Professor Lorenzo Cantoni
Chair holder of UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Lorenzo Cantoni graduated in Philosophy and holds a PhD in Education and Linguistics. He is full professor at USI – Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland), Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, where he is director of the Institute of Digital Technologies for Communication. His research interests are where communication, education and new media overlap, ranging from computer mediated communication to usability, from eLearning to eTourism and digital Fashion, from ICT4D to eGovernment. He is chair-holder of the UNESCO chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites, established at USI in 2013, and board member of WHES – World Heritage Experience Switzerland. He is USI’s Deputy Rector and Pro-rector for Education and Students’ experience. He is director of the Master in Digital Fashion Communication, done in collaboration with the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and director of the Master in International Tourism. L. Cantoni has been Dean of the Faculty (2010-2014) and President of IFITT – International Federation for IT in Travel and Tourism (2014-January 2018).
Dr Corné Dijkmans
Director of AfT (Academy for Tourism), Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Digital transformation of tourism is the central thread in the research and project work of Corné. He holds a PhD in Communication Science (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), a MSc in Business Economics (Tilburg University) and a MSc in Marketing Management (TIAS School for Business and Society). Corné is participating in several national and international projects related to digital tourism, such as in the frame of the Erasmus and Interreg Programs. Currently, as manager of Research & Business Innovation, he is also managing the academic and applied research program of the Academy for Tourism / CSTT (Centre for Sustainability, Tourism and Transport). Also, he is responsible for the valorization of this research program through (inter)national subsidized and commissioned research projects. In the past he was involved in a variety of EU projects focusing on the training of professionals to improve the attractiveness and quality of higher management education by the use of information & communication technology, e-learning and online media.
Professor Stanislav Ivanov
Director of ZRI (Zangador Research Institute), Varna University of Management, Bulgaria
Stanislav Ivanov is currently Professor and Vice-Rector (Research) at Varna University of Management, Bulgaria. He holds a Ph.D. degree in tourism economics from the University of Economics – Varna. Dr. Ivanov is the Editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Tourism Research (http://ejtr.vumk.eu) and serves in the Editorial boards of 27 other journals. His research interests include revenue management, destination marketing, tourism, and economic growth, political issues in tourism, special interest tourism. His publications have appeared in different academic journals – Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Tourism Management Perspectives, Tourism Economics, Journal of Heritage Tourism, Tourism Today, Tourism, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Tourism Planning and Development, International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics and other journals.
Professor Peter O’Connor
Director of C-EDGE (Centre for Enterprise Dynamics in Global Economies), University of South Australia, Australia
Dr. Peter O’Connor is Professor of Strategic Management at University of South Australia Business School. His primary research, teaching and consulting interests focus on the use of technology in online retailing and marketing. Prior to joining the UniSA, Peter founded the Chair in Digital Disruption, sponsored by BNP Paribas, at Essec Business School in Paris France. He taught, and held a number of senior administrative positions, at Essec for over 25 years, serving as both Director of MBA Programs and Dean of Academic Programs at various stages. In addition, he has regularly taught executive education seminars at London Business School; held visiting positions at both the Johnson Graduate Business School and the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University; as well as worked in a variety of positions in industry in both Europe and the USA. In 2015, he launched Essec’s first MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) on hotel distribution with Coursera, which currently has over 15,000 active learners.
Professor Juho Pesonen
Director of CTS (Centre for Tourism Studies), University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Juho Pesonen (PhD) is a professor of tourism business at the Centre for Tourism Studies in the University of Eastern Finland Business School. In his research, Juho focuses on how information and communication technologies are changing the tourism business, tourists, and their behaviour. He also has a keen interest in destination marketing in digital channels. Juho is the co-editor-in-chief for Finnish Journal of Tourism Research. He is also vice-president of the International Federation for Information Technology in Travel & Tourism and an associate editor for the Journal of Information Technology and Tourism.
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