39th ISTTE Annual (Virtual) Conference, October 5~6, 2020 (Click CONFERENCE HELP DESK if you have questions about conference registration and program schedule during the conference.
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Day 1: monday, October 5, 2020 (conference help desk here)

Morning 08:00am to 12:00noon. All sessions are in ET (Eastern Time, USA)
8:00–8:50am Welcome Day 1
Virtual venue: Ballroom 1. 8:00-8:10am: Welcome President Zhou 2. 8:10-8:50am: Keynote Speaker: Cathy Hsu
Topic: "Which organization do you choose to join for professional development?"
8:00-8:10 Ballroom Welcome Session Host/moderator: Dr. Zhou President, ISTTE
President Zongqing Zhou is currently Professor of Tourism at College of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Niagara University, USA.
8:11 -8:’50am Ballroom Moderaator: Dr. Zhou Keynote Speaker: Cathy Hsu
9:00–9:50am Virtual venue: Room 101 Paper Presentation Moderator: Dr. Honggen Xiao
Full/Working Paper (3 papers; 15m/each. No Q & A following each presentation, but 5m for Q & A after all presentations are completed)
1. Micro-learning in Tourism: A China Experiment. Yan Liang
2. Traditional Chinese medical (TCM) tourism in the context of “One Belt and One Road” (W)- Zhenguo Song and Honggen Xiao 3. Research on the Integration and Development of Ski Resorts-Yunpeng Li
10:00–10:50am Virtual venue: 101 Paper Presentation Moderator: Dr. Honggen Xiao
Full/Working Paper (3 papers; 15m/each. No Q & A folllowing each presentation, but 5m for Q & A after all presentations are completed)
1. Impact of consumer's perceived value and perceived risk on the purchase intention of sharing accommodation (W)- Yuan Shen 2. Local Festival Volunteers’ Motivation and Satisfaction Through Importance-Range Performance Analysis and Impact Asymmetry Analysis-Seung Jeon and SoJung Lee
3. Investigating Intercultural Learning in Curriculum Design of Hospitality and Tourism Programs—A Case Study (F)- Jieyu Shi, Liping Cai, Susan Gordon, and Alei Fan
Morning Continued (11:00-12:00) (conference help desk here)
11:00am–11:50am Virtual venue: Room 102 Paper Presentation Moderator: Mark Meng
Full/Working Papers (3 papers; 15 minutes/each. No Q & A for each presentation, but 5 minutes in total for Q &A after all presentations are completed)
1. Rural Festival Volunteering: Investigating the Moderating Effect of Psychological Ownership on Festival Attachment, Community Support and Attachment (F)- Heelye Park and SoJung Lee
2. Psychological Construal of Social Distance for Affective Image, Desire, and Visit Intention (Near vs. Far) (F)- Heelye Park and SoJung Lee
3. Urban Exploration in Digital News Media: A Hybrid Text-Mining Approach -Jianan Zhang and Liping Cai
12:00–12:50pm Virtual venue: Ballroom 1. 12:00-12:30 Networking Virtual Lunch; Welcome New Members and Thank Participants Host: President Zhou
2. 12:30-12:50: Guest Speakers: Kara Wolfe Wayne Smith Topic: Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism
Networking Virutal Lunch (30m). Lunch on us :)). After lunch, welcome the invited speaker
Pick your favorite virtual snacks and take a break here to meet with your old and new friends. Meet President Zhou who will be your server today :)) This zoom breakroom is accessible to all conference attendees. All video, audio and chat features will be made available. Lots of exciting events are waiting for you to enjoy this afternoon. Time yourself so you won't miss them right after this break.

Day 1: monday afternoon, Oct. 5 continues

Special Covid-19 Track Paper Presention (Conference help desk here)
1:00-1:50pm Virtual venue: Room 102 Paper Presentation Moderator: Mark Meng
Special Covid-19 Papers/E-Learning Ful(3 papers=15 minutes each. No Q & A for each presentation, but 5 minutes in total for Q &A after all presentations are completed)
1. Recovery for the Full-Service Restaurant Industry: What Will It Take to Get Customers to Return (F)***-Xiaodi Sun and Charles Marvil
2. Stressors and coping strategies in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives of US College Students Majoring in Hospitality*** (F)- Yinghua Huang
3. Effectiveness of E-learning as Seen by Meeting Planners (F)- Annamarie Sisson
2:00-2:50pm Virtual venue: Room 102
Poster session
Moderator: Mark Meng
Poster session (4 posters; 10m/each. No Q & A for each presentation, but 10m in total for Q & A after all presentations).
1. What's Empathy go to do with it?-Kara Wolfe and Staci Wolfe
2. Designing Experiential Culinary Tourism Learning Opportunities with Community Collaborative Partners-Chay Runnels, Chef Todd Barrios, Emily Ellis and Marisa Rios 3. COVID-19: Tourism Recovery Efforts in New Orleans-Nelson Placa and Valerie Saltere
4. Providing employees paid sick leave: Motivators and Barriers of Restaurant Employers during COVID-19-Nelson Placa & Anirugh Naig
3:00–3:50pm Virtual venue: Room 103 Full Paper Presentation Moderator: SoJung Lee
Full/Working Paper presentation
(3 papers=15 minutes each. No Q & A for each presentation, but 5 minutes in total for Q &A after all presentations are completed)
1. Ethical Practices And Psychological Well-Being: A Case Of Ethical Tourism- SoJung Lee, Sukhwa Hong, Jewoo Kim and Zhenhao Mark Meng
2. Video Game-Induced Tourism: Game Users’ Perspectives and Behaviors-Seung Jeon and So Jung Lee
3. Experience Co-Creation By Motivation, Interaction, and Emotional Solidarity: A Case Of Korean DMZ Tourists-SoJung Lee, Dongoh Joo and Choong Ki Lee
4:00-5:00pm: End of day 1 Party: ice cream social Virtual vennue: ballroom 1. 4:10pm: Roundtable hosted by Prof. Jinlin Zhao 2. 4:40pm: invited speaker: Ms. Ayrielle Espinosa
Prof. Jinlin Zhao's Topic: Tracking Coronavirus and Analyzing Its Impact
on the World Hospitality and Tourism Industry Ms. Ayrielle Espinosa's Topic: Mentoring the Whole Person Due to global time zone differences, a warning: ice creams might not be good before or after bed-time :)) Come and meet your long-lost friends, new friends, old friends and ISTTE Board members

