The Call for Research Papers for ENTER2016 is now open!
Organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), the ENTER conference offers a worldwide and unique forum for attendees from academia, industry, government, and other organizations to actively exchange, share, and challenge state-of-the-art research and industrial case studies on the application of information and communication technologies to travel and tourism.
ENTER2016 conference, with the theme eTourism: Empowering Places, taking place in stunning Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) , from February 2 until February 5, 2016. The conference brings together the research community with industry and it is organized in three streams namely, industry, destinations and research tracks. The conference also features 6-8 world class keynote speakers. Next year ENTER 2016 conference will focus on exploring emergent and cutting-edge ICT concepts, applications, and business models that reflect the progressive transformation in travel and tourism, with special focus on placemaking, big data,and digital economy.
Check out the Call for Research Papers and the Call for PhD proposals, they are both OPEN!!
Issues to be covered at the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- E-Marketing and Social Media Strategies
- Big Data, Measurement and Analytics
- Mobile Services and Wearable Technologies
- Gaming, Gamification and Augmented Reality
- Location-based Services and Context-Aware Systems
- Internet-of-Things and Smart Destinations
- Advanced Distribution Systems and Strategies
- Travel Information Search and Retrieval
- Social Networking, Social Media and Social Inspiration
- ICT and Tourism Experience
- ICT Adoption, Use, and Value Creation
- E-strategy and e-Business models
- ICT-enabled Partnership and Collaboration
- ICT for Innovation and Service Design
- E-Learning, life-long learning and MOOCs
- ICT for Regional Development and Sustainability
- Website Design and Evaluation
- Legal and Social Aspects of ICT
- E-Government and public policy in tourism
- Digital Divide and Socio economic development
- Privacy and Internet Security
Submission deadline for research papers: September 1st 2015
Submission deadline for PhD proposals: October 5th 2015