Call for Papers
For the 4th time the TIE Symposium will bring together representatives from the industry and academia; this time looking at tourism from the perspective of innovation and sustainable development. The Symposium will be a meeting place for different actors within tourism to deepen their expertise, to gain new knowledge and reflect on the possibilities of the latest research findings to suggest solutions for the current critical questions in tourism. This time we would like to welcome especially experts interested in the theme Innovative and Sustainable Products in the Tourism and Hospitality Business.
The tourism industry meets new challenges with vast environmental changes, these changes call for swift development actions. They also mould expectations and quality requirements of customers. To answer both these requirements means creating new innovative products and operational solutions. Possibly these innovative solutions will be generated in networks of the tourism industry, tourism researchers and experts? Possibly multidisciplinary cooperation, service design, technology or products of the experience economy will solve some of these problems. These are some examples of the issues to be discussed at the TIE Symposium on 5-7 March 2009.
Meeting place – for whom?
The Symposium welcomes company representatives, entrepreneurs, researchers, experts, planners, developers and educators in the field of tourism and hospitality interested in the theme to Jyväskylä, Finland. As innovation calls for new perspectives, also representatives from other branches are more than welcome to contribute to the theme and participate in the innovation network.
Opportunity – for what?
The Symposium provides the participants with an opportunity to present best practices and research findings in the area of innovation, to have discussions with different actors within the tourism and hospitality industry, and to suggest solutions to some of the problems companies may be experiencing. The innovation process of new sustainable products will be discussed in the keynote presentations, and some of the most interesting issues in the process will be dealt with in other paper presentations. Workshops and paper presentations will offer an opportunity to customise the Symposium to one’s needs and interests. The Symposium calls for both scientific and practical approaches and aims at dialogue between different actors. Our website will offer an opportunity for networking already before the Symposium. In addition, all papers presented at the Symposium will be refereed and published in the electronic symposium proceedings.
Call for Papers – sub-themes
The 4th TIE Symposium scientific programme committee wishes to receive full scientific papers, presentations on practical business cases, reports on work in progress and posters discussing the themes of:
- Meeting the Customers
- Customers of the Future
- Future Trends in the Tourism and/or Hospitality Business
- Value Creation Through Innovation
- How to Create Experiences in Tourism and/or Hospitality
- Innovation and Creativity in Tourism and/or Hospitality
- Streamlining Business Processes
- Innovative Products and Product Development Models in Tourism
- Service Design in Planning the Products of the Tourism and/or Hospitality Business
- Finding Opportunities and Best Practices
- Sustainable Development in Planning and Production of New Tourism Products
- Use of Technology in Sustainable Tourism Products
- New, Creative Models and Sources of Finance in Tourism
- Networking – Pre-requisite for Service Chains
In addition, open papers in the area of innovative and sustainable products in the tourism and hospitality business are welcome.
Timetable
Abstracts: (deadline 30 September 2008) DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 15 November 2008
Full papers: deadline 15 January 2009
Please send abstracts to the Symposium Coordinator, further instructions
TIE Symposium will be organised by
JAMK, School of Business and Services Management, Finland
together with the following parties:
NHTV University of Applied Sciences Breda, The Netherlands
The University of Queensland, Australia
Tourism and Experience Management Competence Cluster, Finland
University of Jyväskylä, Department of Sport Sciences, Finland
Scientific Programme Committee
Charles Arcodia, PhD, Doctor, The University of Queensland, Australia
Nevenka Čavlek, PhD, Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Chris Cooper, PhD, Professor, The University of Nottingham, England
Pellervo Kokkonen, PhD, Programme Director, Savonlinna Region Centre of Expertise in the Tourism and Experience Management Competence Cluster, Finland
Kimmo Suomi, PhD, Professor, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Sport Sciences, Finland
Anne Törn, PhD, Principal Lecturer, JAMK, Finland
George J. de Vink, MSc, Lecturer, NHTV University of Applied Sciences Breda, The Netherlands
For further information please contact:
Petra Blinnikka, Symposium Coordinator, petra.blinnikka(at)jamk.fi
Pellervo Kokkonen, Chair of Scientific Programme Committee, pellervo.kokkonen(at)innovaatiokeskus.com