Speaking with passion
I speak passionately about sustainable tourism management, inclusion, tourism marketing and destination stewardship. I have recently been addressing tourism professionals and executives in following international events or platforms:
Future engagements:
2025 Destinations International Annual Convention, Chicago - July. Speaking of tourism seasonality - a 45 minute keynote.
Past engagements:
2025 Routes Europe Seville, Spain - 7.4. Panel moderator at the first European Tourism Seasonality Summit
2025 ITB Berlin, Germany - 5.3. at 11:15-11:55 Panelist on Destination Development through Mega Events: Curse or Blessing? and event opening remarks at Oulu2026 event.
2025 ETOA Nordic Market Place, Copenhagen Denmark - Oulu2026 presentation in Copenhagen for 250 tourism professionals
2025 Oulu Hospitality meet - State of Tourism presentation at annual meeting of hotel and hospitality sector in Oulu
2025 Time to Get Excited - Oulu2026 launch at Oulu Theatre
2025 Matka Helsinki - Oulu presentation at After Work event of the travel trade fair
2025 Balancing Tourism Podcast - Oulu's Year-Round Magic
2025 Beyond Sun and Sea, Transforming Cyprus into a year-round Destination - Panelist and ending keynote. See programme.
2024 Northern Finland tourism forum, Oulu - Panel discussion moderator
2024 Routes World, World Tourism Seasonality Summit, Bahrain - Innovative Destination Marketing and Product Development Strategies to Flatten the Seasonality Curve (scheduled October 8th 2024) / Summit White Paper
2024 ITB Berlin Travel Hero Podcast - Reaching the Indian Traveller
2024 ITB India MICE show, Mumbai, India - Sustainable tourism management
2024 Destinations International Annual Convention, Tampa - Florida - Inclusive tourism
2024 Baltic Sea Tourism Forum, Oulu - Community inclusion in Tourism marketing and the Culture Capital year of Oulu 2026
2024 IGLTA European Study panel, online - Tourism inclusion
2024 Matka Travel Fair & ATTA workshop, Helsinki - Oudoor and adventure tourism
2023 Northern Finland tourism forum, Oulu - Panel discussion moderator
2023 Green Summit, Tallinn, Estonia - Community inclusion in Tourism
2023 The World Tourism Association for Cultural Heritage, Valencia, Spain - Community inclusion in Tourism
2023 Brand USA Podcast, Dallas, Texas - Tourism marketing and Sustainable travel
2023 IMEX Frankfurt, Germany - Inclusive tourism
2023 Destinations International CEO Summit, Victoria / Canada - Sustainable tourism
2023 Destinations Next Future Panel - Online discussion