Tom Baum
Tom Baum is Professor of International Tourism and Hospitality
Management at Strathclyde and Head of the Department of Hospitality
and Tourism Management. His specialist areas are people and work in
the context of global tourism and hospitality, human resource
planning, development, education and training. Prior to joining
Strathclyde spent eight years working in senior management and
consulting positions within the tourism sector in the Irish
Republic. He has researched, consulted and taught extensively in a
range of tourism and hospitality topics in numerous countries in
Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Europe. He has
advised governments, private sector organisations, colleges and
universities as well as conducting courses for senior tourism
professionals and administrators in a variety of countries. He is a
frequent invitee as keynote speaker to major international tourism
and hospitality conferences and has worked on projects funded by a
range of agencies including the EU, UNDP, national governments and
the private sector. Tom Baum is past President of EuroCHRIE and is
currently on the boards of the Economic Research Institute for
Northern Ireland and Springboard Scotland. He has published 7 books
and over 150 academic papers, primarily in the area of tourism and
hospitality education and training.
John Tribe
Professor John Tribe is head of tourism at the University of
Surrey, UK. His undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies
were all undertaken at the University of London. He is a Fellow of
the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the International Academy
for the Study of Tourism and Academician of the Academy of the
Social Sciences. His research concentrates on sustainability,
epistemology and education and he has authored books on strategy,
philosophy, economics, education and environmental management in
tourism. Funded research projects have included sustainable tourism
and forests in the European Union, curriculum development in
Moldova, quality in tourism education and the use of visual images
in tourism. He is past Chair of the UK Association for Tourism in
Higher Education was the specialist advisor for tourism for the UK
2008 Research Assessment Exercise. He is co-chair of the United
Nations World Tourism Organisation Education and Science Council
and editor of Annals of Tourism Research and The Journal of
Hospitality, Leisure Sport and Tourism Education (JOHLSTE).
Rory MacLellan
Rory MacLellan is an experienced tourism consultant and educator
with over 25 years working in tourism in the UK and abroad. He is
currently a Lecturer in Tourism and Programme Leader for
Postgraduate Tourism Programmes in the School of Marketing, Tourism
and Languages at Edinburgh Napier University. In his work in
tourism education he has delivered senior management programmes for
educational institutes and tourism businesses in a diverse range of
countries in Europe and beyond including Kenya, Iran, Hong Kong and
Armenia. He has been an invited speaker at international
conferences and has held External Examiner positions in a number of
UK universities and also overseas at the University of Malta and in
Kenya. He has worked on numerous consultancy projects for both the
public and private sector including the development of training
programmes, tourism and international reviews of best practice. His
teaching and research interests cluster around tourism and the
natural environment, including rural tourism, sustainable tourism,
ecotourism, wildlife tourism and niche markets in outdoor
activities. Rory is a member of many professional organisations
including: Past Chair of Tourism Knowledge Scotland; Past Treasurer
of Tourism Society (Scotland); Member of the Scottish Tourism
Forum; Member of Tourism Innovation Group; Executive member of The
Association for Tourism in Higher Education; Former member of the
UK Steering Group for Higher Education Academy (formerly LTSN
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism).
Jim Hamill
Widely acknowledged as a leading expert on tourism marketing,
customer led e-business and Tourism 2.0, Jim has delivered on a
broad range of consultancy assignments around the World, with
clients ranging from SMEs to multinational organisations. Author of
several books and numerous papers on International Business
Strategy and e-Business; he has held Visiting Professorships or
delivered Senior Executive Programmes in the US, Singapore,
Hong-Kong, Malaysia, China, Norway, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia,
France, Iceland and Russia. Projects have been successfully
delivered for the following organisations: United Nations Centre on
Transnational Corporations; Economist Intelligence Unit;
International Labor Office; World Bank, European Union; Russian
Foundation for SME Development; Scottish Enterprise; Highlands and
Islands Enterprise; Cairngorms National Park Authority; Visit
Scotland; Visit Wales; Lithuanian Development Agency and others.
Widely acknowledge as one of Europe’s leading e-tourism experts,
‘1-to-1’ support and advice has been provided to over 200 tourism
and tourism related businesses in the last few years. With over 25
years experience in International Management Education, Jim has
proven leadership skills in this area. His ability to inspire and
motivate audiences is reflected in the fact that he is regularly
invited to deliver Senior Executive Workshops on customer led
e-business, CRM and Tourism 2.0. He runs the very successful
Tourism 2.0 Professional Networking Site at
www.tourism2-0.co.uk which has over 1,500 members from
more than 30 different countries, many of whom hold senior
positions in the industry.
Dimitrios Buhalis
Dimitrios Buhalis is a Strategic Management and Marketing expert
with specialisation in Technology and Tourism. He is currently
Established Chair in Tourism and Deputy Director of the
International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research (ICTHR)
at the School of Services Management at Bournemouth University and
Professorial Observer at the Bournemouth University Senate.
