On Friday, June 7th 2019, the French-Georgian University organizes a conference and a round table dedicated to the challenges of tourism, development and preservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in France and Georgia. The discussion will be preceded by a presentation of the new French-Georgian Master’s Program in Tourism and Cultural Heritage of the French-Georgian University. The event echoes many challenges of preserving Georgia’s cultural heritage and the associated risks. The speakers of the Conference are as follows: Mariam Kvirishvili, Director of the National Tourism Administration of Georgia Prof. Fr’eacute;d’eacute;ric Lamantia, PhD in cultural geography and professor at Universit’eacute; Lumi’egrave;re Lyon 2, Coordinator of the French-Georgian Master’s Program ‘Tourism and Cultural Heritage’ of Franco-Georgian University, Coordinator of the French-Ukrainian program in ‘lsquo;Tourism, Leisure and Heritages’ at the University of Kharkiv Nataliia Moroz, PhD candidate and teacher at Universit’eacute; Lumi’egrave;re Lyon 2, Coordinator of the French-Ukrainian program in ‘lsquo;Tourism, Leisure and Heritages’ at the University of Kharkiv Nikoloz ‘Nika’ Vacheishvili, former Director of the Agency for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Georgia Maia Sidamonidze, President of the Tourism Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Georgia source: GeorgiaToday/ georgiatoday.ge