Since 2012, he has been a Lecturer and researcher at the Agricultural University of Tirana, Department of Rural Tourism Management, teaching courses at Bachelor and Master levels. He holds a PhD and has completed post-doctoral research on agritourism development. His research focuses on rural development, tourism, and agritourism, with publications in international journals. Actively engaged in national and international projects, he has advanced agritourism by founding the Albanian Agritourism Association, contributing to legal reforms, drafting the National Agritourism Strategy, leading enterprise capacity-building, and designing financial grant schemes to support sector growth.

Ulla-Alexandra Mattl is Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism Consultant and Director at EURAKOM, a French consultancy working across sectors but with a strong specialisation on regenerative tourism development and renewable energies. Ulla is an EU Affairs professional with more than 20 years experience in European and international cooperation and works as an external expert for the European Commission. She currently focuses on advancing regenerative tourism principles and innovation in tourism experience development, sustainable hospitality and (rural) food tourism and together with her team supports destinations and businesses on their sustainable and regenerative tourism journey.

My name is Nadine Schrepfer, working for AGRIDEA. We collect knowledge from agricultural research and farming practice, prepare it for teaching purposes and share it with relevant groups. This is AGRIDEA's main role within Swit-zerland's agricultural innovation and knowledge system. My focus is on home economics and diversification, including agritourism. When families start agritourism businesses, the main reasons are usually to enjoy working with guests, share agricultural knowledge, and use existing skills / experience. But how can Swiss farms diversify through agritourism? Is it economically viable? Can the changed workload be managed? These are the questions that interest me.

Doolarie (Dee) Singh-Knights is a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Division of Land Grant Engagement at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Dr. Singh-Knights specializes in the areas of agribusiness economics and management with the goal of contributing to the development of sustainable agricultural production systems through research, teaching and extension education. Dee works to help agribusiness stakeholders capitalize on growing market opportunities while managing the resultant business risks, and to grow the next generation of agribusiness owners, leaders and service providers to ensure agricultural sustainability in the US and internationally.