Day 2: Tuesday, Oct. 6 (Conference help desk here)

Morning 8:00am-12:00noon. All sections are in ET (Eastern Time, USA)
8:00–8:50am Welcome Day 2 Virtual venue: Ballroom
1. 8-8:10: Welcome President Zhou 2. 8:11-8:50: Guest Speaker: Jonathon Day Topic: Building Back Better - Tourism Education in a Post-Covid World
Welcome to Day 2
On behalf of ISTTE, President Zhou welcomes and thank all conference attendees to the day's sessions Guest Speaker's Topic: Building Back Better – Tourism Education in a Post-Covid World
9:00–09:50am Virtual venue: Room 101 Workshop Presentation Moderator: Honggen Xiao
Workshop Presentation (2 presentations: 20m/each No Q & A for each presentation, but 5 minutes in total for Q &A after all presentations)
1. Practices to Ensure Excellent Student Experience in Online/Remote courses as a result of Covid-19-Ai Xu and Miguel Morales
2. Dear Higher Education Professional- Will a robot take your job? - Claudia Bornemeyer

10:00–10:50am Virtual venue: Room 101 Workshop Presentation Moderator: Honggen Xiao
Workshop Presentation (2 presentations: 20m/each No Q & A for each presentation, but 5 minutes in total for Q &A after all presentations)

1. Creating a Sports Management Program for a Global Market- Patrick Leary
2. An Experiential Learning Workshop- The Case of Connect and Converse where crisis caused the ultimate online learning environment***-Christine Cleaver

11:00–11:50am Virtual venue: Room 104 Workshop Presentation Moderator: Mimi Gough
Workshop presentation (2 presentations; 20m/each; No Q & A after each presentation, but 10 minutes in total for Q &A after all presentations are completed)
1. #brandfortourism: How to Benefit from Covid-19 Crisis regarding Tourism Branding in Class***- Dori Davari
2. Enhancing Online Course by Utilizing “Backward Design”- Mimi Gough

12:00–12:50pm: Virtual venue: Ballroom 1. 12:00-12:30: Networking Lunch Host: Dr. Liping Cai 2. 12:30-12:50pm: Guest Speaker: Lianping Ren Topic: Welcome to Macao for 2022 ISTTE Annual Conference
Sponsor: Purdue University
If you miss the Day 1 Newworking Lunch Break, here is another opportunity to enjoy the absolutely free virtual snacks.
Bon Appetit
Grab some before they are gone

Day 2: Tuesday, Oct. 6 continues (connference help desk here)

Afternoon 1:00pm - 4pm
1:00–1:50pm Virtual venue: Room 105 Full/working paper presentation Moderator: Zongqing Zhou
Full/Working Paper (3 papers; 15m/each. No Q & A following each presentation, but 5m for Q & A after all presentations are completed)
1. Fostering Higher Level Cultural Learning amongst Tourism Students through Virtual Interaction-Angela Durko and Hanno Martens
2. Study on the financing model of ski resorts in China -Liping Lai, Yunpeng Li, Tianshu Li and Zongqing Zhou 3. How Travelers Use online Information: Behaviors and Implications- Zongqing Zhou, Ai Xu and Yunpeng Li
2:00–2:45: Annual Members Meeting Virtual venue: Ballroom Host: President Zhou
3:00-4:00pm Virtual venue: Ballroom Host/Moderator: Dr. Liping Cai Dr. Zongqing Zhou 1. 3:00-3:30: End of the Conference Farewell Party 2. 3:31-4pm: Guest Speaker: Susan Gordon Topic; Mentorship of Students
Say goodbye to old and new friends. Speaker's Topic: Mentorship of Students

Thank You Our 2020 Institutional Members

Chengdu Polytechnic
East Carolina University
FIU
Iowa State University
Miami-Dade Public Schools
Nankai University
Niagara University
Purdue University
Southern Illinois University’
Temple University
UCF-Rosen College
Hubei Business College
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