8:30 – 9:00

Arrival and registration

9:00 – 9:20

Introduction of the day and welcome

Dr. Pinke-Sziva Ivett - Corvinus University of Budapest, Marketing and Media Institute, Department of Tourism
Rebeka Szabó, vice-mayor - City of Budapest, District 14 Zugló Municipality
Imre Csalagovits, Head of Management Authority, Danube Transnational Programme Joint Secretariat

9:20 – 9:45

Máriusz Révész - Government Commissioner for Active Hungary

9:45 – 10:00

EU Strategy for the Danube Region Priority Area 3 - Culture and Tourism

Tsvetelina Vulkova - Cycling and Ecotourism in Bulgaria (Tourism Expert, "Tourism Policy" Directorate General, Ministry of Tourism, Bulgaria)
Ionana Rusu  -Perspectives on Ecotourism and Cycling (Public Manager, The Public Policies Unit, Ministry of Tourism, Romania)

10:00 – 10:30

Keynote Speaker: 
Miguel Gallego - Head of Marketing and Communication, European Travel Commission

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break 

11:00 – 11:30

Balázs Kozák - Introduction of the EcoVeloTour project (external consultant, City of Budapest, District 14 Zugló Municipality)

11:30 – 11:50

Dr. Michael Meschik - Beneficial results of bicycle tourism for the regions - examples from Central Europe (The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences ,Vienna – Institute for Transport Studies)

11:50 – 12:10

Dr. György Pataki - Ecosystem services and ecotourism (Corvinus University of Budapest)

12:10 – 12:30

Hungarian Tourism Agency, local perspectives in active and ecotourism (tbc)

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 14:10

Connecting the dots – introduction of related Danube Transnational Programme co-financed projects:

Amazon of Europe Bike Trail (Urška Dolinar – Iskriva Institute for Development of Local Potentials)
CHESTNUT (Dr. Mihály Lados – Pannon Business Network)
DANUrB (Dr. Bálint Kádár – Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
INSiGHTS (Zoltán Bara - Pons Danubii European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation)
TransDanubePearls (Boris Camernik – Danube Competence Centre)

14:10 – 15:00.

Working group discussion – Cyclist ecotourism

Chair: The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences ,Vienna – Institute for Transport Studies

15:00 – 15:20

Coffee break

15:30 – 16:20

Workshop -Stakeholders' experience - Ecotourism and Ecosystem Services // Planning and Practice. 

Moderators: dr. Katalin Kasza-Kelemen, dr Ivett Pinke-Sziva (Corvinus University of Budapest)

16:20 – 16:30

Closing remarks. End of the conference.

The moderator of the conference: Zsuzsa Kravalik