SMARTIES for SMEs press conference in Rome

Friday, June 12th, 2026

9:30 am

Greetings and project’s presentation

Tiziana Cocchi, North-West Tuscany Chamber of Commerce - Pisa office, Tourism Service Head of the Cultural Heritage and Special Projects Office

9:45 am

Presentation of the “COMPENDIUM on SMEs Needs and Best Practices in Regenerative Tourism”

Ksenija Keča, Head of International Relations Office, Libertas International University, Zagreb (Croatia)

Vlasta Klaric, Senior Lecturer and External Expert, Libertas International University, Zagreb (Croatia)

10:15 am

Roundtable on the topic “Wine & Gastronomy Tourism as Leverage for Sustainability”

Moderator: Antonio Barone, Director of the Phoenician’s Route – Cultural Route of the Council of Europe

Emanuela Panke, Expert Consultancy in Rural Development and Cross-Border Cooperation Projects and President of Iter Vitis - Cultural Route of the Council of Europe

Carlo Hausmann, Rural Development Expert

Francesca Boldrighini, Archaeologist and Gabriella Strano, Landscape Architect at Archaeological Park of the Colosseum, Rome 

Ioanna Maria Kiatipi, EU Project Manager, Actina, Xanthi (Greece)

11:00 am

Coffee break and networking

11:30 am

Awarded companies’ projects presentation 

1:30 pm

Light lunch and networking