1. IFITT Talk @Nankai

Theme: Smart tourism, we are on the way

Date: September 10, 2021 (Time zone GMT+8) 13:00-18:00

Mode: Virtual

Registration fee: Free

Webpage: https://www.bagevent.com/event/7721383

 

2. Call for Proposal

IFITT Talk @Nankai workshop on “Smart tourism, we are on the way” will be held online on September 10, 2021 (GMT+8), by Nankai University, China.

The event is free for all presenters. A PhD proposal with the maximum of 5 pages including references are welcome to submit. A research panel will review all proposals and select maximal 15 proposals for the pitch session. The proposal should be written in English.

The top three best proposals will be selected and invited to participate in ENTER2022(https://enter-conference.org) with free registration.

 

3. Submitting Your Proposal

Delegates: PhD students who are interested in e-tourism

Please send the proposal to Dr. Anyu Liu (anyu.liu@surrey.ac.uk) by 31 August 2021 (GMT+8).  

 

4. Speakers

(1) Cathy Hsu

Editor-in-chief, Tourism Management

 

Cathy Hsu is the Editor-in-chief of the journal "Tourism Management", and the Chair Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Marketing in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). She has obtained numerous extramural and intramural grants and has over 200 refereed publications. She has served as a consultant to various organizations, such as the Hong Kong Tourism Board, World Tourism Organization, and Kansas Travel and Tourism Development Division.

 

(2) Sai Liang

Associate Professor, College of Tourism and Service Management, Nankai University

 

Sai Liang is Associate Professor of Tourism Management in College of Tourism and Service Management at Nankai University. His research interests include tourism big data, online reviews and sharing economy. He has obtained several grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China and Ministry of Education of China. He has published more than 10 papers in leading journals such as ATR, TM, IJHM and IJCHM. Five of his papers has been identified as ESI highly cited papers and ESI hot papers.

 

(3) Yoo Ri Kim

Lecturer, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey

 

Yoo Ri Kim is a Lecturer in Hospitality Management. She gained her BSc in Geography with Economic at the London School of Economics and Political Science and MSc in International Tourism Development at the University of Surrey. At the same university, she completed her doctoral degree on spatial clustering and productivity in the hospitality and tourism industry, funded by the ESRC. Yoo Ri is continuing her research on productivity and performance, and expanding her research expertise into big data and innovation in the hospitality and tourism industry.

 

5. Programme (Time zone GMT+8)

Time	Topic	Moderator
13:00-13:30	Welcome speech Hanqin Qiu (Nankai University) Juho Pesonen (IFITT; University of Eastern Finland)	Hanqin Qiu
13:30-14:30	Speaker: Cathy Hsu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Opportunities and challenges in the hospitality and tourism academic institutions	Hanqin Qiu
14:30-15:30	Speaker: Sai Liang (Nankai University) Big data analytics applied to sharing economy research and teaching	Anyu Liu
15:30-16:30	Speaker: Yoo Ri Kim (University of Surrey) The application of big data in tourism and hospitality research	Anyu Liu
16:30-16:40	Break time
16:40-17:40	PhD proposal Pitch Anyu Liu (University of Surrey) Sai Liang (Nankai University)
17:40-18:00	Award and closing ceremony Hui Li (Nankai University) Anyu Liu (University of Surrey)	Anyu Liu

6. Registration

https://www.bagevent.com/event/registerTicket/7721383

[!] The links to access the online event will be sent to your registered mailbox one day before it begins.