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TEAAS Symposium 2022: Themed Experience and Attractions Academic Symposium 2022
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL, United States, November 18, 2022
Conference websitehttp://teaacademicsociety.org/events-symposium/
Submission linkhttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=teaassymposium2022
Abstract registration deadlineSeptember 9, 2022
Submission deadlineSeptember 9, 2022
Topics: themed experience and attractions rides tourism operations guest experience hospitality economics marketing design technology

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

(Proposals Due Friday, September 9, 2022)

Event: Friday, November 18, 2022

9:00AM-5:00PM

Orange County Convention Center, Orlando FL USA

It is a pleasure to invite you to the fifth 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 support of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) and others.

The symposium will take place in Orlando, FL on 18 November 2022, on the last day of IAAPA Expo. Hosting this symposium during IAAPA Expo enables participating academics to enhance their research, knowledge transfer, and 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 schedule will also permit 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), structured networking sessions, and a lunchtime research poster session.  This year we are also planning an evening get-together to continue informal networking and conversations with colleagues.  

The symposium invites submissions for oral presentations (1000-word extended abstract) and posters (500-word extended abstract) for consideration for inclusion in the symposium program. A limited number of oral presentation slots will be allocated to proposals from academic faculty representing diversity of scholarship. Presented abstracts will be conventional scholarly research presentations, not instructional seminars. There will be audio-visual support for accepted presentations.

Graduate or undergraduate students with (recommended) or without faculty co-authors may submit poster proposals based on a thesis or a major research project completed within the past 2 years. Accepted presentation proposals that cannot be scheduled on the program will be invited for poster presentation, with scheduled time for interaction between authors 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.

Please indicate adjacent to the abstract if author(s) would like to be considered for a speaking presentation or a poster.

This Call for Submissions can be found at:

https://easychair.org/cfp/TEAAS_Symposium_2022

Submssions can be made at:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=teaassymposium2022

Submission Guidelines

All submissions must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Guide for authors

The study of Themed Experience and Attractions leads us across time, space, disciplines, and even professions. The broad theme for TEAAS 2022 is Interdisciplinarity in Themed Experience and Attractions: Reaching Across Boundaries, Fences, and Frontiers. All recent scholarly work relevant to the attractions industry is invited, including fixed-site theme parks and attractions, mobile ride 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

Authors are invited to consider submitting full papers to the Journal of Themed Experience and Attractions Studies, a peer-reviewed open-access journal. Come to the Symposium to learn more about this exciting new journal. Work submitted to the Journal may also be presented at the Symposium

Symposium 2022 Submission Process

Proposals are due by 10 pm (Eastern Time), Friday, September 9, 2022.  Acceptance notices will be sent on a rolling basis, with all notices sent by Friday, September 22, 2022. 

All proposals will be double blind-reviewed.

This Call for Submissions can be found at:

https://easychair.org/cfp/TEAAS_Symposium_2022

Submssions can be made at:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=teaassymposium2022

 

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

Each submission should include:

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

  • No more than 4 pages, including title, short abstract (up to 100 words), main body, figures, tables, and references
  • The main body must be 1000 words or less for presentations, and 500 words or less for the posters. The word count does not include figures, tables, and references.
  • Use 12-point, Times New Roman font, and single-spaced
  • Margins should be 1-inch on the sides, 1-inch on top and bottom

Submission Template

The main document should be no more than 4 pages, including title, abstract, main body of the proposal, and figures, tables, and references. The main body must be no longer than 1000 words for 15-minute stand-up presentations and no longer than 500 words for posters.  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)

ABSTRACT (LEFT-ALIGNED)

            Short 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 style, alphabetizing by first author’s last name. See examples below:

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Davis, F. (1989). Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and user acceptance of information technology. MIS Quarterly, 13 (3), 319-340.

Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time, 135, 28-31

 

This Call for Submissions can be found at:

https://easychair.org/cfp/TEAAS_Symposium_2022

Submssions can be made at:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=teaassymposium2022

List of Topics

  • Themed experience and attractions
  • 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

Committees

Program Committee

  • Chair: Dr. Martin Lewison, Associate Professor, Business Management, Farmingdale State College

  • Greg Andrade, Andrade Studio

  • Dr. Pieter Cornelis, Lecturer, Theme Park Concepting & Economics, Fontys Academy for the Creative Academy; Project Strategy Director, Jora Vision

  • Mk Haley, Lecturer, Arts and Entertainment Technologies, University of Texas at Austin, School of Design and Creative Technologies

  • Will Henderson, Ph.D. Candidate, Parks, Recreation, Tourism Management, Clemson University

  • Carson Luter, Associate Project Manager, Universal Creative

  • Dr. Ady Milman, Professor, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida (on Sabbatical)

  • Karl Rouse, Associate Dean, School of Entertainment Arts,  SCAD

  • Dr. Lori Sipe, Associate Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management, San Diego State University (immediate past Chair)

  • Nikki Sutterby, Themed Experience MFA Candidate, University of Central Florida

Keynote Speakers

Morning

  • Len Testa
    • Len Testa epitomizes this year's theme, as he spans the boundaries between commerce, scholarship, science and technology, and theme parks. A mathematician and computer scientist, Mr. Testa is a co-author of the popular Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World and many other books in the Unofficial Guide series. Mr. Testa also owns and operates TouringPlans.com, a website and mobile app that uses data analysis to help guests optimize their Walt Disney World and Disneyland vacation time. He has published and presented in scholarly forums on the topic of queue time efficiency, and also on data-based cost-saving strategies for those with Type II Diabetes, for which he also runs the website GlucosePATH.com. Mr. Testa is widely quoted in the news media on theme park matters. He also co-hosts, with entertainment writer Jim Hill, the extremely popular Disney Dish Podcast.

 

Afternoon

  • Ellen Lupton
    • Ellen Lupton is the Betty Cooke and William O. Steinmetz Design Chair at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (MICA). She has authored and co-authored numerous books on design processes, including Design is Storytelling, Thinking with Type, Graphic Design Thinking, Health Design Thinking, and Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers. In the works: the third edition of Thinking with Type. She is Curator Emerita at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, where she organized numerous exhibitions, including Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master, Face Values: Understanding Artificial Intelligence, The Senses: Design Beyond Vision, and Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics. She is an AIGA Gold Medalist and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Dr. Martin Lewison, Chair, at martin.lewison@farmingdale.edu.

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