27 SEPTEMBER, WEDNESDAY

0730

Welcome refreshments

Courtyard area

Hotel School

0800

Welcoming & Opening Remarks

Prof Semente, Efigenia
Executive Dean: Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education
NUST

Session

1

0830

What Are The Financial Investment Mechanisms And Instruments Available To Support Innovation, Technology And Entrepreneurship

Bank Windhoek

Joachim Komeheke
Sustainable Finance & ESG Analyst

2

0915

An Integration of Eco System Services and Regenerative Tourism

Prof Morgan Hauptfleish,
Associate Professor: nature Conservation Department: Natural Resources Sciences
NUST

3

1000

Introducing Wildlife Credits

Tapiwa Makiwa

Community Conservation Fund of Namibia

1045

Break:  tea/coffee refreshments

Courtyard

Hotel School

4

1115

RuralRevive Project: Building a Desert Based Economy

Reinhold Mangundu

Namibian Environment and Wildlife Society

5

1200

The Emerging Research Areas in Tertiary Tourism Education and the Investment Needs

Dr Isobel Manuel,
Head of Department and Senior Lecturer Hospitality and Tourism
NUST

1245

LUNCH

1330-1415

Breakaway Sessions: 

6

Boabab

How To Accelerate Climate Innovation;  How To Invest In New Technologies, Business Models And Practices To Facilitate The Emergence Of New Climate Solutions

Divagri

Dr Veikko Shalimba,
Deputy Head of Department
Department: Mechanical, Industrial and Electrical Engineering
NUST

7

!Nara

Virtual Tourism

Joseph David Isaacs
Computer Science Student
NUST

8

Mopane

Rangeland Restoration – A Green Investment for Conservancies

Mr Evert Strydom
Programme Director
Perivoli Rangeland Institute

9

Welwitchia

Virtual Tourism

Mrs. Petrina Haufiku-Makhubela
Lecturer: Tourism and Hospitality Department
NUST

1415-1500

Breakaway Sessions: 

10

Boabab

Update Of A Namibian Tourism Training Road-Map

Gitta Paetzold,
Hospitality Association Namibia

11

!Nara

Virtual Tourism

Joseph David Isaacs
Computer Science Student
NUST

12

Mopane

How To Accelerate Climate Innovation;  How To Invest In New Technologies, Business Models And Practices To Facilitate The Emergence Of New Climate Solutions – PRODISTRIBUTION

PRODISTRIBUTION

13

Welwitchia

How Being Green Means Being Efficient

Reino Botha

Product Manager

1500-1545

Breakaway Sessions: 

14

Boabab

Hunting as a Green Investment

Dr Simon Chiutsi,
Senior Lecturer
Department: Hospitality and Tourism
NUST

15

!Nara

Virtual Tourism

Joseph David Isaacs

Computer Science Student

NUST

16

Mopane

Synergy between Tourism and EIA's: An Investment in Biodiversity

Liesl Liebenberg,
Hotel School Manager
NUST

17

Welwitchia

15450-1630

Breakaway Sessions: 

18

Boabab

"Give back to Nature what belongs to Nature" - the Gondwana Way

Mathias Tsameya
Gondwana
Environmental and Social Impact Officer

19

!Nara

Virtual Tourism

Joseph David Isaacs
Computer Science Student
NUST

20

Mopane

Eco Awards

Hazel Milne
Program Coordinator
Eco Awards

21

Welwichia

22

Boabab

Concluding Remarks

Dr Isobel Manuel,
Head of Department and Senior Lecturer Hospitality and Tourism
NUST

End of Conference