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PAST THINK TANK: THINK TANK XIII

Agenda

THINK TANK XIII, DAY 1

SUNDAY, 23 June, 2013


15:00 - 18:00
Registration
Truffles

16:00 - 18:00
Welcome reception with introduction games
Tangerine

THINK TANK XIII, DAY 2

MONDAY, 24 June, 2013


08:00 - 11:00
Registration
Block C, Level 6

08:30 - 09:00
morning tea
Graduate lounge

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Graduate lounge

11:00-12:45
Framing session facilitated by Dr. Pierre Benckendorff and Prof. Gianna Moscardo
C6.06

12:45 - 13:30
Lunch
Temptation

13:30 - 14:45
Travel to site visit – Home Stay

15:00 - 20:30
Homestay experience with stakeholder forum and dinner

17:00 - 18:00
Stakeholder Forum with Home Stay Organisers. Opening by Dr. Paolo Mura and Dr. Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore of Taylor’s University
Panel members:
Ms. Deana How
Mr. Nantha Gopal Muniady
Ms. Noorul Ashikin
Owner of Banghuris Selangor Home Stay


20:30
Return to Taylor’s University

THINK TANK XIII, DAY 3

TUESDAY, 25 June, 2013


08:30-09:00
Morning tea
Graduate lounge

09:00-10:30
Research presentations Session 1 and 2

Session 1: Community involvement and empowerment
Facilitated by Dr. Vikneswaran Nair
Dr. Julia Albrecht, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand:
Tourism development led by the Third Sector –Impacts on a peripheral rural community

Dr. Felicite Fairer-Wessels, University of Pretoria, South Africa:
The Paradox of poverty amidst the plenty of nature: community involvement and empowerment for sustainable tourism development.

Dr. Paige Schneider, East Carolina University, USA:
Engaging Communities in Regional Sustainable Tourism: A Case Study

Prof. Tatjana Thimm, HTWG Konstanz, Germany:
Sustainable Tourism in Kerala – chances for local communities

Dr. Peter Varga, Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne,Switzerland:
Striving for environmental sustainability through socioeconomic exclusion in ‘ecotourism’ - an anthropological study on indigenous participation in tourism in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, Ecuador

Ms. Uma Thevi Munikrishnan, Taylor’s University,Malaysia:
Local Residents’ Involvement in Rural Tourism: The Case of KOPEL in Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia

Dr. Vikneswaran Nair, Taylor’s University, Malaysia:
Assessing the Impact of Rural Tourism Development on the Destination Environment: A Local Communities' Perspective

C6.07

Session 2: Community Well-Being and Poverty Alleviation (C6.08)
Facilitated by Dr. Laurie Murphy

Dr. Chia-Pin (Simon) Yu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan:
Assessing Community Quality of Life in the Context of Tourism Development: Tourism- related community Quality of Life (TCQOL) Approach

Mr. Samuel Folorunso Adeyinka-Ojo, Taylor’sUniversity, Malaysia:
Conceptualising a Framework to Analyse the Factors Influencing the Local Community's Support for Sustainable Rural Tourism Development (SRTD)

Ms. Anna Huebner, GIZ PNKB Region Project, Vietnam:
The Politics of Community-Based Tourism Planning in the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park Region, Vietnam

Ms. Eunice Tan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong:
City Slicker to Roo Carer: The Journey of a Wildlife Voluntourist

Dr. Deborah Edwards, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia:
Residents’ Perceptions of Tourism in Major Cities: An Australian Study

Dr. Mondher Sahli, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand:
Tourism investment and sustainable development: A comparative study of The Gambian hotel sector

C6.08

10:30-11:00
Coffee break
Graduate lounge

11:00-12:30
Research presentations Session 3 and 4
Session 3: Sustainable Community Development and Volunteering
Facilitated by Prof. Tatjana Thimm
Ms. Zilmiyah Kamble, Taylor’s University, Malaysia:
Sri Lanka, Tourism for a brighter future? Critical Review of the 2011 Tourism Blue Print

Ms. Laura Carroll, Brandeis University, USA:
Linking tourism with Sustainable Development in Post-Revolutionary Egypt

Ms. Paulin Wong Poh Lin, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia:
Understanding Sense of Place in Tourism Development: The Case of Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Sabah
Dr. Thomas K. Toney, Taylor’s University, Malaysia:
Modeling the Index Components of Tourist Satisfaction for Destination Performance Evaluation: A study on Kerala Tourism
Mr. Murugadas Ramdas, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia:
Visitors’ Perception of Tourism Impact on Water Quality in Redang and Perhentian Island, Malaysia

C6.07

Session 4: Community Tourism Development
Facilitated by Dr. Cynthia Deale

Prof. Johan Edelheim, Southern Cross University, Australia:
The Quintuple Bottom-line of Tourism Responsibility – why holistic education is necessary

Prof. Gianna Moscardo, James Cook University, Australia:
Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: New Pathways to Sustainable Tourism Futures

Dr. Laurie Murphy, James Cook University, Australia:
Exploring the relationship between Cultural capital in communities and Sustainable Tourism  

Ms. Elena Konovalov, James Cook University, Australia:
Measuring Tourism: Regional Level Framework for assessing Tourism Impacts

Dr. Anna Blackman, James Cook University, Australia:
Building community capacity by developing regional business networks: A case for business coaching

C6.08

12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Temptation

13:30 - 14:15
Organization of breakout groups
C6.06

14:30 - 16:00
Breakout session 1 facilitated by Dr. Deborah Edwards and Dr. Julia Albrecht
15:00: Start of video captures for Innotour

C6.07 & C6.08

16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break with new book publications/project sharing
Graduate lounge

16:30 - 17:30
Free time / video captures
Block C, Level 6

19:00
OPA award dinner
Thymes & Tarragon

THINK TANK XIII, DAY 4

TUESDAY, 25 June, 2013


08:30 - 09:00
Morning tea
Graduate lounge

09:00-10:00
Visioning session
C6.06

10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
Graduate lounge

10:30 - 12:00
Breakout 2 - summary
C6.07 & C6.08

12:30-13:30
Report outs: Presentation of breakout output
Thymes & Tarragon

13:30-14:00
Closing of Think Tank 2013
Thymes & Tarragon

14:00-15:30
Goodbye

Venue room indication
Eg: C6.06a (C – Block 6 – Level 06 – room)


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