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iBlue Islands Innovation Summit

Thursday 12 March ''''' Morning

08:45h ' RECEPTION AND ACCREDITATION

TV and Radio interviews will take place during the accreditation.

09:00h ' WELCOME and INSTITUTIONAL OPENING

Antonio López

Director de Innovación, Educación e Inversión de ONU Turismo.

Francisco Hortigüela

President of AMETIC.Founder and CEO of INBUSINESS 5.0

Héctor Mateo Castañeyra

Director General for Infrastructure, Sustainability and Tourism Quality of the Government of the Canary Islands

Hector Fernandez

CEO - SPEL Tourism Lanzarote

JAVIER ÁNGEL FRANCO HORMIGA

Javier Ángel Franco

Director of the ACIISI (Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society).

Alfredo Villalba

Mayor Haria

Moderators:

Manuel Bellido

Chairman at OSDHI

Adolfo Borrero

Chairman of AMETIC's Smartcites Commission

09:40h › GUEST OF HONOUR _ Keynotes

Odile Rodriguez de la Fuente

General Director at Fundación Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente and CEO at Visión Global Producciones.

Presents:

Enrique Acosta

Brand and Business Strategy Manager, at EAbranding

10:10h › ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DIGITAL TWINS AND PEOPLE: TRANSFORMING ISLAND TOURISM WITH PURPOSE

This roundtable explores how Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins not only shape tourism buildings on islands, but put people at the centre. Through real-time data and IoT sensors, AI enables planning and anticipation of flows, safety and sustainability, but most importantly, it enables the transformation of the tourism experience with purpose, making island tourism a more human and inclusive environment.

Antonio Jara

CTO Libelium

Carlos Dominguez Benito​

Carlos Domínguez

Director of the tourism and technology cluster. European University / ILUNION

Juan Bermejo

Jefe Servicio Transformación Digital - CABILDO DE LA PALMA

Daniel Rojas-Marcos

Responsable de las Áreas de Administración Local y de Turismo a nivel Nacional - ESRI

Moderator

Jose Rabadán

Investigador ULP

10:55h › PAÍS INVITADO – MEXICO

Mexico

Presents:

Antonio López

Director of Innovation, Education and Investment UN Tourism

11:15h ' DATA GOVERNANCE FOR SMART TOURISM

Data Governance is the pivot on which the new management of public policies in the islands pivots in order to achieve better public-private collaboration and to foster the islands' tourism ecosystem by making it more competitive and sustainable.

Hermelinda López

Public Directive IA Observatory. Government of the CANARY ISLANDS

Juan Miguel Costa

Island Director of Tourism Ibiza - Balearic Islands

Yenis Marisel González

Jefa de Servicio de Estadísticas Económicas del Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC)

Elias Farah

Tourism Director. Cozumel - MEXICO

Moderator

Francisco Morcillo

Expert in territorial and urban innovation

12:00h › Coffee Break

12:40h › CASE STUDIES OF SMART TOURISM ON ISLANDS

Blue Economy best practices in islands with advanced use of AI in their daily management and public policy support.

Irina Kadar

Tourism Industry Advisor Microsoft

Andrés Ordoñez

Executive Director of the Galapagos Chamber of Tourism - Ecuador

Inma de Benito

President of the Tourism Commission. CEOE

Yira Vermenton

Director of Provincial Tourism Initiatives R. DOMINICANA

Moderator:

Marta Pascual

Hub español iniciativa EU WestMED y plan de acción del Atlántico

13:35h › TOURISM AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY: SUSTAINABLE REGENERATION

Expertos en Sostenibilidad y Turismo Regenerativo debatirán sobre la actuaciones efectivas de economía circular en las islas para mejorar indicadores clave. Se tratará sobre diferentes aspectos medioambientales con énfasis en el ciclo integral del agua.

Ruben Abreu

Director of Sustainability and Social Responsability Services. Madeira - PORTUGAL

Susana Pérez

Presidenta de ASOLAN y Federación Turística de Lanzarote

Leire Bilbao

Directora Gerente Visit Benidorm

Héctor Mateo Castañeyra

Director General for Infrastructure, Sustainability and Tourism Quality of the Government of the Canary Islands

Tonio Cini

Operations Executive and Administrator of the Mediterranean Tourism Foundation. MALTA

Moderator

Hector Fernandez

CEO - SPEL Tourism Lanzarote

14:30h ›  CONCLUSIONS

Presenters of the morning's conclusions.

Manuel Bellido

Chairman at OSDHI

Adolfo Borrero

Chairman of AMETIC's Smartcites Commission

14:40h › Cocktail Lunch (1st Floor Jameos del Agua)

Thursday 12 March '''' Afternoon

16:00h ' INDUSTRY LEADERS VERTICAL FORUM

Antonio Garcia

CCO of OptimizaData - Insyde

Javier Jiménez

Co-founder of Effiwaste & TajeaLAB

Javier Melián

Director de proyectos IT y Team Lead en iUrban

Carlos de la Rocha

Commercial Director. Acciona

Mannix Manglani

CEO MNX Online

Ignacio Revilla

Technical Director. Sirenis Group

Juan Luis Quincoces

General Manager Marina Innova HUB

Rui A. Costa

Co-CEO Ubiwhere

Vanessa Santos

Digital Business Development - Big Data Orange

César Yllera

Regional Territory Manager - Enterprise - Huawei Technologies Spain

Moderator

Eduardo Parra

Professor ULL

Gala Dinner

20:30h ' Castillo de San José

IBLUE 2026 Conclusions and Acknowledgements

Attendees:

Institutional Representatives, Companies and Speakers

Presenters

Manuel Bellido

Chairman at OSDHI

Enrique Acosta

Brand and Business Strategy Manager, at EAbranding