Committees

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  Organisation Committee

  

  Carlos Fernandes is an associate professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal.  He obtained his Ph.D. at Bournemouth University (UK). His interests include tourism as a strategy for rural development, cultural and creative tourism and destination management. Carlos has presented papers in national and international conferences and has a substantial number of publications in his area of interest.

   

  Ana Paula Vale, lecturer and researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, holds a BSc degree in Biology from the University of Porto, MSc in Plant Nutrition, Soil Fertility and Fertilization by the Technical University of Lisbon and MSc in Science and Technology in Agro-Food Industry – specialization in Food safety by the University of Vigo and is currently a PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Nutrition and Food Chemistry at the University of Porto.

   

  Alexandra Correia is a lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. She will complete her PH.D in 2012, entitled “A critical analysis of the perceived factors influencing the decision to whether cooperate or not, from a tourism and wine businesses’ perspective in the Douro Region, Portugal”.

   

   

  
  Goretti Silva is a lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. She  obtained her PH.D from Bournemouth University (UK) on understanding the role of social capital in the creation and management of tourism related small family businesses in rural areas. She has also coordinated students´ tourism development and investment final projects in cooperation with local entrepreneurs and public organisations.

   

   

  Olga Matos is an associate professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. She obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Coimbra. Her interests include Cultural Heritage, Interpretation and Management of Archaeological Sites and Monuments. Olga has presented papers in national and international conferences, served as member of scientific committees for conferences and seminars and has an important number of publications in her area of interest.

   

   

  

  Helena Santos Rodrigues is an associate professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal.  She holds a Ph.D. from Vigo University (Spain). Helena is Course Leader of the Master in Organisations Management. Helena´s interests include intellectual capital and innovativeness as a competitive advantage to firm’s performance and marketing management. In the last few years, she has conducted research and/or consultancy within various special interest areas, including intellectual capital, manager innovative profile, and innovativeness.

   

   

  

  Pedro Moreira is an associate professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computers Engineering at the University of Porto in 2009. His interests include Multimedia, Computer Graphics, Serious Games, Virtual and Augmented Reality and  Information and Communication Technologies in Society. Pedro organized several scientific events and served as a program committee and reviewer for many conferences and workshops. He also serves in the scientific committee of the Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies (RISTI).

   

  

  Bárbara Nogueira is a third year tourism undergraduate student at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. She completed a placement with a hotel chain in Spain last year. Since then she has been active in events organization, including conferences and exhibitions.

   

  Scientific Committee

  Alexandra Correia, Polytechnic Institute of Viana de Castelo, Portugal

  Ana Goytia Prat, Universidad de Deusto, Spain

  Antonio Feraco, Vice-President CIRCLE , Nanyang University ,Singapore

  Carla Santos, University of Illinois, USA

  Carlos Fernandes, Polytechnic Institute of Viana de Castelo, Portugal

  Carlos Ferreira, University of Lisbon, Portugal

  Carmen Santos, University of Leon, Spain

  Claudio Vignali, University of Vitez, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Ekrem Tufan, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey

  Fotis E. Kilipiris, ATEI of Thessaloniki, Greece

  Gianpaolo Vignali, Manchester University, UK

  Goretti Silva, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

  Greg Richards, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

  Hans Ruediger Kaufmann, University of Nicosia, Cyprus and International Business School of Vilnius University, Lithuania

  Helena Santos Rodrigues, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

  Ilie Rotariu, RO Lucian Blaga University, Romania

  Jaume Guia, University of Girona, Spain

  Jonathan Edwards, Bournemouth University, UK

  Jordi Trasseras, University of Barcelona, Spain

  Jovo Ateljevic, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Juliana Santilli, Public Ministry of the Union, Brazil

  Lola Herrero, University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

  Margarida Vieira, University of Algarve, Portugal

  Maria da Graça G. Ramos, Faculty of Administration and Tourism/UFPEL, Brazil

  Maria Gravari-Barbas, IREST, Paris 1-Sorbonne University, France

  Maria Madalena Rocha Pereira, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

  Marianna Sigala, University of the Aegean, Greece

  Maureen Griffiths, Monash University, Australia

  Nikolaos Exadaktylos, ATEI of Thessaloniki, Greece

  Minoo Farhangmehr, University of Minho, Portugal

  Olga Matos, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

  Paulina Mata, New University of Lisbon, Portugal

  Pedro Miguel Moreira, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

  Razaq Raj, President CIRCLE, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

  Roger Vaughan, Bournemouth University, UK

  Salvador Anton, University Rovira i Virgili, Spain

  Tahir Rashid, Vice-President CIRCLE, University of Salford, UK

  Valentina Della Corte, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

  Vitor Ambrosio – ESHTE, Portugal

  Xosé M. Santos, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

  Xu honggang, Sun Yat-sen University, China