Map of Panama
List of Acronyms
- AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
- AED Academy for Educational Development
- ANAM Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (National Environmental Authority)
- APEDE Panamanian Association of Business Executives
- ARI Interoceanic Region Authority
- BID (IDB) Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (Inter-American Development Bank)
- BTR Bureau of Tourism Research (Australia)
- CATHALAC Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe
- CEASPA Panamanian Center for Research and Social Action
- CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Convención Internacional de Tráfico de Especies Amenazadas)
- CRC Cooperative Research Centre (Australia)
- CrcTourism Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism (Australia)
- CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
- GDP Gross Domestic Product
- GEF Global Environment Fund (Fondo Global del Medio Ambiente)
- GIS Geographic Information System
- INAC National Institute of Culture
- INRENARE Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales Renovables (National Institute for Renewable Natural Resources)
- IPAT Panama Tourism Bureau
- MR marginal return
- NGO non-governmental organization
- OEA (OAS) Organización de Estados Americanos (Organization of American States)
- OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- PACT Protected Areas Conservation Trust
- PCAST President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (US)
- R&D research and development
- SENACYT National Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation
- SIDEA Sistema Hemisférico de Educación Agrícola Superior
- SNC St. Norbert College
- STRI Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- TCA Tourism Council Australia
- TCR (TCI) Tourism-Conservation-Research Strategic Alliance (Turismo-Conservación-Investigación)
- UNDP United Nations Development Program
- UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- WTO World Tourism Organization
- WTP “willingness to pay”
- WTTC World Travel and Tourism Council
- WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
Appendix C
Conference and Symposium Agenda
International Conference Heritage Tourism for the Next Millennium
(Turismo Patrimonial para el Proximo Milenio)
Inaugural Day
Miramar Inter-Continental Panama, December 2, 1998
Chair: Dr. Ceferino Sanchez Jorquera, National Secretary
National Secretariat for Science, Technology, and Innovation (SENACYT)
Morning Session
8:45 am – 9:15 am National Anthem of Panama
Welcome
Cesar Tribaldos, General Manager
Panamanian Tourism Bureau (IPAT)
9:15 am – 10:15 am A Bridge to the Millennium: The Ideal and the Promise of a
Heritage-Driven Economy
Dr. Hana Ayala, President, EcoResorts International &
International Consultant for the TCR Action Plan for Panama
10:15 am – 10:30 am Inaugural Session
His Excellency Ernesto Perez Balladares
President of the Republic of Panama
10:30 am – 11:00 am BREAK
11:00 am – 11:30 am Keynote Address
Dr. Richard S. Nicholson, Executive Officer & Publisher of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
(Introduced by Dr. Richard W. Getzinger, Director for International Programs, AAAS)
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Keynote Address
Frank O. Gehry FAIA, Design Principal
Frank O. Gehry and Associates
(Introduced by Henry N. Cobb FAIA, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners)
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm LUNCH
Afternoon Session
2:00 pm – 2:40 pm Multimedia: The Heritage Identity of the Bridge of the World
Presenters: Dr. Omar Jaen Suarez, Interoceanic Region Authority (ARI)
Dr. Richard G. Cooke, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
2:40 pm – 3:10 pm Installation of the Committee for the Tourism-Conservation-Research
Strategic Alliances (“TCR Committee”)
Presenter: Lic. Oscar Ceville, Vice Minister of the Presidency &
President, National Council for Sustainable Development
Signing of the Minutes of the First Session of the TCR Committee
3:10 pm – 3:30 pm Panama: The Crossroads for Science
Dr. Ira Rubinoff, Director, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm A City of Knowledge for the New Millennium
Dr. Jorge Arosemena, Executive Director, Ciudad del Saber
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm BREAK
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Multimedia: TCR Model Portfolio
Coronado Hotel & Resort I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr., President
Hotel Campestre
Ing. Lorenzo Hincapie, Owner
Posada del Cerro La Vieja
Alfonso Jaen Conte, Owner & Manager
Miramar Inter-Continental
Louis Philippe, General Manager
Panama Marriott Hotel
Francisco Castro, General Manager
Gamboa Tropical Rainforest Resort
Ing. Herman Bern, President, Empresas Bern
Grand Park Hotel project (a Sheraton)
John Moses A., Vice President, Inversiones Moses
Canopy Tower
Raul Arias de Para, President, Divertimento Ecologico, S.A.