Professor Buhalis is leading eTourism research and is working with
the Bournemouth team for introducing technology in all aspects of
tourism research and teaching. He is Visiting Professor at a number
of leading Universities around the world and regularly advises the
World Tourism Organisation, the World Tourism and Travel Council
and the European Commission in the field of information technology
and tourism. He has written or co-edited a total of 12 books and
over 80 articles in scholarly journals, conference proceedings and
consultancy reports. He has served as Chairman for various ENTER
Conferences and as Vice President of the International Federation
of Information Technology for Travel and Tourism (IFITT).
Paul Sloane
In addition to world class speakers from prestigious Universities,
we are delighted to have Paul Sloane as a key member of our foreign
speakers. Paul is an entertaining, thought-provoking, motivational
speaker and a recognized expert on innovation, lateral thinking and
leadership. He is the author of 17 books on lateral puzzles,
creative problem-solving and lateral leadership. Over 2 million
copies of his books have been sold. He was described in the
Independent as the ‘King of Lateral Thinking Puzzles.’ He is the
founder of Destination-Innovation, (
www.destination-innovation.com)
a consultancy that helps people improve innovation. He is also the
head of the BQF Innovation Unit. Paul is regularly invited to
facilitate meetings, lead workshops and give after-dinner talks and
keynote addresses. His talks offer a unique blend of puzzling
challenges, humour and hard-hitting business messages. His
workshops provide practical techniques to improve leadership,
creativity and innovation. Clients include AA, American Express,
ARM, BT, Cendant, DWP, EADS, Lloyds of London, Microsoft, Motorola,
Nokia, Reckitt Benckiser, Shell and 3M. He has been actively
involved with the Tourism Innovation Group in Scotland for a number
of years.
Stephen Taylor
Stephen Taylor has extensive experience of lecturing
internationally having held regular visiting faculty positions in
France, Switzerland and Holland and (full time) with the Department
of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Strathclyde. He is
co-founder and co-chair of the highly innovative International
Hospitality and Tourism Virtual Conference (IHTVC) which was
awarded the McCool Breakthrough Award for innovation by the
American Council for Hospitality, Restaurant and Institutional
Education (CHRIE) in 2004. In 2008, Stephen chaired the UK Council
for Hospitality Management Education’s (CHME) Annual Research
Conference. With sound experience in the design and delivery of
professional development programmes to senior managers both in the
UK and internationally, including a two week executive programme
delivered for the Indian luxury hotel group Oberoi, in New Delhi,
Stephen is also co-founder of The Fifth Business, a highly
successful management and training consultancy business. Author of
numerous books and academic papers, Stephen’s research has been
presented at major academic conferences both in the UK and
internationally. His main focus is upon the strategic development
of sustainable and competitive tourism businesses and is currently
engaged in a major research project which is looking at the
development of adventure-based tourism in mountain areas in both
Europe and Central Asia.
Andrew Marshall
Andrew Marshall is a Professor of Finance and is the current Head
of the Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of
Strathclyde. His research is focused on risk management, insider
trading derivatives and international finance and is a regular
contributor to leading international journals as well as presenting
senior executive workshops in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai,
Malaysia, Dubai, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Tanzania and Greece.
Jonathan Levie
Jonathan Levie has been practicing, researching and teaching
entrepreneurship for more than 25 years. He was Director of the
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde
from 2000 to 2005 and is currently a Director of the Global
Entrepreneurship Research Association, an international consortium
that operates Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) through
national academic teams in more than 50 countries. His current
research interests include entrepreneurship and institutions,
entrepreneurial management and performance, and strategic value
creation and exit, and he leads the GEM UK research team. He has
published in leading research journals including Small Business
Economics, Venture Capital, and Family Business Review. He has
delivered numerous papers at international research conferences and
was an invited speaker at eight other conferences in 2008. Dr Levie
serves on the International Advisory Board of IDEA, the Danish
International Entrepreneurship Academy, and on the Academic
Advisory Board of the Institute for Innovation & Information
Productivity, San Francisco, CA.
Lesley Hetherington
Lesley Hetherington is Programme Leader of the Master’s Technology
Entrepreneurship Programme at the Hunter Centre for
Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow as well as
being Programme Leader for the Royal Society of Edinburgh/Scottish
Enterprise Technology Fellowship Programme. Winner of the 2006
Association of Scottish Business Women 'Outstanding Contribution to
Business ' award, Lesley is passionate about enabling
entrepreneurial success. This has two strands 1) the development of
clear, conceptually simple models to identify and shape viable and
opportunity and 2) deep understanding of the individual potential
for excellence, as a basis for recognising and developing
entrepreneurial capital and resources. Very experienced in working
directly with business owners, senior executives and directors
nationally and internationally including the UK, US, Brazil,
Russia, France and Italy, Lesley is regularly invited to deliver
keynote speeches to major international conferences. Lesley has
regularly lectured at international business schools, including
those of Southampton, Cambridge, Hertfordshire and Strathclyde. Se
has given presentations all over the world: Russia, Brazil,
Portugal, Ireland, Northern Ireland, USA, Netherlands, Spain,
Italy, Scotland. Also worked in Egypt, France, Romania, USA.
