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ITB Berlin Convention
Good to know:
Convention and trade show in one:
- ITB Berlin Convention 2024 will take place at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds 5-7 March, 2023
- Participation in the ITB Berlin Convention is included in the trade show ticket
- Selected sessions will be streamed on the ITBxplore platform
- At the end of 2023 we will publish the program for the 2024 Congress
THAT WAS THE ITB CONVENTION 2023: MASTERING TRANSFORMATION
Global trends, leading experts and current best practices: The world's most important travel industry conference featured keynotes, panel discussions, expert interviews and awards on groundbreaking topics such as travel technology, marketing & distribution, future travel, MICE, sustainability and social responsibility, hospitality, business travel, future work and much more.
Top speakers and experts from the global travel industry not only discussed international trends and emerging issues, but also shared their expertise and offered guidance and clear perspectives at the ITB Berlin Convention under the guiding principle "Mastering Transformation".
The ITB Berlin Convention is THE platform that provides interested trade visitors from the industry with knowledge and inspiration from leading experts and current best practice examples with keynotes, panel discussions, interviews and awards to successfully shape the transformation process towards a sustainable future.
The Board of Experts 2023
Board of Experts as an experienced curatorial team
A premiere is celebrated by the "Board of Experts", whose members are each responsible for one or more of the planned theme tracks. The tracks and their respective stages will replace the previous theme days. ITB Berlin has already been able to recruit proven specialists in their field as curators.
Many more friends and partners are supporting the ITB Berlin Convention team with their expert knowledge to create the ITB Berlin Convention experience for you:
New partners for the ITB Berlin Convention 2023
The Board of Experts, as well as our partners NEUSTA Grafenstein and Beeftea, bring top international speakers and tourism experts who address the most relevant topics of the global travel industry with unique expertise and fresh perspectives to ITB Berlin Convention.


Recent Top Speakers and Top Companies
Prof. Dr. Willy Legrand
Professor at IU International University of Applied Sciences

As a professor, researcher and author in the field of corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and practices in the global travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, it is an honour to serve on the ITB Board of Experts (BoE). I support and encourage academics, government and industry leaders, change-makers and all those on the frontline of corporate social responsibility to develop strategic guidance and operational practices for sustainability and regeneration that is actionable in a world ripe for positive change.
Dr. Karoline Wiegerink
Professor of City Hospitality, Hotelschool The Hague

I am dedicated to hospitality and customer centricity and the value creation it leads to.
I am looking forward contributing to ITB Board of Experts from the hospitality lens, collaborating towards an inspiring, insightful and innovative conference programme that creates value for tourism professionals within the welcoming environment of Messe Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Dieter Quack
Professor for Destination Management at Ostfalia HaW, scientific director of the European Tourism Institute as well as PROJECT M, director of Kompetenzzentrum Tourismus des Bundes

As a researcher and strategy consultant in the fields of destination management, futures research and policy advice in tourism, it is an honor to serve on the ITB Board of Experts (BoE). I invite decision makers as well as researchers to discuss the key issues that challenge us and to pioneer solutions.
Lea Jordan
Co-Founder at techtalk.travel

As a professor, researcher and author in the field of corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and practices in the global travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, it is an honour to serve on the ITB Board of Experts (BoE). I support and encourage academics, government and industry leaders, change-makers and all those on the frontline of corporate social responsibility to develop strategic guidance and operational practices for sustainability and regeneration that is actionable in a world ripe for positive change.
Dr. Markus Heller
Managing partner at Dr. Fried & Partner GmbH

With more than 25 years of consulting experience in the travel and tourism industry and as managing partner of Dr. Fried & Partner, I am very pleased to be a member of the ITB Board of Experts and to identify and drive forward the relevant industry topics. ITB as an impulse generator and network creates a platform for industry experts to discuss and adapt innovative concepts and business models that contribute to the digital and sustainable transformation. In this context, I am looking forward to deeper insights into the areas of tour operators, travel sales, cruise and carriers.
Rika Jean-Francois
Commissioner ITB Corporate Social Responsibility

As commissioner for (Corporate) Social Responsibility of ITB it has always been my goal to bring sustainable & responsible thinking into main stream tourism. I am extremely happy that as ITB we have the opportunity to use our huge global platform to create awareness for social and environmental issues, to advocate for a holistic approach which includes corporation of all players and sectors as I believe that as an industry we have a responsibility towards society as a whole. Tourism can be a force for good, helping to create better place to live for everybody. It is my absolute pleasure to play a role in this task.
Prof. Dr. Harald Pechlaner
Professor for Tourism and scientific director Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Kompetenzzentrum Tourismus des Bundes

Harald Pechlaner is part of an international research network in the field of tourism. He is Adjunct Research Professor at the Curtin Business School in Perth, Western Australia, and President of AIEST (International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism). Harald Pechlaner is convinced that the major challenges of tourism can only be explained and solved with a consistently inter- and transdisciplinary approach, and that regional and global perspectives need to be more closely linked. As Head of Center for Advanced Studies of EURAC Research in Bolzano/Italy, he is responsible for projects in the field of sustainability and resilience.
Dirk Rogl
Founder Travel. Commerce

Dirk Rogl has been analyzing change and innovation in tourism for 25 years, formerly as deputy editor-in-chief of the industry magazine fvw, today for example as industry analyst of Phocuswright and as deputy head of the Competence Center Tourism of the Federal Government. His own company Travel.Commerce. supports service providers and destinations in the digital transformation.