10-12 November 2004,
Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
2nd Biennial Conference: Changing
Patterns and Use of Leisure Time
St.Gallen – Innsbruck – Bolzano/Bozen
2nd Call for Papers
Overview
The first Leisure Futures Conference in 2002 was able to show how traditional
leisure and tourism behaviour has undergone some fundamental changes. An
altered population pyramid and structural changes regarding the use of
technology as well as growing individualisation were found to account for
changes in leisure and tourism.
The second international Forum Leisure Futures will now update the trends
identified at the 2002 conference, as well as focus on future overlapping patterns
of time allocation between and within the following four phases (times) of life:
(1) education and training time, (2) working time, (3) recovery time for body,
spirit and possessions, (4) pure leisure time. Leisure Futures 2004 explores the
expected new allocation and integration of life-time over these four phases. As
such it will not only focus on the resulting implications for leisure and tourism
activities but at the same time interconnect the industrial world of manufacturing
with the world of services and leisure.
More detailed information about Leisure Futures 2004 is available at
www.leisure-futures.com
Conference Topics:
Anyone interested in the topics below or related issues is welcome to submit an
abstract for consideration. In order to satisfy the overall conference theme,
please focus especially on future developments of any given topic you might
want to choose.
1. The future and interconnection of education time and leisure time
 Tele-learning
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destinations
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 Increase in international youth and student exchange programs with
different combination of study, internship and leisure elements.
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 Increase in convention and seminar tourism.
 New tourism-based development programs for firms and individuals which
offer hybrid combinations of training, therapy and leisure activities.
2. The future of work: Implications for working time and its interrelationship
with other times
 The future of work in traditional manufacturing, implications for leisure.
 Tourism destinations as a possible location for light industrial or service
companies.
 Start-ups and clustering of tourism firms (tourism clusters).
 Combined business and leisure travel.
 Creation of new forms and themes for travel and leisure activities due to
changed and/or more flexible models of weekly, monthly, annual and
lifelong working time, for example:
 Part-time or short-time work, simultaneous combination of two or
more jobs (need for more flexible holiday and leave arrangements)
 New forms of family holidays, especially for double income parents
and patchwork families.
 Leisure time/holidays as complete reversion of daily (working) life, i.e.
new ways to search meaning of life and new forms of asceticism and selfdiscovery.
There will be a simultaneous interactive workshop on new working environments
in industry
3. Recovery and Health – the largest market of the 21st century
 Alpine Wellness.
 Esoterism and self-discovery holidays.
 A variety of fitness and agility programs at the core of leisure and travel
activities.
 A variety of therapies offered as tourism services that aim at behavioural
or attitudinal changes.
 Rediscovery of religious rites (e.g. pilgrimage, visits of the Dalai Lama).
 Mental fitness, healthy sleep, healthy diet, healthy sex, etc.
There will be a simultaneous workshop on the development of new leisure
products in alpine regions
4. How much pure leisure time will remain?
 Nostalgic revitalisation of leisure/holiday traditions such as summer
resorts, farm holidays, etc.
5. New dimensions in future leisure and tourism product development
 Immersion in newly involved leisure/holiday experiences
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 The new importance of mobility
 Technology as a medium for new leisure and tourism solutions
Submission of Abstracts and Important Deadlines
We invite you to submit your abstract for proposed full research paper
presentations and work in progress reports at any time until July 31, 2004. There
is also a possibility to initiate a workshop around a particularly innovative
solution in response to the future time demands.
All papers will undergo a blind review process. Accepted papers will be published
in the conference proceedings, and selected papers may also be nominated for
further publication. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register for the
conference, and failure to do so might result in the removal of the paper from
the program and the conference proceedings.
Submission Guidelines:
In order to facilitate the review process as well as publication, we strongly advise
to adhere to the following formatting guidelines.
Cover Page: All abstracts should have a cover page containing an informative
title, all authors’ names and affiliations, as well as the intended topic stream and
type of work (full paper or work in progress). Please also provide the
corresponding author’s full contact details.
Abstract: The abstract of no more than 1,000 words should be preceded by the
full title, but to facilitate blind review no names or affiliations must appear. The
abstract should concisely state the background, aim, methodology, and results of
your research. Please also provide a short list of key words.
Writing Style: All submissions must be in English. Please pay close attention to
use the third person passive, and help readers in understanding concepts and
procedures by using straightforward sentences.
