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Larissa Almeida
I am a consultant and researcher of transformative initiatives that use creativity and tourism as a platform; my mission is to connect cultures and knowledge. My background is Hospitality with a master's degree in Business Administration with a focus on entrepreneurship studies. In non-governmental organizations I was an institutional manager, fund manager and international project manager. As a consultant I worked with business development in creative tourism in several communities in Recife and with initiatives to promote and commercialize creative tourism. Today I am an entrepreneur of Loa Experiences, a management consultant for the development of creative initiatives, designer of the International meeting of Creative Tourism and Co-founder and manager of the National Creative Tourism Network (Brazil).

Milia Lorraine Khoury
Milia Lorraine Khoury completed a BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design at Central Saint Martins College (London) in 1999. In 2003, she completed a BA Fine Art Honours degree at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town in the area specialisms of sculpture, photography and Discourse/ History of Art. Further, she obtained a Masters in Philosophy in Fine Arts degree from Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town in 2008. She has taught at tertiary level for seventeen years and has published several papers on art, design and architecture. Currently, she lectures in History and Theory of Art and Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town. Her research interests include Contemporary African Art; Contemporary South African Art; Diaspora studies; Cultural Mapping; History of Sculpture; Public Art and Public Space; The City as a Museum; City and Urban Design/ Planning; Urbanism; Site-Specific Art; Installation Art; Situational Art; Memorials and Monuments and the History of Architecture.