New Protected Area of San Lorenzo
Charlotte Elton, Founding Member, Panamanian Center for
Research and Social Action (CEASPA)
Dr. Nicolas Ardito Barletta, General Administrator,
Interoceanic Region Authority
International Symposium
The Challenge of Experience-Management:
Linking Quality with Sustainability
(El Reto del Manejo de Experiencias: Vinculando Calidad y Sostenibilidad)
December 3
Miramar Inter-Continental Panama, December 3-4, 1998
Symposium Chair: Dr. Theodore Panayotou, Institute Fellow and Program Director
International Environment Program
Harvard Institute for International Development
Co-Chair: Dr. Hana Ayala, President, EcoResorts International & International Consultant
to the Government of Panama for the TCR Action Plan
8:00 am - 9:15 am Introductory Session
This session will include four brief (about 15 min.) presentations from each of the Tourism-Conservation-Research (TCR) Alliance sectors (one by the tourism and hotel industry, one by the conservation sector, one by the science sector, and one by a representative of the indigenous communities). Each presentation will provide the sector’s aspirations on the TCR Alliance.
Speakers: I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr., President, Coronado Hotel & Resort
Lic. Mirei Endara, Administrator General, National Environmental Authority (ANAM)
Dr. Julio Escobar, Deputy National Secretary, National Secretariat for Science, Technology, and Innovation (SENACYT)
Gilberto Alemancia, Panamanian Tourism Bureau (IPAT)
9:20 am - 10:20 am Global Research Findings Relevant to the TCR Alliance
Chair: Dr. Richard W. Getzinger, Director for International Programs
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Speakers: Dr. Terry de Lacy, Chief Executive Officer, Cooperative Research Center for Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University, Australia
(Delivering strategic knowledge to a dynamic, internationally competitive and sustainable tourism industry)
Dr. Theodore Panayotou, Harvard Institute for International Development
(Motivating and financing tourism-driven sustainable development)
10:20 am – 10:40 am Discussion
10:40 am – 11:10 am Explanation of Working Group Dynamics/Guidelines/Expected Results
Symposium Co-Organizers
11:10 am -11:30 am Clarification Questions
11:30 am -1:00 pm LUNCH
Presentation: Natural Marvels of Panama (Courtesy of ANAM-National Environmental Authority)
1:00 pm - 3:45 pm Working Groups
Three parallel Working Groups on the following topics:
Engaging Experience-Management with Natural and Cultural Resource Management
Chair: Dr. Theodore Panayotou, Harvard Institute for International Development
Co-Chair: Gloria Lopez Morales, UNESCO’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Rapporteur: Georgina de Alba, Assistant Director for Fellowships and Education, STRI
Infrastructure as a Tool for Invigorating the Value of Natural and Cultural Heritage
Chair: Prof. Sylvia Lavin, Chair, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles
Co-Chair: Guillermo Rocha, Director for Latin American Affairs, International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IHRA)
Rapporteur: Erik Wolfschoon, Architect, Panama
The Art of Heritage Interpretation
Chair: Dr. Gregory J. Ashworth, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Uningen
Co-Chair: Augusto Huescar,Regional Representative for the Americas, World Tourism Organization (WTO)
Rapporteur: William Harp, Chief of Operations and Senior Systems Analyst, Cyber-Tech, SA
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm: BREAK
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Continuation of the Working Groups
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Meeting of the Chairs and Rapporteurs of the Working Groups
7:00 pm: DINNER (Grand Ballroom, Miramar Inter-Continental)
Presentation: In the Geological History, Panama Has Changed the World
Dr. Anthony Coates, Deputy Director, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
National Folklore Ballet (Courtesy of IPAT-Panamanian Tourism Bureau and INAC-National Institute of Culture)
December 4
8:00 am - 11:30 am Continuation of Working Groups
z Expected Results: 1) To identify priorities for scientific research and conservation activities that will boost the quality and sustainability of tourism activities; 2) To develop short-term recommendations and long-term policy guidelines to maximize the sustainable use of natural and cultural resources for social and economic development purposes through sustainable heritage tourism that emphasizes excellence of experience-management; 3) To establish mechanisms of transfer of research results and economic benefits among scientific and conservation institutions, the tourism and hotel industry and other relevant sectors of the host country’s economy; 4) To foster sustainable development as the denominator of the ever-greater business value of sustainable heritage tourism.
