Panel: General Evaluation of World and Turkish Tourism

• Ms. Esencan Terzibasoglu, Executive Secretary of UNWTO Destination Council  
• Representative to be announced, Ministry of Culture and Tourism
• Başaran Ulusoy, President TURSAB(The Association of Turkish Travel Agencies)
• Ahmet Barut, President TUROFED (Turkish Hotels Federation)
• Paul Schawaiger, General Manager, Sun Express Airlines

Keynote Speakers on Cultural Tourism Issues and Debates

• Jafar Jafari,  University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA.

• Mike Robinson, Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K.

• Fevzi Okumus,University of Central Florida, USA.

• Hazel Tucker, University of Otago, New Zealand.

Keynote Speakers on Event Tourism Issues and Debates

• Muzaffer Uysal, University of South Carolina, USA.

• Larry Dwyer, University of New South Wales, Australia.

• Seyhmus Baloglu,  University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA.

• Chris Kemp, Bucks New University, U.K.   

Panel:  How to publish in International Journals

• Jafar Jafari,  Founding Editor Annals of Tourism Research  

• Muzzo (Muzaffer) Uysal, co-editor of Tourism Analysis: an Interdisciplinary Journal

• Fevzi Okumus, Editor of International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality   Management

• Dogan Gursoy, Editor of Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management