Presentations
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Opening of the Conference
John Downes, Scotland, University of Abertay (Dundee) / President (Emeritus) of IFTTA - “Creating a Coherent Legislative Framework for the Development of Tourism”

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Developments in Travel Law
Hirohito Kaneko, Japan, Kaneko Hirohito Law Office - “The responsibility for overseas accidents in package tours organized in Japan”

Stephan Keiler, Austria, Vienna Unversity of Economics and Business Administation - “Current issues regarding the right to transfer a booking according to Art 4 para 3 PTD”

Petteri Lehtonen, Finland, Finish Consumer Agency & Ombudsman - “Recent Package Travel Law Changes in Finland”

Antonia Paniza, Spain, University of the Balearic Islands (Palma de Majorca) - “Rights of passengers: practical analysis of the decisions of Spanish Courts of Justice”

Michael Tanti-Dougall, Malta, Lofaro & Tanti Dougall Law Firm - “Unilateral Breach of Resolution 818 of the Passenger Sales Agency Agreement (PSSA) by major Airline Companies in respect of Travel Agents. The Malta scenario”

João Vidal/Afonso Café, Portugal, University of the Algarve (Faro) - “The Recent Changes of the Portuguese Regulation on Travel Agents”

Michael Wukoschitz, Austria, Schmidt, Kornfeld, Wukoschitz, Windhager - “Loopholes and Pitfalls in the EU Regulation 261/2004”
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Moral Damages for Ruined Holidays
Juan Carlos Fairstein, Argentina, Fairstein, Montesinos & Associates / President of the Argentinian Chapter of IFTTA  - “Moral damages for ruined holidays. Recent developments in the Argentine Jurisprudence”
José Fosman, Israel / President (Emeritus) of IFTTA - “Moral Damages in Tourist Cases in Israel – Jurisprudence”
Prof. Henriette Cordeiro Guérios, Brazil, - Positivo University Centre & Curitiba Integrated Faculties - “Moral Damages from the Advertising of Package Tours in Brazilian Case Law”
Prof. Ana Branca Pina, Portugal, Viseu Polytechnic (Lamego) - “Moral Damages for Ruined Holidays in Portuguese Law”
Prof. Alceste Santuari, University of Trento / Gianluca Rossoni, Studio Legale Rossoni, Italy - “Non Material Damage in Package Holiday in the Italian Law Perspective”
Alfredo Soler, Spain, “Moral Damages for Ruined Holidays in Spanish Law”
Jacqueline Tanti-Dougall, Malta, Lofaro & Tanti Dougall Law Firm - “Maltese Judgments on Damages . Why is the traveler almost always awarded damages?”

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National Reports

Prof. Rui Badaró, Brazil, University of Sorocaba / Vice- President of the Brazilian Institute of Tourism Sciences and Law

Carlos Torres, Portugal, Lusophone University (Lisbon)
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Land Planning and Tourism Development

Prof. Rui Badaró, Brazil, University of Sorocaba / Vice- President of the Brazilian Institute of Tourism Sciences and Law - “Tourism planning and tourism law in Brazil: dream or reality?”

Ventura Enrique Mota, Mexico, University of the Caribbean's (Cancun) - “Tourism Planning and Development in Mexico: The Integrated Centers of Tourism”

Prof. Graciela Güidi, Argentina, University of Buenos Aires - “Legal Land Aspects of Tourism Development”
Dov Kolani, President of IFTTA / Ovadia Kedmi, Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel - “Tourism Planning in Israel”
Prof. Virgílio Machado, Portugal, University of the Algarve (Portimão) -  “Land Planning in the Algarve: the case of Vilamoura”
Prof. Marc McDonald, Ireland, Dublin Institute of Technology -  “Are we all Bats? Tourism Development and the Habitat Directive in Ireland”
Eva Rosal, Spain, Bellvehí Legal Link - “Land Planning and Tourism in Spain”
Uta Stenzel, Germany, University of Rostock (Ph.D Candidate) - “Sustainable Tourism Development in the Baltic Sea Region”
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Future of Travel Law & Other Subjects

Dorottya Gyenizse, Hungary, Hungarian Tourist Authority - “Latest Developments in EU-Legislation”

Pim de Vos, Netherlands, De Vos & Partners Advocaten N.V., “Dynamic Packaging, Dynamic Liability”

Lilian Rikhye, Netherlands, De Vos & Partners Advocaten N.V., “Denied Boarding, some issues”

Prof. Maria Goretti Sanches Lima, Brazil, FIEO University Centre (Osasco) - “Public Policies and Administrative Law in Brazilian Tourism”

Patrice Tedjini, France, Documentation Resources Department of UNWTO - “The UNWTO-IFTTA Interactive Forum on Tourism Legislation”

Phil Cameron, USA, Anolik Law Corporation - “Space Travel Law”
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Closing of the Conference

José Fosman, Israel / President (Emeritus) of IFTTA - “The Future of Travel Law”