You are warmly invited to join the Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG) at the Royal Geographical Society, Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI) and Tourism RESET Online Symposium running from 24th – 25th May 2023. Please see below for the event schedule and for more information on the sessions.
The symposium will run online and is free to attend for anyone. However, pre-registration is necessary via https://forms.office.com/e/apRXAhkmwT. The sessions will not be recorded.
Click here to download the full programme as a pdf.
WEDNESDAY, 24TH MAY 2023
| TIME | SESSION | SPEAKERS |
| 11:00 – 11:15 Eastern time (16:00 – 16:15 UK time) | Welcome Address | Katharina Bürger Cristina Alexandra Trifan |
| 11:15 – 11:45 Eastern Time (16:15 – 16:45 UK time) | Session 1: Guided Meditation | Dr Nancy Stevenson |
| 11:45 – 12:30 Eastern Time (16:45 – 17:30 UK time) | Session 2: Keynote – Resistance and Resilience in the Neoliberal University | Professor Nigel Morgan |
| 12:30 – 12:35 Eastern Time (17:30 – 17:35 UK time) | Chair’s Closing Remarks | Katharina Bürger Cristina Alexandra Trifan |
THURSDAY, 25TH MAY 2023
| TIME | SESSION | SPEAKERS | |
| 09:00 – 09:05 Eastern time (14:00 – 14:05 UK time) | Chair’s Welcome | Katharina Bürger | |
| 09:05 – 09:50 Eastern time (14:05-14:50 UK time) | Session 1: Keynote – Proximatizing Tourism Research | Professor Outi Rantala | |
| 09:50 – 10:00 Eastern time (14:50 – 15:00 UK time) | Comfort Break | ||
| 10:00 – 10:50 Eastern time (15:00 – 15:50 UK time) | Session 2: Panel Discussion – Democratising education | Dr. Maggie Miller Dr. Christina Cavaliere Dr. Stroma Cole Dr. Karla Boluk | |
| 10:50 – 11:00 Eastern time (15:50 – 16:00 UK time) | Comfort Break | ||
| 11:00 – 11:45 Eastern time (16:00 – 16:45 UK time) | Session 3: Slowing down tourism and academic practice – Strategies to disrupt the system and develop boundaries | Dr. Stefanie Benjamin Dr. Kai-Sean Lee | |
| 11:45 – 11:55 Eastern time (16:45 – 16:55 UK time) | Comfort Break | ||
| 11:55 – 12:55 Eastern time (16:55 – 17:55 UK time) | Session 4: Building supportive structures – allyship and solidarity | Dr. Karla Boluk Dr. Tijana Rakic Dr. Alberto Amore Dr. Sandro Carnicelli Dr. Kai-Sean Lee | |
| 12:55 – 13:05 Eastern time (17:55 – 18:05 UK time) | Closing panel and remarks | Dr. Karla Boluk Dr. Tijana Rakic Dr. Stefanie Benjamin Dr. Brendan Paddison Dr. Jenny Hall Cristina Alexandra Trifan | |
| 13:05 – 13:35 Eastern time (18:05 – 18:35 UK time) | Session 5: Brewing and reflection tutorial | Dr. Kai-Sean Lee | |
