8:30h.- Registration
8:45h.- Official opening
Distinguished authorities of the Government of the Balearic Islands
9:15h.- Welcome speech
“Reconceptualizing Tourism”
Dr. Antoni Riera– Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of the Balearic Islands
“Conference presentation and introduction to the Seminar topic”
Dr. Ana María Munar– Associate Professor at the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
10:00h.- Session I: The digital tourist (sociology and trends)
“The making of a new tourism experience through Social Media- The case of the Twilight Saga”
Dra. Mia Larson– Researcher at Lund University, Helsingborg Campus, Sweden
Dr. Juan Ramón Alemany – Analyst developer of Watch About! app
“Understanding Human Mobility within Smart Destinations”
Dr. Carlos Lamsfus – Director of Human Mobility and Technology at Cooperative Research Center in Tourism CICTourgune, Basc Country
11:30h.- Coffee break
12:00h.- Session II: From the information to knowledge (Big Data and Smart Tourism)
“Using Big Data to analyze recommendations by influencers about tourist destinations”
Mr. Fernando Guerrero – CEO at Solid Q
“Smart sustainable tourism development. A new emerging paradigm in destination governance”
Dr. Roberto Micera – Researcher at IRAT – Institute for Service Industry Research, Italy
“The Ushuaïa case and the experiential tourism”
Mr. Juan José Calvo – Sales&Marketing Director at Palladium Hotel Group, Ibiza
Ms. Natalia Tur – PhD candidate of the University of the Balearic Islands
13:30h.- Lunch
15:00h.- Introduction to Social Media
Dr. Ana María Munar– Associate Professor at the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
15:45h.- Workshop The digital tourist
Dr. Mª Antonia García – Associate Professor – Marketing and Market Research at the University of the Balearic Islands
Dr. Ana María Munar-Associate Professor at the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Dr. Carlos Lamsfus – Director of Human Mobility and Technology at Cooperative Research Center in Tourism CICTourgune, Basc Country