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Date
- Mar 01 2021
- Expired!
Time
Tokyo Time- 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Jafar Jafari
Jafar Jafari is Founding Editor, Annals of Tourism Research; Chief Editor, Tourism Social Science Series; Co-Editor, Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice; Co-Editor, Encyclopedia of Tourism; Co-Founder, TRINET; Founding President, International Academy for the Study of Tourism; Co-Founding Editor, Information Technology & Tourism; and Co-Founding President Tourism Intelligence Forum. |
Kazem Vafadari
Dr. Kazem Vafadari is Director of International Center for Asia Pacific Tourism (iCAPt); and Academic Director of the Kunisaki City Research Center for world agriculture heritage in Oita, Japan. He is a Professor and Vice Dean for International Affairs, College of Sustainability and Tourism at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU). He worked with United Nations University and Kanazawa University in Japan before joining APU in 2011. He is an expert on sustainable tourism, natural resource management and tourism applications of agriculture heritage landscapes. His research background also includes community building, rural revitalization and destination branding. |
Duarte B. Morais
Morais is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Tourism and a Tourism Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University. He is also the lead in(ve)stigator of People-First Tourism Lab, a participatory action research collective started at NC State and now involving researchers and community development partners globally (P1tLab.ncsu.edu). Morais supports small communities and microentrepreneurs across the State of North Carolina and internationally. Morais integrates the insight and energy of an increasingly rich team of scholars in disciplines ranging from Cultural Anthropology, Humanitarian Engineering, Social Business, Community Psychology, Design, and Computer Science. His disciplinary home is Social-psychology and through this lens he investigates how tourism microentrepreneurship is developed and how it may affect host communities ability to harness economic opportunity in their own terms. |
Leigh Bennett
Leigh is Managing Director of the Institute for Tourism Leadership Australia and of Healthcare P/L. He is a former City Manager from Southeast Queensland, a national HR Manager and an educator. Leigh’s professional interests are in exploring the links between diversity, inclusion, resilience and wellness in communities. He has devised an Executive Wellness Leadership model in partnership with Australia’s GreenX7 and Thirdi, that he uses to mentor small communities and individual businesses. He was heavily involved in leadership training for resilience in bushfire natural disaster affected parts of Australia immediately before the pandemic. |
Marcus Curcija
Marcus is Co-founder and Principal Consultant of Thirdi Management (https://insightintoimpact.com.au), a social impact measurement and sustainability evaluation specialist firm specializing in the development and use of management tools that enable organizations and communities to identify their core focus, measure social impact, track accountability, and deliver quality services at lower cost. His approach simplifies complex social perspectives to place community input into the heart of decision-making. With a PhD in conflict management during community-based tourism initiatives, Dr. Curcija has applied his proprietary process to resilience and decision-making in over 24 countries. To learn more about his work, please visit his recent showcase in Sustainability Leaders Project. |
Koji Nakamura
Obtained PhD in Entomology from Kyoto University in 1980. Major field of interests is ecology, especially, long-term insect population dynamics in Japan, Indonesia and other tropical countries. Recently, engaged in the research, conservation and sustainable use of Satoyama and Satoumi in Noto Peninsula, Kanazawa, Japan. Served as the Co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Japan Satoyama Satoumi Assessment (JSSA). Serving as the Director of Noto Satoyama MeisterTraining Program (2007-2011), Satoyama Satoumi Revitalizing Project, Kanazawa University (2010-on going), Noto Satoyama Satoumi Meister Training Program (2012-on going, since 2016 serving as Advisor), and Ifugao Satoyama Meister Training Program in the Philippines (JICA Technical Cooperation for Grassroots, 2013-on going). 1947年兵庫県生まれ。石川県立自然史資料館館長(2017〜)、金沢大学名誉教授、農学博士(京都大学)。専門は生態学。国連大学による「日本の里山・里海評価」(JSSA)科学評価パネル共同議長、東アジア農業遺産学会(ERAHS)日本代表議長、金沢大学里山里海プロジェクト代表として「能登里山マイスター養成プログラム」、フィリピンにおいて「イフガオ里山マイスター養成プログラム」(JICA草の根技術協力事業)などを運営。能登半島と石川県の里山里海の保全、総合活用、地域再生に取り組んでいる。 |
Jafar Jafari Moderator | |
Kazem Vafadari Moderator | |
Duarte B. Morais Moderator | |
Leigh Bennett Panelist | |
Marcus Curcija Panelist | |
Koji Nakamura Panelist | |
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Mar 01 2021
- Time: 5:00 am - 6:30 am
Volume 15
Corporate and Institutional Resilience and Inclusiveness: The New Bottom-line in Tourism Communities
This webinar is the second in our series on resilience and inclusiveness training. Our panel, introduced by Jafar Jafari, includes Leigh Bennett, Marcus Curcija, and Robbie Cornelius, and is moderated by Kazem Vafadari and Duarte Morais and they will each explore strategies for the recovery of tourism-based small communities from the CoVID19 virus pandemic. But not only that; this is a time for recasting our policies and practices in the management of our communities. Each of our speakers has extensive experience in the real world impact of problems like the CoVID virus, and a strong desire to prepare their communities for future events of this nature. Join us and contribute to a stimulating and focussed discussion on the 1st of March.
Program
Welcome Remarks
Jafar Jafari
Moderador
Kazem Vafadari
Duarte Morais
Duarte Morais
Institute for Tourism Leadership Australia and Healthcare P/L
Leigh Bennett
Insight into Impact P/L
Dr. Marcus Curcija
DR Tourism
Koji Nakamura
Break
Cultural Intermission: a short thematically representative video
Discussion
Kazem Vafadari
Duarte Morais
Duarte Morais
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