TALKS.26 - International Tourism Seminars

ISMAT’s Tourism Management previews TMCT'26 with a series of online seminars on innovation, hospitality, and technology.

As part of the 2026 Activity Plan for ISMAT’s Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism Management, TMCT Talks is a series of online seminars leading up to TMCT’26, designed to keep the community connected, informed, and inspired ahead of the international conference.

Led by renowned researchers and industry professionals, the program explores emerging ideas, practical tools, and high-impact research at the intersection of Tourism, Hospitality, and Information Technology.

Programme:

• March 19 - 2pm: Paperpal live: polish your manuscript in minutes | AI for academic writing
  - Speaker: Nolita Coelho (Paperpal)
  
  
• March 30 - 2pm: Designing Research in the Age of AI
  - Speakers: Fevzi Okumus (+ Dimitrios Buhalis, Cihan Cobanoglu, Carlos Flavian)
  
  
• April 24 - 2pm: The Future of Education and Research: From Educator to Prompter
  - Speakers: Carlos Costa (TBC) (+ Cheang Choi Leng da Chateverywhere.app)
  
  

• May 8 - 2pm: Economics of Service Robots in Tourism & Hospitality
  - Speaker: Stanislav Ivanov
  
  

• May 29 - 2pm: Space Tourism: From Vision to Reality
  - Speaker: Vahit Oguz Kiper
  
  
• June 12 - 2pm: Theories and Models in Tourism and Hospitality Research
  - Speaker: Muzzo Uysal
  
  
• September 11 - 12pm: How to Build Excellence in Tourism & Hospitality (PolyU Case)
  - Speaker: Kaye Chon
  
  
• September 25 - 2pm: Can the Metaverse Fix Overtourism?
  - Speaker: Timothy Jung (+ Nansy Kouroupi)
  
  
• September - 2pm: Generative AI: Future Research Directions
  - Speaker: Dogan Gursoy