The Smart Conference, May 1-4, 2019
Thank you to all who attended The Smart Conference, May 1-4, 2019. You may read a summary of the conference HERE!
1st International Conference on Smart Tourism, Smart Cities and Enabling Technologies
(The Smart Conference)
May 1-4, 2019
Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, Florida, USA
The 1st International Conference on Smart Tourism and Enabling Technologies (The Smart Conference) was jointly organized by the Rosen College of Hospitality Management (RCHM) and the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) at the University of Central Florida (UCF). The conference took place in Orlando, Florida, – one of the top-visited cities in the world – and provided an interactive worldwide forum for attendees from academia, industry and government, with a dynamic international platform where the most recent academic research and state-of-the-art real-world applications of intelligent technologies was shared and discussed. Click on In This Section, above, for additional information on The Smart Conference.
Conference Speakers
- More information on the speakers can be found by clicking the title conference speakers.
- Keynote Speaker: Dimitrios Buhalis, Ph.D., Bournemouth University, England; Title of Presentation: Smart Tourism and the Re-engineering of the Tourism Industry
- Keynote Speaker: Gary Daniels, Vice President, Digital Experiences, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
- Keynote Speaker: Sajal K. Das, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Keynote Speaker: Daniel R. Fesenmaier, Ph.D., Modul University, Vienna; Title of Presentation: Designing Smart Tourism for the Future
- Keynote Speaker: Timothy Jung, Ph.D., Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Title of Presentation: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality for Smart Experience
- Keynote Speaker: Satish V. Ukkusuri, Ph.D., Purdue University; Title of Presentation: Smart Mobility Analytics in an Era of Accelerated Technological Change
Smart Conference Panels and Thematic Presentation Information can be found HERE!
Conference Co-Chairs
- Dr. Youcheng Wang, (Youcheng.Wang@ucf.edu), Dean and Preeminenent Chair Professor, UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA
- Dr. Michael Georgiopoulos, (michaelg@ucf.edu), Dean and Pegasus Professor, UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science,USA
Paper Review Committee Co-Chairs
- Dr. Ahmet Bulent Ozturk (Ahmet.Ozturk@ucf.edu), Associate Professor, UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA
- Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty (M.Aty@ucf.edu), Professor and Chair, UCF Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, USA
- Dr. Gary Leavens (Leavens@ucf.edu), Professor and Chair, UCF Department of Computer Science, USA
- Dr. Arthur Huang (arthur.huang@ucf.edu), Assistant Professor, UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA
Organizing Committee Co-Chairs
- Dr. Murat Hancer (Murat.Hancer@ucf.edu), Professor, UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA
- Dr. Tingting Zhang (Tingting.Zhang@ucf.edu), Assistant Professor, UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA
- Mr. Daniel Eilen (Daniel.Eilen@ucf.edu) Associate Director, UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science, USA
