Conference Program Outline
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Sun. April 25, 2010
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Location
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Description
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6:30pm - 8:00pm |
Registration Evening Welcome Reception
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Grad Pub
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(Conference package pick-up) |
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Mon. April 26, 2010
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Activity / Format
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Description
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7:30am - 12:15pm |
Registration |
KPMG Atrium |
(Conference package pick-up)
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| 7:30am - 8:45am | Continental Breakfast and networking |
KPMG Atrium |
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8:45am - 9:00am |
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SBE 1210 |
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9:00am - 10:15am
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Academic Keynote Speaker - Professor Alison Morrison, University of Surrey, UK Tourism Entrepreneurship: Worlds, Voices, and Truths |
SBE 1210 |
Alison is currently Professor in Hospitality Management at the School of Management, Surrey University. Until 2009, she was Vice-Dean (Research) of the Strathclyde Business School at the University of Strathclyde. Prior to this she was Head of the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Alison has been publishing extensively and teaching since 1984, primarily in her specialist area of small and entrepreneurial hospitality and tourism businesses. She has authored a wide range of journal papers and books related to entrepreneurship. Within the field of hospitality key contributions have been made through the co-edited books In Search of Hospitality and Hospitality a Social Lens. Evidence of the esteem in which Alison is held is provided in the wide range of visiting and external appointments that demonstrate her academic standing at both national and international level. Most recent is as a Visiting Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has taught entrepreneurship in hospitality and tourism extensively overseas at universities in, for example, Austria, the Netherlands, Finland, Canada, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Australia, Lapland, Iran and Mauritius.
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| 10:15am - 10:45am |
Refreshment Break |
KPMG Atrium |
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| 10:45am - 12:15pm |
1st Paper Session: Nascent Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
SBE 1210 |
Chaired by Dr. Sofy Carayannopoulos, Wilfrid Laurier University |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
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KPMG Atrium |
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| 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
2nd Paper Session: Entrepreneurship, Firm Performance & External Influences |
SBE 1210 |
Government roles in stimulating tourism development: A Case from Guangxi, China Geoffrey Wall and Qun Qin, University of Waterloo Staying Commercial in Canada’s national parks Barbara J. McNicol, Mount Royal University, Calgary; Dianne Draper, University of Calgary Effect of Entrepreneurial capacity in firm performance in the rural tourism sector Weibing Zhao and Colina de Mong-Ha, The Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao SAR China Factors affecting tourism entrepreneurship in the North Carolina mountains Carol Kline, North Carolina Central University; Jason R. Swanson, University of Kentucky; Lee-Anne S. Milburn, California Polytechnic University |
| 3:00pm - 3:15pm |
Refreshment Break |
KPMG Atrium |
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| 3:15pm - 4:45pm |
3rd Paper Session: Networks in tourism entrepreneurship |
SBE 1210 |
Beem. H. Beeka, and Mike Rimmington, Sheffield Hallam University, U.K Networking of festival entrepreneurs at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival Saskia De Klerk and Melville Saayman, North-West University, Potchefstroom South Africa Place identity and heritage as issues of branding community cultural festivals in business improvement area neighbourhoods of Toronto, Canada (extended abstract only) Kelley McClinchey, Wilfrid Laurier University Entrepreneurial innovation and community networks: Coconut Palms eco-heritage tourism resort Dr. Jithendran Kokkranikal, University of Greenwich; Alison Morrison, University of Surrey, UK |
| 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
Conference Dinner |
Senate & Board Chamber |
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Tues. April 27, 2010
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Activity / Format
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Description
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| 7:00am - 8:45am |
Registration and Check-in for morning event |
Senate & Board Chamber Foyer |
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| 7:30am - 8:30am |
Breakfast and Networking |
Senate & Board Chamber |
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| 8:30am - 8:45am |
Welcome Rob Donelson, Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations, Wilfrid Laurier University |
Senate & Board Chamber |
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| 8:45am - 10:15am |
Industry Panel Session MANAGING CHANGE: Challenges for Tourism Entrepreneurs
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Senate & Board Chamber |
Moderated by: Bill Allen President Tourism Industry Association of Ontario The panel will include prominent tourism entrepreneurs: Mark Bingeman President, Bingemans Inc. Alex Mustakas Artistic Director and Chief Entertainment Officer, Drayton Entertainment Rob Thorburn Sr. Chairman and Owner, Scenic Caves Nature Adventures
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| 10:15am - 10:45am |
Refreshment Break |
Senate & Board Chamber Foyer |
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| 10:45am - 12:15pm |
4th Paper session: Entrepreneur Characteristics |
SBE 1210 |
Chaired by Dr. Sofy Carayannopoulos, Wilfrid Laurier University Social entrepreneurs as drivers of destination development: the case of Greenbox – an eco-tourism destination in Ireland Ziene Mottiar, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Understanding the lifestyle concept from a different perspective: transition economy context Vlatka Skokic, University of Strathclyde; Alison Morrison, University of Surrey, UK Understanding lifestyle entrepreneurs and digging beneath the issue of profit: Profiling surf tourism lifestyle entrepreneurs in Ireland Ben Marchant and Ziene Mottiar, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Profiling the grassroots ecotourism entrepreneur Miguela Mena, University of the Philippines
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| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch for conference delegates |
KPMG Atrium |
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| 1:30pm - 2:45pm |
5th Paper Session: Rural Entrepreneurship |
SBE 1210 |
Chaired by Ryan Snider, University of Waterloo Agritourism and the farmer as rural entrepreneur: A UK analysis Chris Phelan and Richard Sharpley, University of Central Lancashire, UK Revealing the discourses: White entrepreneurial motivation in black South Africa Karla Boluk, Otago University/Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Economic development and poverty alleviation through indigenous tourism entrepreneurship in Kenya: challenges and opportunities Geoffrey Manyara, Kenyatta University
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| 2:45pm - 3:00pm |
Refreshment Break |
KPMG Atrium |
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| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
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SBE 1210 |
Chaired by Dr. Barbara Carmichael, Wilfrid Laurier University and Alison Morrison, University of Surrey This will be in an interactive group workshop format to answer questions on the topic of tourism entrepreneurship research and public policy |
| 6:00pm |
Dinner at own expense |
Wildcraft |
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Wed. April 28, 2010
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Activity / Format
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Location
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Description
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| All Day |
Niagara Region Excursion |
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