MORE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS TO BE INVITED

Prof. Seongseop (Sam) Kim, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Title of Speech: Impacts of cutting-edge technologies on tourism and hospitality

Prof. Seongseop (Sam) Kim received MSc and PhD in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences from the Texas A&M University in 1996 and 1999, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is one of the most prolific authors in the tourism and hospitality field. In terms of the number of publications in top tourism and hospitality journals, he is listed in the top 3 in SciVal (SCOPUS Journals. 2020-2023) in the Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality field (www.scival.com/). He was listed in 25th place in 2023 in the Business field in the world among the top 1,000 contributors in ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council) Journal Quality List (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4397645). His research interests include tourism impacts, sustainability, destination marketing, new technology and consumer behavior, event/convention, and tourism/hospitality marketing. He was a President of APacCHRIE (Asia Pacific in Council on Hotel, Restaurant, Institutional Education) in 2021-2022 term.

 

Prof. Martin Thomas Falk,

University of South Eastern Norway, Norway

Title of Speech: A changing publication landscape: How to adjust?

Martin Thomas Falk is a full professor in management at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), School of Business. His research interests include climate change, environmental management, heritage and tourism. He holds a PhD in economics. Since 2016, he has been a visiting professor at Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance (School of Economics and Trade). He has published over 100 scientific articles in Scopus indexed journals and has an h index of 28 (Scopus).