National Technical University of Athens

11:30 – 11:50 | Xplore Blue. A phygital platform to transform any boat and any coastal location into an experiential Oceanographic station leveraging citizen science and enhancing the Blue economy offering // Yannis SOTIRAKOS, EYZHN LIFE CEO

11:50 – 12:10 | Coffee Break

12:10 – 12:30 | Challenges of data-driven strategic planning in tourism: a case from the Black Sea area // Dr. Hrvoje RATKAJEC, R&D Project Manager, Arctur d.o.o. [Online]

12:30 – 12:50 | Aegean Dive: A unique travel adventure journey into the deep blue // Petros Adamantidis, Managing Partner VGR network , Co- Producer eλcproductions & Nikos Ververidis, founder of eλcproductions and elculture.gr

12:50-13:10 | The cruise sector: the sustainability challenge // Dr Ioannis Pappas, CEO, Green Evolution SA & Dr Marika Marika Mazzi Boém, EBA, Co-founder, BO, CFO at X23 Srl

13:10 – 14:00 | New calls, New Opportunities – “Blue careers for a sustainable blue economy” and “Regional flagships projects supporting sustainable blue economy in EU sea basins” // Sonia KARASAVVIDOU, CINEA, EC

14:00 – 15:00 | Light Lunch

15:00 – 16:00 | Networking. Bilateral meetings

An interactive co-design workshop was implemented to explore the options for the future of Coastal and Nautical Tourism in 2040 in Europe & Greece and identify potential scenarios and strategies for its optimal implementation.

_This participatory experiential workshop was led by Dr. Epaminondas Christophilopoulos, Chief Scientific Advisor, Special Secretariat for Strategic Foresight, Presidency of the Greek Government and UNESCO Chair on Futures Research.