The Faculty of Applied Economics and Rural Development, University of Debrecen and the Faculty of Commerce, Catering and Tourism, Budapest Business School organize an international conference on 27-28 May in Debrecen entitled “International Conference on Tourism and Sports Management” and kindly invite you for the Conference.

The key objective of the “International Conference on Tourism and Sports Management” Conference is to underpin our partnership, to initiate joint activities between scientific institutions and the actors of the business sector by focusing on tourism and sports management.

The quality of life is a priority area in welfare societies and developing countries also take considerable efforts to improve it. With the alteration of living conditions, a healthy lifestyle, useful leisure, sports become vital both in everyday life, in business life, education and scientific research.
Tourism highlights the protection of our cultural heritage, its variety and sustainability; however, values created by innovation and novel solutions also help comply with market demands. Innovation does not only cover key areas in tourism, but also in recreation and sports management. It provides new opportunities on the competitive market of tourism for destination management and incites the development of touristic destinations as well.

Similarly, recreation has seen the emergence of new trends as the coherence of spare time management, sports and healthy lifestyle offers various interpretations.
The XXIst century poses new challenges, as besides research activities in competitive and in high profile sports, the economic operation of sports facilities, sports events, sports and environmental protection activities have also become active factors in developing the quality system of living standard.

The content elements of the “International Conference on Tourism and Sports Management” are featured by the key words of “experience, talent care and innovation” and its objectives include the presentation of the latest trends, research findings, practical applications and best practices in an international environment. Institutions of higher education, research workshops have always assumed an active part in knowledge dissemination, and since they are determining players in given regions, many roots tie them to businesses and market participants in their areas. On several occasions, these relations have confirmed that business and research-education assist and improve each other interactively; these co-operations create new and novel solutions, which work their way into economic and social processes.

The conference provides opportunities for national and international lecturers and researchers to publish their latest research findings.

Themes

Tourism

  • Tourism as a tool of development
  • Diversifying the tourism product
  • Marketing issues of sustainable tourism
  • IT and tourism
  • Sustainable local / destination partnerships: Clustering and networking

Sport management

  • Social, economic and tourist role of sport
  • Sport and medical science from the view of sport, physiology of stress
  • Education, training, coaching, succession (trainers, experts)
  • Talent care in sport, sport anthropomerty
  • Vision of domestic and international sport, 2020 Olympic Games- facts and illusions
  • International and domestic sport model

Important dates:

Deadline for submission of abstracts is extended to 31th January 2010
Notification of acceptance: 15st February 2010
Deadline for submission of full papers is extended to 15th March 2010
Deadline for fee payment is extended to 30th March 2010
Conference date: 27-28th May 2010

HARRISBURG - An innovative series of speakers intended to engage citizens in conserving the South Mountain region’s natural landscapes by exploring lessons from the past will begin the evening of Feb. 18, at the Woods Center at the Capitol Theatre, in Chambersburg. The event, including a reception at 6 p.m. and a lecture at 7 p.m., is free and open to the public. Entitled “South Mountain: The Cradle of Conservation,” the lecture will be given by Susan Rimby, chair of the Department of History and Philosophy at Shippensburg University. It will be followed by a panel discussion of notable conservationists from the region to talk about protecting the landscape today and in the future. “Pennsylvania has a long and compelling history of conservation,” Department of Conservation and Natural Resources acting Secretary John Quigley said. “Inspired by the state and the nation’s early conservation leaders and their struggles, this series seeks to put today’s environmental issues into a broader context and inspire action within our communities.” The series is organized in the spirit of the Michaux Lectures, a series of talks given by Joseph Rothrock during the late 19th century as part of his work to protect and restore Pennsylvania’s forests and natural landscape. His educational mission became a catalyst for lasting change in the state’s environmental history. Rothrock, a Pennsylvania native, was a pioneer in forest management in the United States and is often referred to as the commonwealth’s “Father of Forestry.” Rimby’s presentation will explore how concerned citizens in organizations like the Pennsylvania State Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Pennsylvania Forest Association lobbied for the funds to establish a state park system; reforest South Mountain; and create a school to train professional foresters -- one that still exists at Penn State Mont Alto. “The panel that follows the lecture will encourage a new generation to find in the past a positive vision for the future of South Mountain,” said Allen Dieterich-Ward, an assistant professor of history at Shippensburg University and the chair of the South Mountain Partnership committee on the speaker series. “Future lectures will be held at different locations throughout the region, and will explore issues such as food and sustainability, valuing our forests, the Appalachian Trail, the region’s impact on the Chesapeake Bay and the connection between events like the Civil War and the landscape.” The presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and its “We the People” initiative. On Feb. 19, community leaders from throughout the South Mountain region will attend a summit to discuss ways to enhance its “sense of place” and expand the region’s economy by capitalizing on its natural and cultural resources. The summit will be held at the Penn Township Fire Hall in Newville from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The first South Mountain Speakers Series is part of the region’s Conservation Landscape Initiative—a DCNR effort to engage communities, local partners, state agencies and funding opportunities to conserve the high-quality natural and cultural resources while enhancing the region’s economic viability. The South Mountain Conservation Landscape Initiative—one of seven such regional initiatives in the state—encompasses Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and York counties. The South Mountain Partnership working on the initiative, led by DCNR and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy with many others, promotes and hopes to encourage economic growth and revitalize local communities based on the abundance of recreational and heritage tourism opportunities. South Mountain is at the northern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Communities in the 400,000-acre region have thrived off fertile limestone agricultural lands, the timber that fed iron furnaces, plentiful game and wildlife, and abundant pure spring water that is captured by the mountains’ permeable soils and released into the valleys. A rich cultural heritage exists in communities like Gettysburg, Chambersburg and Carlisle, and many smaller communities. For more information, visit here or call the Appalachian Trail Conservancy at 717-258-5771.