Program (provisional)

Louisiana Tourism & Cultural Tourism

Tourism and Transformational Economies (9:30 AM-10:30 AM)

Chair: Joe Pine, Cofounder, Strategic Horizons LLP

Doug Bourgeois, Assistant Secretary of Tourism, State of Louisiana.

Carrie Broussard, Assistant Secretary, Office of Cultural Development, State of Louisiana.
New Orleans, French Quarter Fest and Jazz Fest

Barbara Plattner, CEO, Innsbruck Tourismus, City of Innsbruck
Innsbruck Tourism Profile and Overview

Chair: Gordon “Nick” Mueller, Founding President and CEO Emeritus, The National World War II Museum

David R. Sherman, Vice Chairman, Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation
Current and Future Prospects of the New Orleans Super Bowl: Economic and Cultural

Martin Schnitzer, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Sports Science, University of Innsbruck
Effects of Large Sporting Events: The Winter Olympics

John Nauright, Karen Wax Schmitt & Family Endowed Professor, Assoc. Dean for Research & Innovation LSU A&M
Sport in Society – Economics and Culture

Wolfgang Meixner, Asst. Prof. Dept. of History and European Ethnology, University of Innsbruck
History of the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck

Chair: TBD

Mike Peters, Professor, Dept. of Management and Marketing, University of Innsbruck
Environmental Aspects of Sustainability

Bridget Bordelon, Professor and Endowed Chair, Dept. of Hospitality Management, UNO
Designing Inclusive Cultural Events: Accessibility as Sustainable Practice

Robert Steiger, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Public Finance, University of Innsbruck
Climate Change and Tourism

Bernhard Bauer, Professor, Head of Department of International Tourism and Event Management, SRH University Campus Heidelberg
No Culture, No Future: The Neglected Key to Sustainability in Tourism