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: LUNCH
12:30 pm - 3:15 pm Plenary presentations of Recommendations and Findings by Working Groups
Chair: Dr. Richard S. Nicholson, Executive Officer & Publisher of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science
Farewell Keynote and Next Steps
Symposium Co-Organizers
3:30 pm Departure for Gamboa Resort
DINNER and RECEPTION (Courtesy of the Gamboa Tropical Rainforest Resort and the Miramar Inter-Continental)
Attire: tropical elegance
CONFERENCE COORDINATOR:
Dr. Hana Ayala
SYMPOSIUM CO-ORGANIZERS:
Panamanian Tourism Bureau (IPAT)
National Secretariat for Science, Technology, and Innovation (SENACYT)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
City of Knowledge
Note: All sessions of the conference and symposium will be provided with simultaneous translation (Spanish-English)
Appendix D - Working Group Participants
Working Group 1: Engaging Experience-Management with Natural and Cultural Resource Management
- Gilberto Alemancia, Kuna member, IPAT, Panama. Has worked with several programs involving indigenous people in Panama, including ecotourism programs.
- Alejandro Alfonso, UNESCO’s Regional Advisor for Communication in Latin America & the Caribbean, Panama.
- Francisco Alvarez, specialist in geography and history. Director of the School of Tourism at the Latin American University of Science and Technology.
- Lisa Barnett, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington office.
- Carlos Baruki, Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts, representing the International Hotels Environment Initiative, a non-profit program created by a Business Leaders Forum and presided by His Royal Highness Prince of Wales.
- Evans Canto, IPAT’s Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, Panama
- Julian Chang, responsible for IPAT’s program to develop tourism products for all kinds of communities (indigenous, peasant, etc.). He identifies and organizes available resources for products, and collaborates with tour operators to establish appropriate rules for the use of such products, prepare tourist packages and place them in the market.
- Richard Cooke, archeologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Has worked in the field in Panama for 28 years. Interested in the Pre-Colombian cultures of tropical lands in America, and the relationship between native peoples and the flora and fauna.
- Georgina de Alba, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, in charge of Intership and Fellowship programs and public environmental education programs, Panama.
- Charlotte Elton, CEASPA, Panama.
- Mahabir Gupta, University of Panama, School of Pharmacy, where he studies Panamanian flora. Also, Executive Director of Interciencia Association, a federation of 17 associations for the advancement of science in the Americas.
- Liz Halpenny, The Ecotourism Society, an international organization with professional members in the field of ecotourism, such as landscape architects, architects, tour operators, consultants, academics who study tourisms, etc. Based in Vermont.
- James R. Hodgson, Division of Natural Sciences and Bemis Center for International Education, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, USA.
- Alfonso Jaen, tourism entrepreneur, Panama
- Elizabeth Losos, Center for Tropical Forest Science, a program within the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Oversees a network of long-term tropical forest research programs in Panama, Asia, Africa and other parts of Latin America.
- Phillipe Pearce, Professor of Tourism at James Cook University in Australia. Interests: tourist behaviour, market segments and tourist impacts on host communities.
- Dan Rubenstein, ecologist, Princeton University, New Jersey.
- Norita Scott, Panama Audubon Society.
- Marsha Sitnik, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Interests: conservation ethics. Involved with the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galapagos Islands in the ecotourism field.
- Keith Sproule. Interest: rural communities’ development. Has worked in Belize, Indonesia and other parts of the Caribbean and Latin America. Formerly with “Wildlife Preservation Trust International”, addressing ecotourism development
- Rodrigo Tarté, President, GEA Consulting, Panama
- Phillip Young, professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon, has worked with the Ng\be people of Panama for 35 years. Interests: Indigenous knowledge systems and sustainable development.
Working Group 2: Infrastructure as a Tool for Invigorating the Value of Natural and Cultural Heritage
- Alberto Aleman Zubieta, General Administrator, Canal Commission
- Anabella Andrade, Director of Planning, IPAT
- Mohammed Ansari, President, American Institute for Pollution Prevention, involved with industrial petroleum and chemicals, energy efficiency and pollution prevention. Based in Virginia.
