TEAAS 2023: Themed Experience and Attractions Academic Symposium 2023 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, FL, United States, November 17, 2023

Conference website	http://teaacademicsociety.org/events-symposium/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=teaas2023
Abstract registration deadline	September 22, 2023
Submission deadline	September 22, 2023

 

 

TEAAS 2023: Themed Experience and Attractions Academic Symposium

CALL FOR PROPOSALS (Due Friday, September 22, 2023)

 

Symposium: Friday, November 17, 2023

9:00AM-5:00PM

Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida USA

 

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit proposals for the 6th Annual Themed Experience and Attractions Academic Society (TEAAS) scholarly Symposium focused on themed experience and attractions.

The Symposium is organized by the TEAAS with the generous support of IAAPA (The Global Association for the Attractions Industry) and other helpful donors.

The Symposium will take place in Orlando, Florida on Friday, November 17, 2023, 9:00AM-5:00PM, on the final day of IAAPA Expo at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). Hosting the Symposium during IAAPA Expo enables participating academics to enhance their research, knowledge transfer, and intellectual exchange through access to over 1,000 exhibitors of products and services representing the state of the art of the attractions industry and opportunities for networking with some of the 30,000 industry operators, manufacturers, and suppliers who attend IAAPA Expo. The scheduling also permits interested industry members to attend the TEAAS academic symposium program.

The Symposium will include oral presentations of selected research papers (conventional 15-minute oral academic presentations), networking sessions, and a lunchtime research poster session. Additional activities may be planned.

The Symposium invites proposal submissions for 15-minute oral presentations (1000-word min. extended abstract) or posters (500-word min. extended abstract) for consideration for inclusion in the Symposium program.

Given the one-day schedule, only a limited number of oral presentation slots are available. These will be allocated to proposals representing a diversity of scholarship. Proposals from academic faculty and/or students will be considered; author’s academic standing should be indicated. Co-authorships are welcome. Presented abstracts should be conventional scholarly research presentations, not instructional seminars. Standard audio-visual support for presentations will be available. Slide decks will be due in the days before the Symposium.

Proposals submitted by graduate and undergraduate students (oral presentation or posters) should be based on a thesis or a major research project completed within the past 2 years and ideally should be faculty-supervised or co-authored. Faculty are also invited to submit poster proposals. Presentation proposals that cannot be scheduled on the program will be invited for poster presentation, with scheduled time for interaction between poster presenters and audience. Accepted abstracts for both oral and poster presentations will be printed and distributed to registered participants of the Symposium and archived on the Society’s website.

Those who submit and those who present are also strongly encouraged to submit full papers to the Journal of Themed Experience and Attractions Studies, a peer-reviewed open-access journal. Work which has been submitted to the Journal may also be submitted and presented to the Symposium.

Submissions can be made to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=teaas2023

Guide for authors

Our understanding of the themed experience and attraction space extends across a multitude of intersections. Inspiration for theming arises from across time and space, by way of both reality and fiction. It can be inspired by any sphere, e.g., nature, technology, culture, history, geography, intellectual property, or pure imagination. Themed attractions are offered to experiencers of both public and private spaces, and can be organized for profit or as philanthropy. The broad theme for TEAAS 2023 is The Multiverse of Theming: Understanding Themed Attractions Across Dimensions. Recent scholarly work relevant to the themed experience and attractions industry is invited, including fixed-site theme parks and attractions, mobile amusement and attraction operations, and other attractions and themed experiences.

For example:

• Tourism, business, economic, and strategic planning research
• Themed entertainment design and transmedia applications
• Science and technology of themed experiences, rides, and attractions
• Methodology for evaluating the guest experience
• Hospitality and operational research
• Themed experience history, evolution, and philosophy
• Pedagogical research in the area of themed experiences, rides, and attractions
• Interdisciplinary analysis of themed experience and attractions
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Symposium 2023 Submission Process

Proposals are due by 10 pm (Eastern Daylight Time), Friday, September 22, 2023.  Acceptance notices will be sent on a rolling basis, with all notices sent out by Saturday, September 30, 2023. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Symposium Chair Dr. Martin Lewison: martin.lewison@farmingdale.edu.

Submissions can be made to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=teaas2023

All proposals will be double-blind reviewed. The Symposium uses https://easychair.org to manage submissions.

There are two categories of submissions. Please specify the type of submission when submitting to Easy Chair:

1. 15-minute stand-up oral presentation – Standard academic conference presentation featuring completed empirical research.
2. Poster presentation – Posters should feature research in progress or just completed.  For display, posters should be 48 inches X 36 inches. 

 

• • Alternative presentation and poster formats can be considered, noting that: a) purpose is to share scholarship and research rather than exhibit creative work; b) the technology setup available to the Symposium through IAAPA’s generosity is standard (screens, projectors, audio for PowerPoint presentations, wallboards for displaying posters), so new or non-standard tech will be the responsibility of the presenter. Those submitting alternative formats should please email the Symposium Chair to discuss: martin.lewison@farmingdale.edu

 

Each submission should include:

 

One Document – Including Title and Extended Abstract but no Author Names, Affiliation, or Academic Standing (those are submitted separately in Easy Chair). The document must be submitted in a .doc or .docx format and meet these criteria:

 

• Include title, brief abstract (up to 100 words), main body, figures, tables, and references

 

• The main body must be at least 1000 words for consideration as an oral presentation, or at least 500 words for consideration as a posters. The word count does not include the brief abstract, figures, tables, and references.

 

• Use 12-point, Times New Roman font, single-spaced

 

• Margins should be 1-inch on all sides

 

Submissions can be made to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=teaas2023

Please use the provided information to prepare your submission.

For any inquiries regarding the Symposium, please contact: Dr. Martin Lewison, martin.lewison@farmingdale.edu

For all general inquiries about the Themed Experience and Attractions Academic Society, please contact: teaasmail@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you in Orlando at the Themed Entertainment and Attractions Academic Symposium.

 

 

Submission Template

 

The main document should include title, abstract, main body of the proposal, and figures, tables, and references. The main body must be a minimum of 1000 words for 15-minute stand-up presentation, or a minimum 500 words for a poster presentation.  Describe your work using 12-point, Times New Roman font, and single-spaced.  Margins should be 1-inch on the sides, 1-inch on top and bottom.

 

TITLE OF THE PROPOSAL: (LEFT-ALIGNED)

 

BRIEF ABSTRACT (LEFT-ALIGNED)

 

            Brief abstract up to 100 words that describe your proposal. Indent the first sentence of each paragraph. If multiple paragraphs are used, single space between and within each paragraph. Do not number the pages.

 

INTRODUCTION (left-aligned, no indentation)

           

            Although particular sub-headers are not required, please include information pertaining to each of these typical sections of academic work in the main body (extended abstract).

• • Background
  • Prior knowledge/Literature
  • Methodology/Theoretical frame
  • Results/Observations
  • Implications for Scholars/Industry

 

TABLES AND FIGURES (if appropriate/not required)

            Tables and figures should appear at the end of the text. They are not included in the word count, but along with references are part of the 4-page total. Tables and figures should be numbered sequentially (e.g. Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, etc.), and should bear titles that explain their content.

 

REFERENCES

References must be listed immediately following the main text of the proposal. Use APA 7^th Edition style, alphabetizing by first author’s last name. See examples below: (Note that EasyChair editor does not easily allow for hanging indentation, which is APA style).