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The 55th TTRA Annual International Conference’s Practitioner Committee invites submissions from travel and tourism researcher practitioners for panels, presentations, and discussions related to the conference theme and sub-themes.
The theme for this year’s conference is EXPLORE, INNOVATE, TRANSFORM: Influencing the Future of Global Travel and Tourism Research.
In this spirit, we invite you to submit proposals that show how the tourism industry will change in the coming years and which trends and innovations are relevant.
While we seek a diverse range of submissions, the conference’s formal sub-themes to consider for your submission are:
- EXPLORE: Encourages participants to delve into new research areas, share ways to strategically utilize existing research and data, discover emerging trends, and embrace diverse perspectives rooted in curiosity and open-mindedness.
- INNOVATE: Highlights the need for fresh ideas and new methodologies in a rapidly evolving industry, essential for resilience and adaptability.
- TRANSFORM: Focuses on significant, impactful advancements, not just incremental changes, to reshape the future of travel and tourism.
- INFLUENCING THE FUTURE: Ties everything together, as the purpose of this conference is to actively contribute to the future direction of the industry through research.
Expressions of Interest can be for individual presentations (around 15 minutes) or whole panel sessions (45 minutes). Please include a brief statement on how the presentation(s) relates to the conference theme and meets a research need. Please also include a biography of the proposed presenter(s) and indicate which presentation format: Organized Panel, Part of a Panel, Single Presenter Session, etc., you are recommending.
TTRA International highly values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe that having talented and dedicated diversity in gender, race, ethnicity, and chapter representation, along with varied skills, perspectives, and career experiences (including representatives from the academic community, practitioners working for DMOs, and vendor practitioners) contributes to a balanced and effective organization and conference. We ask that you consider this while crafting your submissions.
Please note that this call is going out earlier. Most speakers will need to go through a more extensive travel approval process as this conference is taking place in Ireland. If you need additional time for your submission, please reach out to [email protected] by October 25, 2024, with your reason and expected submission date.
Please email your proposals and any questions to [email protected] by November 8, 2024.
Key Dates
- November 8, 2024 – Proposals due
- December 13, 2024 – Questions/additional session development requests sent to prospective speakers
- January 31, 2025 – Prospective speakers notified of decisions on proposals
- March 14, 2025 – All panels and speakers finalized, dates/times provided for each approved session and all speaker headshots and bios are due.
- May 30, 2025 – All slides, videos, audio, and other presentation materials due to TTRA International.
We look forward to your contributions to the 55th Annual TTRA International Conference in Galway, Ireland!
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