KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


Larry Dwyer Who is the ‘ideal’ tourist, and who cares? 

Larry Dwyer PhD is Professor of Travel and Tourism Economics in the School of Marketing, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, Australia.
He publishes widely in the areas of tourism economics, management and policy, with over 200 publications in international journals, books, government reports, chapters in books, and monographs. He has been awarded numerous research grants to contribute to tourism knowledge.  
Professor Dwyer is a Fellow and President of the International Academy for Study of Tourism, President of the International Association for Tourism Economics, and an appointed member of the International Advisory Board of the Business Enterprises for Sustainable Tourism Education Network (BESTEN).  
Professor Dwyer maintains strong links with the tourism industry at international, national, and regional levels. He has been invited to give numerous keynote addresses at international tourism conferences worldwide. He also has undertaken an extensive number of consultancies for public and private sector tourism organisations, and for international agencies, including the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. He is an appointed member of the Editorial Boards of twenty one international tourism journals. 


Anne-Mette Hjalager How customers contribute to tourism innovation 

Anne-Mette Hjalager is a Professor and the Head of the Danish Centre for Rural Research at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research addresses tourism innovation, a topic within which she has published considerably over the years. She has also a research interest in rural tourism, technology issues, and SME developments and labour markets related to tourism.