Cultural
values and tourism development in rural areas
International
Networking Conference 
AGENDA
Place of the event:
Heraklion
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
9 Koronaiou str.
71202,
Heraklion, Crete , Greece 
| 
Thursday, 17th
  October 2013 (Room Kastellaki) | |
| 
Time | 
Programme
   | 
| 
8.30 –
  9.00 | 
Registration, Welcome | 
| 
9.00 –
  9.30 | 
Welcome speecheS 
Chair: George Nikolakakis | 
| 
Mr Stavros
  Arnaoutakis 
Regional Governor of  
Mr Nikos
  Yialitakis 
Mr Manolis
  Alifierakis 
President of Heraklion
  Chamber of Commerce and Industry | |
| 
9.30 –
  11.00 | 
Keynote speakerS 
Chair: George Nikolakakis | 
| 
Mrs Valerie Carter 
ECOVAST – European Council for the Village and Small Town 
Mr Yiannis Markakis 
Director of the Cretan open-air Museum 'LYCHNOSTATIS' 
Vice-Chairman of ICR (International Committee For Regional Museums) 
Mr David Bole Mrs
  Mateja Šmid Hribar 
Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences &
  Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, SY_CULTour Project Lead Partner | |
| 
11.00
  – 11.30 | 
Coffee Break | 
| 
11.30
  – 13.00 | 
Presentations of
  selected papers 
Chair: George Nikolakakis | 
| 
Effective
  Integration of Cultural Resources into Rural Areas 
Alexandros Apostolakis 
Toward a
  differentiated use of officinal and wild plants: patterns of sustainability in
  Alpine communities 
Andrea Petrella 
Why collaborative
  service design may be the key to developing sustainable cultural & rural
  visitor economies, with the help of ICT, social media and crowdsourcing 
Melanie Levick-Parkin 
The role of
  cultural values for rural development. selected examples from different areas
  in  
Bozhidar Ivanov 
When cooperation
  means tourist development: two case studies – Responsible tourism: managing
  culture and heritage in rural areas by the cooperation of all interested stakeholders 
Annalisa Del Prete e Giuseppe Gargano 
From Conflict to
  Cooperation: Responsible Cultural Tourism and Rural Economic Development 
Russell E. Brayley 
How can coastal
  communities and artisanal fishermen benefit from their own intangible
  maritime heritage? Some examples from  
Eliseu Carbonell | |
| 
13.00
  – 14.00 | 
Lunch break AND
  Poster exhibition | 
| 
Cultural
  values and tourism development in rural areas CULTURAL HOTELS as a part of
  cultural tourism 
Tatiana Kleymenova 
Gastronomic values
  as part of cultural heritage of municipalities of Sombor and Apatin ( 
Igor Stamenković, Jasmina Djordjević,
  Ivana Blešić, Tatjana Pivac, Djordje Radetić 
„Castle of
  the  
György Fekete 
Survey of
  attitudes towards social equality of local population in rural areas  
Ivana Blešić, Tatjana Pivac,
  Igor Stamenković, Jasmina Đorđević, Ivica Jurišin 
Elin
  Pelin’s literary heroes’ world: a focus of the cultural tourism in the  
Rumen Popov 
Heritage
  resources in the tourism planning in Mazovia ( 
Małgorzata Kowalczyk 
Emerging
  professional profiles for cultural tourism in rural areas 
Federico Bigaran, Silvia
  Corrado | |
| 
14.00-15.00 | 
Presentations of
  selected papers 
Chair: George Nikolakakis | 
| 
The
  participatory approach in the SY_CULTour pilot project "From the
  tradition to the production – the sustainable use of cultivated and wild
  medicinal and aromatic plants in the context of rural tourism" 
Federico Bigaran, Silvia
  Corrado, Gerardo de Luzenberger, Astrid Mazzola 
Folk festivals
  and fairs: paths of culture and tourism development in rural areas 
Efi Psilaki, Dr of Cultural
  and Social Sciences 
Presentation
  of the INTERREG IVC project: Digital Agenda for New Tourism Approach in
  European Rural and Mountain Areas (DANTE) 
Constantine Manasakis 
Presentation
  of the SEE project SAGITTARIUS 
Dorothea Papathanasiou-Zuhrt
   
Improving
  heritage sites' management: The SUSTCULT project 
Črtomir Špacapan (video
  presentation) | |
| 
15.00
  – 17.00 | 
3 parallel interactive sessions (Rooms Kastellaki and Karouzou) | 
| 
Responsible
  tourism: managing culture and heritage in rural areas by the cooperation of
  all interested stakeholders 
Moderator: Federico Bigaran 
European,
  national and regional development policies for developing local initiatives
  and small-scale cultural tourism projects 
Moderator: Ákos Szépvölgyi  
Cultural
  tourism in rural areas: motivating tourists, marketing and branding Moderators:
  Dorothea Papathanasiou-Zuhrt | |
| 
17.00
  – 17.30 | 
Coffee break | 
| 
17.30
  – 18.15 | 
Roundtable
  discussion  
Moderator: Janez Nared | 
| 
18.15-18.30 | 
CONFERENCE SUMMARY 
Chair: George Nikolakakis | 
| 
19:00 | 
Social dinner | 
| 
Friday, 18th
  October 2013 | |
| 
Time | 
Programme
   | 
| 
8.45 –
  9.00 | 
Meeting in Heraklion Archeological Museum and
  boarding to buses | 
| 
9.00 –
  12.00 | 
Transfer
  to Palliani area (1st pilot area) and study visit | 
| 
12.00
  – 14.00 | 
Transfer
  to Agios Thomas (2nd pilot area) and study visit | 
| 
14.00
  – 15.00 | 
Lunch in
  Agroikies, Agios Thomas | 
| 
15.00
  – 15.30 | 
Transfer
  to  | 
| 
15.30
  – 18.00 | 
Educational
  programme in  | 
| 
18.00 | 
Return | 
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English: Link 1
Greek: Link 2