ENTER2013
eTourism Opportunities and Challenges for the next 20 years
Innsbruck Austria 22nd to 25th of January 2013.

ENTER IFITT PhD workshop

PhD workshop - Call for research proposals

THE WORKSHOP
Organised by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), the pre-conference event provides a forum for doctoral students undertaking research related to Information and Communication Technology in Travel and Tourism to interactively discuss their research with peers, colleagues, and leading supervisors and scholars in the field. Doctoral students at all stages (i.e. beginning as well as nearly completed) are encouraged to participate.
This workshop will provide doctoral students an opportunity to share and develop their research ideas in a critical but supportive environment, get feedback from mentors who are senior members within the IT and Tourism research community, explore issues related to academic and research careers, and build relationships with other students, researchers and members of the community from around the world.
Please note there is NO COST to students or faculty for participating in this workshop. Also the full ENTER 2013 conference is heavily discounted for students to encourage active participation in ENTER 2013. More information about the conference and the workshop can be found at http://www.ifitt.org/congresses/website/enter2013/Home_page.

LOCATION
Congress Innsbruck, Austria  - http://www.congress-innsbruck.at/

CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS
The workshop invites all interested doctoral students to submit their research proposals for review and feedback. The research proposals should be a maximum length of five pages (A4) and should typically include the following headings: 1) problem definition; 2) literature review; 3) conceptual development; 4) proposed methodology; 5) anticipated results; and 6) references. In your submission, please also indicate your progress toward completion of the thesis (i.e. thinking about it, just beginning the process, completed proposal, etc.).

Each submission will undergo a review process. Students will be notified about the review outcome, along with recommendations to improve the proposal before the workshop. Accepted proposals will be made available to workshop participants before the Workshop.

Participants are also required to prepare a poster presentation, which will be displayed throughout the entire ENTER conference.

The best research proposal will receive an award and will be recognized at the main conference event!

Submission

Please download the PhD-Workshop Author Advice as a style guide http://ifitt.org/public/uploads/PhD-Workshop_Author_Advice_2012.doc

Submit your proposal to one of the workshop chairs at hmroblaw@inet.polyu.edu.hk; matthias.fuchs@miun.se or CarlosLamsfus@tourgune.org

TIME SCHEDULE

Submission closes                          5th October, 2013
Initial feedback                              26th October, 2013
Submit final revised proposal         16th November, 2013
Final acceptance                           30th November, 2013
PhD Workshop                             22nd Janauary, 2013
ENTER Conference                       23rd -25th January, 2013

ENTER 2013 PHD WORKSHOP CHAIRS
Rob Law (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Matthias Fuchs (ETOUR Mid-Sweden University)
Carlos Lamsfus (CICtourGUNE)

ENTER 2013 PHD WORKSHOP STUDENT COMMITTEE
Barbara Neuhofer (Bournemouth University)

If you would like to participate please contact the ENTER PhD workshop chairs

Rob Law (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)     hmroblaw@polyu.edu.hk

Matthias Fuchs (ETOUR Mid-Sweden University)  Matthias.Fuchs@miun.se

Carlos Lamsfus (CICtourGUNE)                       CarlosLamsfus@tourgune.org

Barbara Neuhofer                                             bneuhofer@bournemouth.ac.uk