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THEME -
Global Forces and Local Responses: Leisure - Culture
- Sport - Tourism
Three
Sub-themes: I
Globalization, Citizenship and Cultural Identity
II Places, Programs, Products:
Global and Local Markets and Needs
III Leisure Events: Local
vs. Global
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Structure
The Congress program will be comprised of a variety
of events and sessions, formal and informal. There will
be an official opening gala on Monday
evening, October 21 featuring Stephen Lewis
as keynote speaker, and followed by a Malaysian welcoming
reception, "Selamat Datang."
Plenary sessions are scheduled each day where world experts
from several disciplines will speak to one or more aspects
of the Congress Theme, situating their views in a leisure
context. In addition, there will be panel discussions,
contributed paper sessions, special commission events
and workshops, site visitations and a number of cultural
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Program Details
Special Note:
A bibliography on globalisation
and leisure, culture, sport and tourism is updated regularly.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
Day: On-Site Registration and Retrieval of Delegate packs
Evening: Gala Congress Opening and Welcoming Reception
Official Opening
Opening Address by Stephen Lewis,
former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, and currently
UN Secretary General Koffi Annan's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS
in Africa.
Welcoming Reception: "Selamat Datang."
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22
Plenary: "Sport and Globalisation"
Jo Maguire, Professor of the Sociology
of Sport,Loughborough University, UK "The Commonwealth
Games Experience in Malaysia"
HRH Tunku Imran
Panel: International Sporting Events
Paper Presentations and Special Sessions
Congress Dinner - "Malaysian, Truly Asia" with
Cultural Performance
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
Plenary: "Volunteering and the Non-profit
Sector"
David Horton-Smith, Professor of Sociology, Boston
College,USA
Panel: Community and Culture
Paper Presentations and Special Sessions
Dinner
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
Plenary: "Mega-events, Global Forces and
Local Responses" Maurice
Roche, Reader in Sociology, Sheffield University,
UK "Sporting Facilities and Events"
Rod Sheard, Architect, HOK Sport, London,
UK
Panel: Theme Parks and Tourism
All Congress Site Visit: Putrajaya
- Malaysia's Garden City, Intelligent City
Dinner
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
Plenary: The Future of Leisure
in a Globalized Society
Congress Summary
Closing Ceremony
Farewell Lunch
VIEW LIST OF PAPER PRESENTATIONS - PDF Online |
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CONGRESS PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Tony Veal, University of Technology
Sydney, Australia (Tony.Veal@uts.edu.au),
Chair
David Compton, University of Utah, USA (david.compton@health.utah.edu)
Leonard de Vries, PPJSKM, Penang, Malaysia (dza@po.jaring.my)
Ian Cooper, Ian Cooper Associates, UK (icooper@dial.pipex.com)
Ian Henry, Loughborough University, UK (i.p.henry@lboro.ac.uk)
Susan Shaw, University of Waterloo, Canada (sshaw@healthy.uwaterloo.ca)
Dicken Yung, Asia and University of Oregon, USA (dyungs@aol.com)
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