Important Deadlines:
Abstract Submission
July 31, 2004
Notification of Reviewing Results
August 23, 2004
Paper Submission
September 24, 2004
Papers should be submitted preferably via e-mail to:
leisure-futures@uibk.ac.at
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Organisation
The official organising body of the Leisure Futures conference series is the
Leisure and Tourism Futures Association, which represents the university triad of
St. Gallen (Institute for Public Services and Tourism) – Switzerland, Innsbruck
(Center for Tourism and Service Economics) – Austria, and Bolzano/Bozen
(EURAC – European Academy) – Italy.
The following bodies will support the Leisure and Tourism Futures Association in
organising the conference:
1. Steering Committee
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Klaus Weiermair, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Harald Pechlaner, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany
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Thomas Bieger, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Karlheinz Woehler, University of Lueneburg, Germany
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Susanne Duschek, Tirolwerbung, Austria
2. Scientific Committee
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Chris Cooper, University of Queensland, Australia
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Daniel Fesenmaier, Temple University, USA
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David Foot, University of Toronto, Canada
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Francis Lobo, Edith Cowan University, Australia
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Mara Manente, CISET, Italy
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Harald Pechlaner, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany
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Richard Perdue, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
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Klaus Weiermair, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Hannes Werthner, University of Trento, Italy
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Karl Woeber, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration,
Austria
3. Auspices/Patronage Committee
Founding a patronage committee ensures extensive marketing of the conference.
The member institutions announce and promote Leisure Futures among their
members and/or customers.
4. Entrance Fees:
Students:
€
80,--
Non-academic Participants:
€
240,--
Academic Participants:
€
190,--
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Conference Program
Wednesday, 10 Nov 2004
Morning:
Welcome notes by local government and conference organisers.
Introduction to the conference theme through the following keynote speakers:
Changes in time across the week and the life course: Implications for leisure and
tourism (Prof. Geoff Godbey, Penn State University)
If you waste your time, you waste your life: the growing awareness of time and
temporality. (Prof. Gabriele Morello, University of Palermo)
Migration tendencies of leisure and work time. (Dr. Horst Neumann, Vice
President of Human Resource Management, Audi AG, Ingolstadt)
Afternoon: The future of education and leisure time
Keynote Speaker: The future of education and learning time (Prof. David Foot,
University of Toronto)
Paper Sessions: Interrelationship and coincidence of education time and leisure
time:
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Formal education and learning during leisure and/or tourism
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Issues concerning different clients, e.g.:
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Youth – language course holidays, study abroad, etc.
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Retired – cultural travel packages, language course holidays, culinary
travelling.
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Further work-related training for mid career people in leisure
environments.
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Distance learning – free decision about learning time, etc.
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Thursday, 11 Nov 2004
Morning: The future of working and leisure time
Keynote introduction: The future of working and leisure time (speaker to be
announced)
Paper Sessions on the overlap of working time and leisure time:
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Convention and conference tourism: new forms of combining business and
leisure travel
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Flexible working time and new forms of organisations.
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Phenomenon of the independent dependent worker (unrestricted work time
planning – with the side effect that every time is working time, e.g. attending
to mobile phone calls and related queries during leisure time).
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Special needs and leisure forms of double income families and single parents.
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New working lifetime patterns in the view of recent pension reforms
throughout Europe.
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Other forms of transition to flexible working/leisure time, etc.
Afternoon: The future of recovery and leisure time
Keynote introduction: On the future pattern and usage of recovery time (Dr.
Wolfgang Schobersberger)
Paper sessions on the coincidence of recovery time and leisure time:
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Physical, psychological and spiritual recovery
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Wellness
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Medical tourism – health spas
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Mental well-being
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Fitness, therapies, alternative forms of health care
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Religion and spirituality, e.g. pilgrimage, etc.
Afternoon: Trends towards leisure pure
Keynote speaker: How much pure leisure time will remain? (Dr. Karl-Heinz
Wöhler)
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Nostalgic revitalisation of leisure/holiday traditions such as summer resorts,
farm holidays, etc.
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Back to the roots, back in time
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Deceleration of leisure time
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Friday, 12 Nov 2004
Morning: Mobility and technology as prime factors for hybrid forms of
leisure time, the future of mobility in tourism
Keynote speaker (Prof. Thomas Bieger, University of St. Gallen)
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Mobility patterns of specific tourism segments
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Success stories of new products and services for hybrid leisure time
Latest developments in e-Tourism
Keynote speaker (Prof. Hannes Werthner, University of Trento)
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Specific future developments in the field of CRS and DIS
Final keynote speech: Joseph Pine “The Future of Leisure in the
Experience Economy”
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