Monday, January 19, 2015

FW: Reminder One Month to go for Abstract and Paper Submisson for the 2015 BEST EN Think Tank in South Africa

Just a reminder…

 

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Subject: ATLAS list Reminder One Month to go for Abstract and Paper Submisson for the 2015 BEST EN Think Tank in South Africa

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Apologies for cross-postings and best wishes for 2015.

 

Just a reminder that there is one month to go before submissions close for abstracts and papers for the 2015  BEST EN 15th Annual Think Tank to be held at Kruger National Park in South Africa, June 17-21 2015, in conjunction with the Tourism Management Division at the University of Pretoria.

The review process is already open and the deadline for submission is February 16th 2015.

The CFP is attached.

 

THINK TANK VENUE

The Think Tank will be held at the Protea Hotel Kruger Gate located across the Sabie River from Kruger National Park adjacent to the Paul Kruger Gate, 30 minutes from Hazyview and about 100 kilometres from Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport.

 

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS

Dr Anna Spenceley is a tourism consultant focusing on sustainable tourism based in South Africa.  In particular, she works in areas of high biodiversity in developing countries, through her company STAND.  Anna is Chair of the IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group, a Senior Research Fellow with the University of Johannesburg, and sits on the editorial teams of several journals including the Journal of Sustainable Tourism.  She is also the editor of the book "Responsible Tourism: Critical issues for Conservation and Development" and also co-editor of "Evolution and Innovation in Wildlife Conservation".

See www.anna.spenceley.co.uk , http://annaspenceley.wordpress.com  and www.slideshare.net/AnnaSpenceley

 

Jarkko Saarinen is Professor of Geography at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Distinguished Visitor Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include tourism and local/regional development, sustainability and responsibility in tourism, tourism-community relations, tourism and climate change, community-based natural resource management and the utilisation and construction of nature and local cultures in tourism. He is currently the Vice-President of the International Geographical Union (IGU) and Associate Editor in the Journal of Ecotourism. His publications include books: Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa (2009, co-edited with Becker, Manwa and Wilson), Tourism and Change in the Polar Regions (2010, co-edited with Hall) and Tourism and Millennium Development Goals (2013, co-edited with Rogerson and Manwa).

 

I look forward to seeing you at the Think Tank in South Africa in June 2015.

 

 

Dr. Gianna Moscardo

Professor,

College of Business, Law and Governance

James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811

Phone: +61 7 47814254

CHAIR BEST Education Network (www.besteducationnetwork.org)