Managing the changes : the public-private sector partnerships, a key factor in the success of sustainable development in tourism Inaugural meeting Wednesday, 3 December 2003 17:00 - 19:00 Welcome speech Michel Charlet, Mayor of Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France Eric Fournier, Vice-President of the Rhone-Alpes region, Lyon, France Denis Bouchet, Haute-Savoie general committee, Annecy, France Brief introduction of the themes Peter Keller, President of the Scientific Committee at the tourism Summits The challenge of managing change Inaugural debate : Can we master the dynamics of tourism ? What possibilities are offered to the State and to the private sector to resolve, in a maintainable manner, the problems linked to the development of tourism ? Debate presided over by Bernard Bornet, former President of the government of the region and Republic of Valais, Sion, Switzerland The "blue" planet : can we manage the environment like a business ? Evi Schupbach, director of IUKB, Sion, Switzerland Doctor Marut, climatologist, Alps pole, Environment and Society, IUKB, Sion, Switzerland How to master the dynamics of tourism ? Peter Keller, Director of the Tourism Department, State Office for the Economy, President of the Scientific Committee at the tourism Summits, Bern, Switzerland Global challenges and the public-private sector partnerships at a local level Bernard Prud'homme, Director of the Chamonix Mont-Blanc Tourist Office, France How to benefit at a local level from general questions asked at the S't' Bernard Debarbieux, Professor, University of Geneva, Switzerland Dinner