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January 10 (Wednesday) Sign up
January 11 (Thursday)
09:00-09:30 Tour of the WTA Headquarters
09:30-11:45 Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speeches Moderator: WANG Kunxin, Principal Researcher at World Tourism Alliance Research
Welcoming Speech: LIU Shijun, WTA Vice Chair and Secretary-General
Speakers:
XU Honggang, Dean, Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor at the School of Tourism Management, SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
Topic: Challenges and Transformational Development in Higher Tourism Education
SONG Haiyan, Associate Dean, Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Topic: Knowledge Transfer through Institutional Collaboration
LI Xi, Executive Associate Dean, Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor at the Faculty of International Tourism and Management (FITM), City University of Macau
Topic: Strategies and Pathways for Educational Collaboration between Universities and International Organizations
WANG Kunxin, Principal Researcher at World Tourism Alliance Research
Topic: Promoting Collaborative Research Platforms and Sharing of Research Achievements
11:45-12:45 Lunch
12:45-14:15 Panel Discussion on “Research of International Organizations Led by China: Current Status, Challenges, and Strategies” (for Invited Experts)
14:30-16:10 Keynote Speech Moderator:
ZHOU Chunlin, Vice Chairman of the National Tourism Vocational Education Steering Committee, Professor at Nanjing Normal University
Speakers:
GU Huimin, Secretary-General of the China Tourism Education Association, Professor at Beijing International Studies University
Topic: Trends in Flexible Employment in Tourism under Industry Transformation and the Role of Tourism Organizations
ZHOU Lingqiang, Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at Hangzhou City University, Dean of Zhejiang Yuanzheng Cultural and Tourism Research Institute
Topic: The Significant Role of the World Tourism Alliance in Standard Setting and Model Cultivation
LI Yanqin, Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the School of Management, Minzu University of China
Topic: Characteristics and Models of the World Tourism Alliance in Poverty Alleviation in Chinese Tourism
YAO Yanbo, Associate Dean, Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor at the College of Tourism and Service Management, Nankai University
Topic: Tourism Research and Report on River Valley Civilization
LYU Jiaying, Associate Dean, Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor at the International School of Cultural Tourism, Hangzhou City University
Topic: Tourism: A Driver for Shared Prosperity
16:30-17:30 Panel Moderator:
KONG Haiyan, Director, Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor at the International Office of Shandong University (Weihai)
Panelists:
WANG Yajuan, Director and Professor at the Research Office, Guilin Tourism University
HU Jian, Deputy Director and Associate Researcher at the Cooperation and Development Office, Tourism College of Zhejiang (TCZJ)
SONG Bo, Executive Vice Dean and Professor at the Tourism Research Institute, Shanghai Institute of Tourism, Chief Editor of “Tourism Science”
WANG Heng, Deputy Head and Associate Professor at the Department of Tourism Management, Tourism College of Beijing Union University
18:00-20:00 Dinner

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LIU Shijun, Vice Chair and Secretary-General of WTA

WANG Kunxin, Principal Researcher at the World Tourism Alliance Research

SONG Haiyan, Deputy Dean,Chair Professor, and Ph.D. Supervisor of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

YU Debin
Deputy Secretary of Party Committee and Deputy Director-General of the Former Beiing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development, Director of the Games Services Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Director of the Pandemic Prevention and Control Office of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games