15 December
Local Date: Dec 14 2024 |
Local Time: 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Dr. Galal Afifi is an associate professor, Tourism Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, with more than 25 years of experience in tourism education. Dr. Afifi is a facilitator with the United Nations World Tourism Organization, a reviewer with several accreditation organizations such as AQAS and OAAA, participated as a Keynote speaker in a number of national and international conferences, and has been numerously awarded for his excellence in research inside and outside Oman. |
Dr. Ahmed Farouk had his Ph.D. in Sports Management from Helwan University, Cairo, 2005. Dr. Farouk has been a Professor in Sports Management in Egypt since 2016. His research interests include Sports Management; Sports Economics, Sports Marketing. Dr. Farouk is currently working as an associate professor at Sultan Qaboos University since 2015. Dr. Farouk served as a supervisor and examiner for tens of master's and doctoral theses; Keynote speaker for more than 25 academic events. He published more than 30 articles in international, regional journals. A member of 8 editorial boards of scientific journals, he is membership of 8 professional associations of sport management. |
Inès Mestaoui has a Ph.D. in marketing, at the University of Tunis. Her research mainly concerns the tourism experience, mobile technologies, and social media. Drawing on social imaginaries, liminality, and institutional theories, her thesis work deals with travel experience currently experienced by Tunisian travelers under the influence of mobile technologies and in a transitional context, namely the post-revolutionary context. |
Masooma Al-Balushi is a faculty member of the Tourism Department Sultan Qaboos University - Sultanate of Oman. Masooma has more than 15 years of experience in Tourism and Hospitality, has published in Tourism and Hospitality Management, HR Management, Cruise Industry, Training and Development, Entrepreneurship, Tourism, and Hospitality Education, and Academic Accreditation. Masooma served as head of the Tourism Department between 2010-2013. During that period, the Department undergraduate program was awarded the UNWTO.TedQual Academic Accreditation certification. She also collaborated with the UNWTO as a national consultant for a national study on Oman's tourism human resources. In addition, she has recently been granted an award for Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities. |
Mohammed El-Dief is a dedicated and experienced academic who worked for leading tourism and hospitality institutions in Egypt, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. In 2010, Dr. El-Dief received his Ph.D. in Hospitality Management from Leeds Beckett University, UK, where he began to build a solid foundation for the progression toward a significant record of scholarly achievements in academic research with international journal publications and conference proceedings. Dr. El-Dief worked in different cultural contexts and provided policy-informing consultancy and training to governments, international agencies (EU), and the private sector on a range of matters related to the tourism and hospitality industry. Mohammed is a co-founder of the College of Business and its Tourism and Hospitality Management Dept. and Hajj and Umrah Business Dept. and their academic programs at Umm Al Qura University, Saudi Arabia. His research interest focuses primarily on sustainable tourism development, green marketing, environmental management, and corporate social responsibility. |
Galal Afifi Moderator | |
Ahmed Farouk Panelist | |
Inès Mestaoui Panelist | |
Masooma Al-Balushi Panelist | |
Mohammed El-Dief Panelist | |