The Maui Fires: A Global Threat to Travel and Tourism

A panel of international experts in the field of travel, tourism, safety, security and marketing discuss wildfires and a new global threat to the travel and tourism industry.

Panelists

#	Time (UTC)	Speaker	Welcome, Intro, The View from Hawaii	Topic
1	20.00	Juergen Steinmetz	Welcome, Intro, The View from Hawaii	Welcome, Intro, The view from Hawaii
2	20.10	Dr Eran Ketter	Lecturer in Tourism, Kinneret College: Galilee, Israel	Re-imaging a destination after a natural disaster. start 23.10,19 Sep Israel time.
3	20:20	Bert van Walbeek	Tourism Crisis Management Expert and Educator, UK. Former Thailand ChapterChair PATA	Working effectively with the media during a crisis impacting on tourism.
4	20:30	Richard Gordon MBE	Director University of Bournemouth Centre for Disaster Management, UK	Making Collaboration between tourism, government, and emergency management work to prevent, manage, and recover from natural disasters.
5	20:40	Charles Guddemi	Statewide Interoperability Coordinator Readiness and Response DC, USA, Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency	Applying Interoperability to Forest Fires and Natural Disasters:
6	20:50	Lt Col. Bill Foos	Vice President Safety and Security	Vice President of Safety and Security
7	21:00	Dr Peter Tarlow	President World Tourism Network. CEO Tourism and More -World-renowned tourism security expert	Tourism Security and natural disasters
8	21:10	Professor Lloyd Waller	President Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Center, University of the West Indies Mona	Focus on Natural Disasters and Tourism: a Jamaican and Caribbean Perspective
9	21:20	Dr Ancy Gamage	Dr. Ancy GamageSenior Lecture Management: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.	The HR dimension of tourism businesses and bushfire management in Victoria.
10	21:30	Professor Jeff Wilks	Adjunct Professor Griffith University: Specialist In Tourism, Law and Medicine	Preparing for crises. An Australian perspective
11	21:40	Emeritus Prof. Bruce Prideaux	Faculty of Hospitality & Tourism Prince of Songkla University, Thailand	Topic Climate Change and its links with Bushfires and climate-based disasters.
12	21:50	Masato Takamatsu	CEO Tourism Resilience, Japan	Building Crisis preparedness between tourism, community emergency management and government in Japan
13	22:00	Peter Semone	Chairman of Pacific Asia Travel Association	PATA’s 30 years of commitment to tourism risk, crisis, and resilience in the Asia Pacific
14	22:10	Pankaj Pradhananga	CEO Four Seasons Travel Kathmandu -Specialist in Accessible Tourism- Chair WTN Nepal.	Strategies to Work with disabled travelers during natural disasters. The view from Nepal.
15	22:20	Dr David Beirman	Adjunct fellow Tourism & ManagementUniversity of Technology Sydney	The sum-up of the conference and directions for further action

Short Speakers Profile

1. Juergen Steinmetz (Chair) (USA): Chairman of the World Tourism Network and Publisher of eTurboNews. Juergen is a global leader in the tourism industry media and in building global networks of tourism professionals.
2. Dr. David Beirman (Australia) University of Technology Sydney. David has been a prominent researcher in tourism risk, crisis, and recovery management for over 30 years and has been directly involved in destination recovery projects (including bushfires) worldwide.
3. Dr. Peter Tarlow (USA): President of World Tourism Network and CEO of Tourism & More. A top global tourism security expert who has trained thousands of police in over 30 counties through his TOPPS (Tourism Oriented Police Protection Service) program.
4. Dr. Eran Ketter (Israel)Lecturer in Tourism at the Kinneret College of Hospitality and Tourism. Eran is one of the world’s leading authorities on tourism Marketing, destination branding, and Image.
5. Dr. Bert Van Walbeek, UK-based and renowned “Master of Disaster” and former head of the Thailand Chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association. Author of PATA’s first crisis management guidebook.
6. Richard Gordon MBE  Director of the world-renowned UK-based University of Bournemouth Centre for Disaster Management advising governments and Tourism businesses worldwide on disaster management
7. Lt. Col. Bill Foos (USA) Former US Army Officer and a security consultant to businesses.
8. Ray Suppe (USA)
9. Charles Guddeni (USA)
10. Dr. Ancy Gamage (Australia) Senior Lecturer Management (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)  Ancy specializes in the human resource dimension of tourism resilience and bushfire risk management response.
11. Professor Jeff Wilks, Griffith University(Australia) Jeff is a world-renowned specialist in tourism risk management focussing on risk readiness and links between tourism and emergency management
12. Emeritus Professor Bruce Prideaux  Central  Queensland University(Australia)is a world-renowned authority on tourism crisis management and the link between climate change and natural disasters.
13. Masato Takamatsu (Japan) CEO of Tourism Resilience Japan.  Masato is Japan’s leading expert on crisis preparedness. His programs link tourism enterprises, emergency management, and government agencies to prepare for, respond to, and recover from Natural disasters.
14. Peter Semone (Thailand) Chairman of Pacific Asia Travel Association. Peter leads PATA and has championed and been an active player in PATA’s more than 30 years of commitment to tourism risk, crisis, and recovery management throughout the Asia Pacific region.
15. Prof. Lloyd Waller, Executive Director of Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre, Jamaica
16. Pankaj Pradhananga (Nepal) Director of Four Seasons Travel, and Chapter President of the WTN Nepal Chapter, Kathmandu Nepal. Pankaj is a pioneer and global leader in accessible tourism services for people with disabilities and has factored in their special needs in preparing for and responding to natural disasters.