All inclusive? Nature and tourism between conflict and symbiosis

09:30 Registration opens

 10:30 - 10:45 Opening remarks

• Monica Frassoni, Co-chair European Green Party

Conference moderators

Brigitte Foppa and Tobias Planer, Co-chairs, Verdi - Grüne - Vërc, South Tyrol, Italy

10:45 - 12:15 Keynote speeches

• Paul Rösch, Mayor of Merano, South Tyrol, Italy (presentation)
• Thomas Aichner, Head of Communication, IDM-South Tyrol, Italy (presentation)

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch at ForsterbräuMeran, Freiheitsstraße 90 Corso Libertà, 39012 Merano (BZ)

Plenary Session 14:00 - 15:30

Challenges of tourism in the Alpine region (more info)

Moderator: Hans Heiss, Bolzano province Councillor, Italy

Speakers:

• Lucia Coppola, Co-spokesperson of the Trentino Verdi, President of Trento Local Council, Italy
• Klauspeter Dissinger, President of the Federation of South Tyrolean Protectionists, Italy
• Silvia Simoni, Environmental engineer, Italy (presentation)
• Georg Willi, Member of Parliament, Austria (presentation)

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

Plenary Session 16:00 - 17:30

Sharing wider European regions’ examples on sustainable tourism (more info)

Moderator: Annalisa Corrado, Co-spokesperson, Green Italia, Italy

Speakers:

• Lefteris Ioannidis, Mayor of the Municipality of Kozani in Northern Greece of the West Macedonia Region, Greece (presentation)
• Angel Jilanov, Mayor of Gorna Malina, Bulgaria
• Emma Nohrén, Member of Parliament, Sweden (presentation)
• Luana Zanella, Member of the National Committee, Federazione dei Verdi, Italy (presentation)

17:30 - 18:00 Concluding remarks 

• Reinhard Bütikofer, Co-chair European Green Party, MEP
• Hans Heiss, Bolzano province Councillor, Italy

19:00 Dinner at Circolo Unificato Esrcito, via Mainardo 132, Merano 

09:00 - 13:00 Excursions 

• South Tyrol Museum of Tourism - Touriseum, including Gardens of Trautmannsdorf
• Bike Tour: the participants will take the train in Merano at 09:46 to go to Latsch, and will come back by bike to Merano