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\"What's Next - Innovating Tourism\", an event organized by NEST - Centro de Inova\u00e7\u00e3o do Turismo, has an excellent line-up for thinking about the future of a strategic sector of the Portuguese economy. From the BTL Labs stage, dedicated to Innovation, dozens of leading experts will share their best ideas and practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lisbon, March 11, 2022<\/strong> - Sustainability, people and digitalization are critical themes for the future of tourism, which will be developed by experts and joined by an outside view of the sector to further open up horizons. \"With What's Next - Innovating Tourism\", innovation has its own stage for the first time at the Lisbon Tourism Exchange (BTL) 2022.<\/p>\n

From March 16 to 18, from the \"BTL Labs\" stage - run by NEST - Centro de Inova\u00e7\u00e3o do Turismo de Portugal - more than 40 leading experts will debate the future of tourism and share best ideas and practices. Alongside the agenda at FIL, in Lisbon, the event also includes a series of four sessions, taking place outside BTL, which bring the vision of leaders from other areas of society and the economy to Tourism.<\/p>\n

In this series of talks, special guests, who are outside tourism and have a point of view on it, will contribute their vision for the future of the sector. Sustainability, Digital Revolution, Health and Tourism and Ideas that Change the World are the topics for the sessions that will be available on NEST's YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

So, in anticipation of BTL, on March 14, Tiago Pitta e Cunha<\/strong>CEO of the Oceano Azul Foundation and Pessoa Prize 2021, and Jo\u00e3o Wengrovius Meneses<\/strong>Secretary General of the Business Council for Sustainable Development, address the issue of Sustainability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The 15th will be dedicated to Digital Revolution<\/strong> with the interventions of In\u00eas Drummond Borges<\/strong>CTO of Soane Sierra, and Ant\u00f3nio C\u00e2mara<\/strong>Chairman of YGroup. On the 17th it will be the turn of Germano de Sousa<\/strong>doctor, professor and health manager, and Maria de Bel\u00e9m Roseira,<\/strong> former Minister of Health, to debate the impact of health on tourism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The cycle of sessions closes on March 18 with a discussion on Ideas that change the world, <\/strong>in charge of Juliet Kinsman<\/strong>, Travel & Eco Tips Cond\u00e9 Naste, and Joana Vasconcelos<\/strong>Artist. All sessions take place between 18h00 and 20h00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Innovation Stage <\/strong><\/p>\n

On the BTL stage, between the 14h30 and 16h30<\/strong> on March 16, the digital revolution<\/strong> brings together tour operators, technology companies and a number of startups that are changing the rules and reinventing solutions. On the 17th, the talent management and training the next generation <\/strong>of professionals will be the theme of the event, featuring recruiters, trainers and professionals from the sector. The answers to sustainability solutions on a mobile planet<\/strong> will be the theme on March 18, with active voices from society and the sector.<\/p>\n

The president of Turismo de Portugal, Lu\u00eds Ara\u00fajo, and the executive director of NEST, Roberto Antunes, will host the opening sessions of \"BTL Labs\" over the three days.<\/p>\n

March 16, 14h30-16h30: Digitization<\/strong><\/p>\n