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Innovators Symposium

Rethinking Coastal Tourism Development: The Importance of Innovators in Times of Climate Change & Economic Crisis

Held at Stanford University, January 20 - 22, 2010

About the Symposium:

This Executive Symposium marks the first organized effort to bring together business professionals and experts in sustainable coastal resort  and second home design, construction, financing, as well as management of sustainable recreational activities. Our goal is to facilitate discussion of innovative practices and technologies, as well as obstacles and challenges in areas of social and environmental sustainability, and to help solidify these innovators into a more cohesive and interactive network.

Who should attend?

This Executive Symposium is designed for developers, architects, hoteliers, bankers and investors, and other business executives committed to or interested in pursuing new models of marine, coastal, and island development. Participants in the symposium will also include officials from key consumer organizations, government agencies, development organizations, NGOs, and faculty from Stanford University.

What will be discussed?

The geographic focus will be coastal and marine areas in the Americas, specifically Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States (including Hawaii and Puerto Rico). Specific attention will be given to two major challenges: the current global economic recession and climate change. These challenges are impacting all types of coastal development, and sustainable alternative models hold a key to creative techniques to help mitigate the economic downturn and climate change.

 

Photos by Whitney Cooper, Bill Durham, and CREST Travels to Hacienda Tres Rios, Akalki, Papaya Playa and Hotel Villas Paraiso del Mar in Mexico