LECTURES & SYMPOSIUMS

RECENT SYMPOSIUMS

2023. Fifth Tourism Policy School. Tourism Policy: Are we fit for purpose? Co-Director (with A/Prof Susan Houge Mackenzie and Craig Stobo). 23-24 March 2023. Public lecture: Matt Claridge (CE Te Araroa Trust). Opening address: Hon Peeni Henare (Minister for Tourism).

2022. Fourth Tourism Policy School. Structural change for regenerative tourism. Co-Director (with Prof. Robin Gauld, A/Prof Susan Houge Mackenzie and Craig Stobo). Virtual event 24-25 March 2022. Public lecture: A/Prof. Katharina Ruckstuhl (Associate Dean Māori). Opening address: Hon Stuart Nash (Minister for Tourism).

2021. Third Tourism Policy School. Net-benefits tourism. Co-Director (with Prof. Robin Gauld, Dr. Julia Albrecht and Craig Stobo). Heritage Queenstown, Queenstown. 18-19 March 2021. Public lecture: Simon Upton (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment). Opening address: Hon Stuart Nash (Minister for Tourism).

2020. Second Tourism Policy School. Decarbonising tourism. Co-Director (with Prof. Robin Gauld, Dr. Julia Albrecht and Craig Stobo). Heritage Queenstown, Queenstown. 17-18 March 2020. Cancelled due to COVID-19.

2019. Inaugural Tourism Policy School. Tourism: Volume versus value. Co-Director (with Prof. Robin Gauld and Craig Stobo). Queenstown Resort College, Queenstown. 8-9 March 2019. This event included an opening and speech delivered by the Minister of Tourism (Hon. Kelvin Davis), and invited international and national speakers and panellists from business, industry, policy and local government communities. Public lecture: Ers Eberhardt (Tourism Switzerland).

INVITED KEYNOTE LECTURES

2022. Higham, J.E.S. (2022). Sports and Digitalization: Wellbeing and Employment. International Business School (ISCID-CO) of the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale (ULCO), Saint-Omer, France. 1-2 December 2022 (via video conference).

2022. Higham, J.E.S. (2022). Reinventing tourism for the 21st century. TMS Algarve 2022 –  Sustainability Challenges in Tourism, Hospitality and Management. Faro, Portugal. 16-19 November 2022 (via video conference).

2022. Higham, J.E.S. (2022). Rebuilding global tourism after COVID-19. International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application Hainan University. 7-9 November 2022 (pre-recorded).

2021. Higham, J.E.S. (2021). Regenerative tourism: Possibilities for Norway. Norway Public Committee on Tourism. Ålesund, Norway (via Teams). 10 December 2021.

2021. Higham, J.E.S. (2021). Future Visions for Transport: How will it look and what are the impacts for equity and access across our community? Third annual Transport Research Network symposium. University of Otago. 26 November 2021.  

2021. Higham, J.E.S. (2021). Decarbonising tourism: Measurement, stablisation and mitigation. Global tourism carbon neutrality workshop. Hanyang University, South Korea. 26 November 2021.  

2021. Higham, J.E.S. (2021). The Anthropocene and what it means: implications for tourism and recreation (researchers). 10th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas (MMV10). Lillehammer, Norway. 16-19 August 2021 (via Zoom).https://otago.zoom.us/rec/share/LWxca0Q0HNRrddbHaqugo5_ikB2WJ6WLhWQtcmdFc0dSGUNpeK7ReM4Ccgm6y372.HThNd7q0-H9nnbZa (Access Passcode: frfV1Yg#).

2021. Higham, J.E.S. (2021). Sustainable tourism post COVID-19. Tourism Sustainability Conference. Griffith University, University of Queensland and University of the Sunshine Coast. 24 June 2021 (via Zoom). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60DxAKJ3FFE

2018. Higham, J.E.S. (2018). Tourism and sustainability: The transformation is upon us. ProGuides New Zealand annual conference. Dunedin, New Zealand. 19 May 2018.

2017. Higham, J.E.S. (2017). Sustainable tourism in times of change: Transforming tourism research and education. China Tourism Education Association and International Forum on Tourism Education Conference. Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Tourism Management, Guangzhou, China. 30 November – 2 December 2017. Invited speaker; fully funded.

2016. Higham, J.E.S. (2016). Building a research platform. University of Queensland Business School Research Retreat (W. James Whyte Fellowship). 20 April 2016.

2014. Higham, J.E.S. (2014). Sport, tourism and globalization: Reflections from the Antipodes. Invited keynote address. Leisure Studies Association (LSA) Sport, festivity and digital cultures Conference. 7-9 July 2014. University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom.  

2012. Higham, J.E.S. & Cohen, S.A. (2012). Opening plenary address. Paper presented at Psychological and behavioural approaches to understanding and governing sustainable tourism mobility: An international workshop. Freiburg, Germany. 3-6 July 2012.

2011. Climate change and air travel behaviours. Invited keynote address. Tourism and Climate change Conference. Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences and Maolin National Scenic Area, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 30 September – 1 October, 2011.

2011. Tourism and sustainable development in a global world: Challenges and opportunities. International conference on sustainable development, innovation and education in Hospitallity, Tourism and Leisure. De Lin Institute of Technology, Tucheng, Taipei County (Taiwan). 6-7 May 2011. Invited keynote address.

2009. Sport and contemporary mobility. International Congress on Sport for all and sport tourism. Kemer, Antalya (Turkey). 5-8 November 2009. Invited keynote address.

2009. Nature-based tourism and the challenges of global environmental change. Tourism Alliance Victoria 5th Annual Adventure and Nature-Based Tourism Forum, Torquay, Victoria (Australia). 16-17 July, 2009. Invited keynote address.

2009. Climate change or climate breakdown? Deliberations on the tourism research agenda. 9th Sport and Leisure Management International Conference. Graduate Institute of Sports and Leisure Management, National Taiwan Normal University. Taipei, Taiwan. May 15-17, 2009.

2009. Marine wildlife and tourism management. World Ocean Conference (Ocean Science, Technology, and Policy Symposium). Manado, North Sulawesi (Indonesia). 11-14 May 2009

2008. Sport and tourism development. Invited keynote address, 1st Commonwealth Conference on Sport and Tourism. Kota Kinabalu (Sabah, Malaysia). 13-15th May 2008. 

2008. Globalization, mobility and identity: Local responses to global issues in a changing tourism world. Institute for Tourism, Slovenia Tourism Board. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 5 November 2008 (delivered via video conference).

2007. Marine wildlife and tourism: Building an integrated, adaptive and research-informed management model.  Fifth Coastal and Marine Tourism Conference (CMT’07). Auckland, New Zealand. September 11-14 2007.

2006. RWC 2011: Winning off the field of play. Plenary Address. NZTHRC Dunedin, December 2006.

2006. Critical challenges in the management of tourist interactions with marine mammals. Plenary Address. NZTHRC Dunedin, New Zealand 5 December 2006.

2006. The human dimensions of wildlife viewing: The significance of the viewing platform. Second Australian Wildlife Tourism Conference. Perth, Australia. August 13-15 2006.