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Call For Workshops
2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM EDUCATORS
Theme: "Education across the Waters: Expanding the Boundaries of Tourism and Hospitality"
October 18-22, 2010 on Board Carnival Cruise Line's Paradise
Departing on October 18, 2009 @ 5:30 PM from Long Beach, CA
GENERAL INFORMATION
Join us for the International Society of Tourism and Travel Educators' Annual Conference on board Carnival Cruise Line's Paradise. We welcome you to the Pacific Coast cruising for this gathering, where you will have the opportunity to meet some of the foremost tourism experts worldwide.
The 2010 Annual Conference will again devote several sessions to the academic and research presentations. It is the intent of these sessions to focus on a broad range of topics that are related to education, research, and management in the field of travel, tourism, and hospitality services. ISTTE is an international organization; therefore, submissions from international scholars are highly encouraged. This coming year's conference provide a forum for international educators, scholars, researchers, industry executives, corporate trainers, consultants, vendors, administrators, and government officials to explore issues related to travel and tourism at all levels.
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Workshops and Presentations
Workshops and presentations are designed to provide an opportunity for a focused presentation of topics of special interest to travel and tourism educators. Proposals for these sessions should strive to demonstrate an optimum level of thematic cohesion and value to those interested in the workshop topic. Proposals that are novel/emergent in terms of either subject matter and/or methodology are greatly valued. Workshop and presentations should be designed to provoke, challenge, and generate discussion. It is up to special session chairs to identify participants in advance to sign up as presenters for the proposed Workshop and will be responsible for quality control over the presentations in their session. Submit a two or three page proposal describing the topic, rationale, format, and a tentative list of participants (panelists, speakers)
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Roundtables
Roundtables are an opportunity to discuss and debate contemporary issues of interest to travel and tourism educators. These sessions are usually 30 minutes long. Roundtables should be designed to generate discussion. Roundtable chairs are responsible for quality control over the session.
Submit a one page summary of the proposed topic.
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Please send proposals for Workshops, Presentations and Roundtables in electronic format, Microsoft Word, to Dawn Aitken, dawn.aitken@humber.ca before midnight March 1, 2010 (Mon).
In the subject area of the e-mail, please type ISTTE 2010 Workshop Roundtable
The body of the e-mail should clearly include the following information:
- Type: workshop, presentation or roundtable
- Title or Topic
- The list of chair, speakers, panelists
- Summary of the topic and format
A selection committee will assess the submissions and make its recommendations by May 28, 2010 (Fri) A Best Workshop, Presentation and Roundtable Award will be presented at the conference to recognize the recipient's significant contribution. Details and a summary of the workshops, presentations and roundtables will be published in the conference proceedings.
For all accepted WORKSHOPS the presenters must register for the conference.
Further Inquiries
Any inquiries regarding workshops, presentations or roundtables should be addressed to
A. Dawn Aitken, CTC
Professor - School of Hospitality Recreation & Tourism
Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
205 Humber College Blvd
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 5L7
Phone: 416-675-6622 ext 5181
Fax: 416-675-3062
dawn.aitken@humber.ca
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