This is the week of “Smart Funchal”. Booked for May 11th and 12th, at the theatre, this first edition of the international conference will debate issues related with sustainable tourism, intelligent cities and local development.
Funchal citizesn will meet over twenty national and international speakers, amongst them US tv star Kevin Brauch and Luigi Cabrini, president of the Global Council for Sustainable Tourism and an adviser to the secretary general of the World Travel Organization.
In terms of Portuguese, there will be Luis Araujo, president of Turismo de Portugal, and Fernando Alvim, radio and tv host, who’ll bring the vision of how cities and tourism can relate to creativity and communication.
Paulo Cafofo, the Funchal mayor, says “this is one of the major events of the year, due to the huge range of themes and speakers, with a panel of great national and international reach”.
The mayor stresses the importance of “getting visitors to return and of involving the whole population in this brainstorm on the potential and the future of Funchal as an intelligent city.
You can still take part in the event. You only have to enroll, for free, at www.smartfunchal.com.
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