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Smart Tourism Destinations (ITD) have been consolidated in the Smartcities market as a vertical for the tourism industry. The Modernisation and Competitiveness Plan presented by the Secretary of State, especially the Tourism Sustainability Plans, offer a unique and historic opportunity to make a quantum leap in the competitiveness of destinations and the tourism industry.

Moderate: John Mora. Vice-president of the Smart Cities and Smart Tourism Commission of AMETIC

• Antonio Sánchez. Innovation Director of Hub Dinapsis Benidorm
• Olivier Jager. Ceo and co-founder of ForwardKeys
• Jaime Solano. Founder at GVAM Interactive Guides
  
• Rosa Sánchez. Deputy Mayor Area of Tourism, Promotion of the City and Local and Foreign Investments at Malaga City Council
• Carlos Becker. Director of Corporate and Public Sector at Vodafone
• Enrique Martínez. President of State Company for the Management of Innovation and Tourism Technologies (SEGITTUR)

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The concepts of sustainability, digitalisation and competitiveness are key to understanding in detail the smart destinations model, which aims to promote a new model for improving competitiveness and tourism development based on tourism governance and co-responsibility. The smart destinations model has already been implemented in around fifty destinations and there is growing international interest in this methodology developed by the Secretary of State for Tourism, through the State Society for the Management of Innovation and Tourism Technologies (SEGITTUR).

Moderate: Enrique Martínez. President of State Company for the Management of Innovation and Tourism Technologies (SEGITTUR)

• Antonio Guevara. Dean of the Faculty of Tourism of the University of Malaga (UMA)
• Enrique Navarro. Director of the University Institute of Intelligence Research and Tourist Innovation of the University of Málaga (i3t-UMA) 
• Lidia Andrades. Lecturer in Business Organisation at the University of Extremadura (UEX)
• María Velasco. Advisor to the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Tourism of the Ministry of Industry, Comerce and Tourism (MINCOTUR)
• Antonio Francés. Mayor of Alcoy

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Moderate: Pilar González. Head of the Institutional Promotion and Territorial Cooperation Department of the Center for the development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)

• Manuel Guirao. Energy Transition General Director, Castilla-La Mancha Government
• Luis Miguel Hernando. Head of Public Administration Sales of Endesa X
• Emilio Iglesias. Head of Area in the Department of Institutional Promotion and Territorial Co-operation of the Center for the development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
• Ana González. Mayor of Gijón
• Mª Lourdes Martín. Technical Director of Sustainability and Climate Change of SGS

Moderate: Susana Carillo. Councilor for the urban digitalization innovation area of Málaga City Hall

• Beatriz Becerra. Director General for Citizen Participation, Migration, External Action, Development Cooperation, Transparency and Good Governance of Malaga City Council
  
• Antonio Quirós. Coordinator at National Pole of Digital Content

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The expansion of smart city technologies and solutions to the rural world has multiple barriers, including connectivity, a basic pillar for life in this environment to develop in a way that is equivalent to that of cities. The development of 5G promises to partially solve this problem. We will discuss the EU Small Villages model for rural areas.

Moderate: Francisco Morcillo. Consultant, Blogger and Ceo of MB3 Gestión

• Juan Alfaro. Strategic Director of Economic and Social Innovation of Provincial Council of Huelva
• Jose Ramón Fernández. Account Executive of GALGUS
• Agustín Aretio. Innovation Area Manager and Digital Province of Provincial Council of Cáceres
• José Luis Jericó. Managing director of SOFOJEA
• Sharam Yalda. Founder of HumanNation, regenerative transformation and innovation