SMARTDEST Final Conference (1st Day)

Agenda for the first day

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9:00-9:15: Welcome to participants and registration

9:15-9:30: Introductory SMARTDEST presentation by Antonio Paolo Russo, SMARTDEST coordinator

9:30-10:00: Keynote lecture: Dr Maartije Roelofsen, Wageningen University: “Transnational mobilities and the contentious dynamics of homemaking in the tourist city”

10:00-11:20: Academic seminar – 1st session “Work and housing markets, in contest. Coping with the city’s touristification. Chaired by A.P. Russo

• A tourismification index for Barcelona's neighbourhoods, Mikel Pau Casado-Buesa, Asunción Blanco-Romero & Antonio López-Gay
• Moving to the tourist city. Urban tourism and the restructuring of socio-demographic geographies in Venice’s historical center, Emanuele Giordano
• Is tourism-driven urban transformation and tourism’s social impact different in CEE? The case study of Kraków, Joanna Kowalczyk-Anioł
• Exploring the association of societal-institutional preparedness with precarious tourism work across European regions during COVID-19, Niklas Pernhaupt & Yuri Kazepov

11:40-13:00: Academic seminar – 2nd session “Transnational Mobilities and place change: enacting exclusionary cosmopolization”. Chaired by A. Cocola Gant

• Transnational migration in the long run: how to maintain the positive role of retirees in the Azores, Elisa Casagrande & Emma Magistri
• Characterisation of visitor mobility patterns in the city of Barcelona, Albert Arias-Sans, Xavier Delclòs-Alió, Verónica Mejía, Daniel Miravet, Aaron Gutiérrez
• Cosmopolitanism as tactic in divided cities: placemaking for tourism and peace, Emily Bereskin
• Chased from heaven or escaping tourist hell. Venice's graduate students in focus, Antonio Paolo Russo & Giacomo Maria Salerno

13:00-14:00: Lunch break (buffet)

14:00-15:20: Academic seminar – 3rd session “The ‘real’ smart tourist city: Citizen participation, Data Justice and procommons agendas”. Chaired by J. Ivars

• Residents’ Quality of Life in Smart Cities: A Systematic Literature Review, Melanie Kay Smith & Songling Chang
• Smart tourism ecosystems and urban governance: a qualitative analysis of Barcelona, Ana Pastor, Ana B. Casado & Josep Ivars
• Where is the driver's seat? The wicked nature of destination development and its challenge to participative approaches, Guido Stompff, Roos Gerritsma, Swen Waterreus, Donagh Horgan & Ellen Bulthuis
• Bottom-up perspective on the resilience building: a case of Ljubljana tourism ecosystem during the pandemics, Miha Bratec, Daša Okrožnik, Tina Šegota, & Abbie-Gayle Johnson

15:40-17:00: Round table conversation on “Linking local sustainability transitions and global challenges”, moderated by L. Servillo, with:

• Johannes Novy (University of Westminster)
• Laura Lieto (Vice-mayor of Naples and Federico II University of Naples).

17:00-17:30: Reports from the four sessions and closure of academic seminar

Host or Publisher SMARTDEST project Team