Workshop Sessions & Chairs
A complete schedule for the workshop sessions and chairs is available for download [-here-][last updated on 2013.04.02 15h30 GMT]Airport Transfers Schedule
A schedule for the airport transfers is available for download [-here-] [last updated on 2013.04.02 10h45 GMT]Keynote Speakers
Praveen Gupta (April 3rd)
Greg Richards (April 3rd)
Alan Clarke (April 4th)
Sofia Almeida (April 5th)
see details hereImportant Dates [UPDATED]
Abstract Submission
15th December 2012 January 2013
Acceptance Notice
15th January 2013
Full Paper Submission
15th February 2013
Author Registration & Payment
1st March 2013
Conference
3rd - 6th April 2013Contact Persons
Carlos Fernandes
10thcircleconference@ipvc.pt
mobile phone +351 967050038
Gianpaolo Vignali
gianpaolo.vignali@manchester.ac.uk
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