Ivan Anthony Henares, PhD is Secretary General of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines, Commissioner of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and Assistant Professor at the Asian Institute of Tourism of the University of the Philippines, Diliman. At present, he is also Secretary General of the ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee (ICTC), Chairperson of the Heritage Conservation Society (HCS), Chairperson of the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Alliance (SEACHA), Philippine Committee President of the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH Philippines), and Head of the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage and National Committee on Monuments and Sites of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He was named one of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in the field of Heritage Conservation in 2012.Dr. Henares received his PhD in Hospitality and Tourism Management and Graduate Certificate in Environmental Policy from Purdue University (2017-2018 Fulbright-CHED Scholar). He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Master of Business Administration and Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning degrees all at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.His advocacy and research interests are in heritage conservation and tourism policy, and cultural tourism in historic urban landscapes, industrial heritage, cultural landscapes, and indigenous communities in the Philippines. His work is currently focused on Pampanga cultural heritage, especially in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, and the Sugar Cultural Landscape of Negros Island, where he is working with local stakeholders to protect early 20th century sugar centrals, hacienda houses and plantations, and 19th century sugar mills.At the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, he also worked with the Agusan Manobo community of Sitio Panlabuhan to create a sustainable cultural tourism program, an alternative and sustainable source of livelihood for neglected but culturally-significant stakeholders in tourism.