- Gustavo Arango, architect, Arango, McGrath y Miro, Panama
- Santos Cañizales, Director, Department of Geography, University of Panama
- Franklin Castillo, Coordinator, Administration of Tourism Enterprises, University of Panama
- Manuel Choy, President, SPIA, Panama
- Kurt Dillon, architect, URBIO, Panama
- Patrick Dillon, architect, URBIO, Panama
- Roberto Eisenmann, President, Coronado Club Suites Resort, Panama
- Frank Gehry, Design Principal, Frank O. Gehry & Assoc., California
- Carlos Guerra, Director, Tourism Master Plan, IPAT
- Denise Guillen, Director of Tourism Services, IPAT
- George Kourani, Advisor, Interoceanic Region Authority
- Sylvia Lavin, Chair, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles
- Greg Lynn, Professor at Columbia University, New York & University of California, Los Angeles
- Edward McGrath, architect, Arango, McGrath & Miro, Panama
- Eduardo Montenegro, architect, Chief of Special Projects, City of Panama
- Shastri Moonan, Deputy Chairman, Charaguas Development Authority, Trinidad and Tobago
- George Moreno, architect specialized in ancient Architecture, interested in the cultural and natural environment of the new Meso-American architecture and landscape architecture resort designs for the next millennium, Panama
- Carlos Moses Arias, President, Inv. Moses, Panama
- Richard Nicholson, publisher of Science Magazine and Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington DC
- Sebastian Paniza, Director of Historical Heritage, National Institute of Culture, Panama
- Louis Phillipe, General Manager, Miramar Inter-Continental
- Guillermo Rocha, Director for Latin American Affairs, International Hotel and Restaurant Association
- Andrea Schwan, independent public relations and marketing consultant based in New York, working in the field of international architecture and design
- Tomas Sosa, President, Panamanian Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning
- Beatrice Stern, architect, URBIO, Panama
- Robert Tannen, architect, regional and transportation planner, F.R. Harris, New Orleans
- Cesar Tribaldos, General Manager, IPAT
- Alvaro Uribe, architect, URBIO
- Ben van Berkel, architect, van Berkel and Bos, The Netherlands
- David Weaver, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Griffith University, Australia
- Paul Wilkinson, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Canada, interests include tourism policy and planning focusing in Canada, Caribbean and Indonesia
- Erik Wolfschoon, President, Erik Wolfschoon and Associates, and professor at the University of Panama
- Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Architect, Foreign Office Architects Ptd., London
Working Group 3: The Art of Heritage Interpretation
- Raul Arias de Para, General Manager, Canopy Towers, Panama
- George Angehr, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Todd Capson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, works on projects for drug discovery in rainforest plants and conservation
- Catherine Christen, Latin American environmental history, focus on history of tropical field science, Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Anthony Coates, geologist, Deputy Director, Smithonian Tropical Research Institute
- Gordon Cragg, Chief, Natural Products Branch, National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health. Involved with new drugs and bioprospecting
- Terry De Lacy, CEO, Cooperative Research Center for Sustainable Tourism, Australia
- Richard Getzinger, Director for International Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Sam Ham, University of Idaho, Department of Research, Recreation and Tourism, focus on environmental interpretation and communication in Central America
- William Harp, Operations Officer, CyberTech Inc., involved with GIS and Information Systems, member of the TCR working group, cultural anthropologist by training
- Don Hawkins, Director, International Institute of Tourism Studies, George Washington University, also representing the World Travel and Tourism Council.
- Augusto Huescar, Regional Representative of the World Tourism Organization for the Americas
- Nigel Munyati, marketing and communications consultant, President, Munyati Consulting, Zimbabwe
- Leticia de Polo, TCR liaison, National Environmental Authority (ANAM)
- Vilma Reina, international consultant on communications and imaging, working with IPAT
- Lindy Roy, architect and writer, Botswana and New York
- Ana Maria Imaculada de Shafer, Director of Cultural Training, IPAT
- Jeanne Nathan Tannen, President, Tannathan, Inc., New Orleans, develops projects in the arts and cultural programs that benefit economic development
- Elizabeth Tate, Office of Public Affairs of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington
- Joaquin Villard, Director, Columbus University, Panama
- Glenn Withiam, Executive Director, The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quaterly