Saturday
March 25th s
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9:00
– 10:00 a.m. |
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REGISTRATION |
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10:00.
- 12:00 |
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OPENING
SESSION |
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10:00
– 10:10 |
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Opening
Remarks |
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Dr.
Adel Rady, Chief Executive Officer
Tourism
Development Authority |
10:10
– 10:20 |
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Welcome
Message |
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Dr.
Magda Sami, Chair
TDA
Tourism Awareness Work Group |
10:20
– 10:30 |
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Welcome
Message |
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Mr.
Mark Silverman, Associate Director
for
Environment and Infrastructure, USAID |
10:30
– 10:40 |
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Greetings
and Brief Forum Overview |
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Dr.
Christopher Howell, Chief of Party RSSTI Project, Hagler Bailly Services,
Inc. |
10:40
– 11:40 |
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Opening
Address: Ecotourism, Ecolodges and the Global
Tourism Market |
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Ms.
Megan EplerWood, President The Ecotourism Society |
11:40
– 12:00 |
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Questions
and Answers |
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12:00
– 12:30 |
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COFFEE
BREAK |
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12:30
– 2:30 SESSION #2: ECOLODGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
12:30
– 12:35 |
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Panel
Introductions |
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Dr.
Adel Rady, Chief Executive Officer, TDA |
12:35
– 1:20 |
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Best
Practices in Ecolodge Planning, Design and Guidelines |
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Mr.
Hitesh Mehta, Associate, E.D. Stone and Associates, Florida, USA |
1:25
– 1:50 |
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Ecolodges:
A Futuristic Epic for Ecotourism Development in Egypt |
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Dr.
Ashraf Salama, Architect & Chair TDA Working Group on Ecolodges |
1:55
– 2:20 |
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Ecolodges:
Where, Why and How |
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Mr.
Rami El Dahan, Architect |
2:20
– 2:40 |
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Questions
and Answers |
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Sunday
March 26th
10:00
– 12:10 SESSION #3: ECOLODGE FINANCE
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| 10:00
– 10:05 |
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Panel
Introductions |
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Dr.
Ahmed Abul Azem, Head
Environmental
Management. Dept., EEAA |
10:05
– 10:30 |
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Ministry
of Tourism Perspective on the Role and Significance of Ecotourism |
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Dr.
Fathi Sakr, Economic Advisor, Ministry
of
Tourism & Professor, Cairo University |
10:35
– 11:15 |
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Ecolodge
Finance |
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Dr.
Edward Sanders, President Ecotourism International |
11:20
– 11:45 |
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Investments
in Environmental Improvements in Hotels and Resorts |
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Mr.
William Meade, Principal
Hagler
Bailly Services, Inc. / RSSTI |
11:45
– 12:00 |
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Questions
and Answers |
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12:10
– 12:30 |
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COFFEE
BREAK |
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| 12:30
– 2:45 SESSION #4 DESTINATION INTEGRATION: ECOLODGES, VISITOR
ACTIVITIES & PROTECTED AREAS |
12:30
– 12:35 |
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Panel
Introductions |
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Mr.
Keith Sproule, RSSTI Project / Hagler Bailly Services, Inc. |
12:35
– 1:05 |
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Ecolodges:
The Acceptable Face of Tourism? |
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Professor
Mostafa Fouda, Director
Nature
Conservation Sector, EEAA |
1:10
– 1:40 |
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Eco-Adventure
Tours in the Deserts of Egypt &A case study on Zarzora Expedition--Specialized
in Exploring Adventures and General-Interest Ecotours |
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Mr.
Wael Abed, General Manager
Zarzora
Expedition, and Mr. Gabriel Mikhail,
Architect,
AIA, Image House. |
1:45
– 2:10 |
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Potential
for Environmental Tourism in Egypt: Results of a Tour Operator Survey |
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Ms.
Nadra Garas, Consultant
GreenCom |
2:10
– 2:30 |
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Questions
and Answers |
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| Monday
March 27th
SESSION
#5 ECOLODGES IN EGYPT: CASE STUDIES |
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10:00
– 10:05 |
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Panel
Introductions |
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Dr.
Khaled Makhlouf, Head of the Technical Department, TDA |
10:05
– 10:35 |
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Ecolodge
Development in Egypt |
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Arch.
Ragaei Said, Consultant
Hagler
Bailly Services, Inc. / RSSTI |
10:40
– 11:10 |
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Siwa
Desert Lodge |
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Dr.
Mounir Neamatalla, President
Environmental
Quality International |
11:15
– 11:45 |
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The
Basata Experience |
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Engr.
Shrief El Ghamrawi, Owner
Basata
Camp, Nuweiba |
11:45
– 1200 |
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Questions
and Answers |
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12:00
– 12:30 |
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COFFEE
BREAK |
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| SESSION
#6 INTERACTIVE BREAKOUT GROUP DISCUSSIONS |
| 12:30
– 2:00 |
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Breakout
Groups / Interactive
Discussion |
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