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Programme

Progressing Excellence in Management Research and Journal Rankings for the Services Industries

Invited speakers and provisional programme: © indicates confirmed panelist

10:30- 11:00     Arrival to Bournemouth University and registration

11:00 -11:10     Welcome to Bournemouth University
© Professor Nick Petford, Pro Vice Chancellor Research
© Dr Keith Wilkes, Dean School of Services Management
© Professor John Fletcher, Director, International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research

11:10 – 13:00  RAE/REF, Journal Quality and Rankings
Facilitators: © Prof. Paul Phillips, Director - Kent Business School and Chair ABS Research Steering Committee, University of Kent and
© Professor Thomas Lange, Dean, Bournemouth Business School

11:10 – 12:00 Panel A: RAE/REF and Journal Rankings
© Professor Annette Pritchard (Cardiff’s Metropolitan University) Advisor to RAE Panel

11:30 – 12:00 © Dr Pam Macpherson Barrett (Senior Policy Advisor at HEFCE and a Member of the REF development team):
REF overview and how the assessment of research will take place

12:00 -13:00 Panel B: Rational, Process and Criteria for Journal Rankings ~
Meet the Editors ABS Journal Quality Guide
© Professor Huw Morris, Dean and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Manchester Metropolitan University,
© Professor Chris Cooper, Dean Oxford Brookes Business School, Editor, Current issues in Tourism and ABS list advisor
© Aidan Kelly, Data Analyst, Goldsmiths, University of London

13:00- 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:00 Increasing the quality, citations and impact, ranking of the specialised Service Management Journals
Tourism/Hospitality/Retail/Events Management

Workshop A: Prof. Martin Kretschmer Improving the Quality of Journal articles

Workshop B Prof. Teck-Yong Eng
Improving citations and impact

Workshop C © Prof John Fletcher
Improving the rankings of Journals


© Professor Chris Cooper, Dean (Oxford Brookes Business School) Current issues in Tourism
© Professor John Fletcher, Director ICTHR, (Bournemouth University), Editor International Journal of Tourism Research 
©Professor Stephen Page (London Metropolitan University), Associate Editor, Tourism Management
© Professor Gary Akehurst Editor The Service Industries Journal
©Professor Stephen Wanhill (Bournemouth University), Editor Tourism Economics
© Professor Mike Robinson, (Leeds Metropolitan University) Editor Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change
© Professor Kaye Chon (Hong Kong Poly University), Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing (Videolink)
© Professor John SA Edwards (Bournemouth University), Editor Journal of Foodservice
Dr Fevzi Okumus(University of Central Florida) Editor International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
Professor Bill Bramwell (Sheffield Hallam University) Editor Journal of Sustainable Tourism

15:00-16:00 Reporting back, discussion and Ways forward
Facilitators: Professor Dimitrios Buhalis Deputy Director ICTHR and Dr Alan Fyall, Deputy Dean SM, Bournemouth University

16:00 -16:30 Conclusions and farewell, Paul Phillips, John Fletcher Alan Fyall, Thomas Lange, Dimitrios Buhalis

Followed by Professor Dimitrios Buhalis inaugral lecture
17:00-18:00 Inaugural lecture coffee and registration 

18:00 - 19:00 Professor Dimitrios Buhalis Inaugural Lecture

 

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