Preliminary Program (subject to change)
Monday 9 February
| Schedule | |
| Torrens University Australia, Wakefield Campus, Adelaide City | |
| PhD/ECR/MCA Workshop | TH&E Standards Workshop |
Tuesday 10 February
| Schedule | |
| Conference Venue: National Wine Centre | |
| Registration | |
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Welcome to Country |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | Conference Opening & Welcome Prof Naomi Dale CAUTHE 2026 Co-Convenors |
| 9.30 - 10.30 | Keynote 1 – Happiest Destinations on Earth: Lessons from Disneyland for Tourism Futures Dan CockerellFormer Vice-President of the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida, CEO Torrens Global Education, CEO Strategic Education, Inc. (SEI) ANZ Valerie Cockerell Former Facilitator, Disney Institute |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Morning Refreshments OPTIONAL: CAUTHE first-timers' get-together |
| 11.00 - 12.00 | Panel
1 – Tourism & hospitality in an Age of
Social Isolation and Loneliness Assoc Prof Sebastian Filep, Bond University |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Concurrent Session 1 |
| 14.05 - 15.05 | Concurrent Session 2 |
| 15.05 - 15.35 | Afternoon
Refreshments |
| 15.35 - 16.35 | Concurrent
Session 3 |
| 17.00 - 18.00 | Pre-Welcome
Reception activities |
| 18.00 - 20.00 | Welcome
Reception Sponsored by |
Wednesday 11 February
| Schedule | |
| Conference Venue: National Wine Centre | |
| 7.00 - 8.30 | CAUTHE Chapter Directors’ Breakfast Meeting |
| 8.30 - 9.30 | Concurrent
Session 4 |
| 9.35 - 10.35 | Concurrent
Session 5 |
| 10.35 - 11.05 | Morning
Refreshments |
| 11.05 - 12.05 | Keynote
2 – Reframing connection: Indigenous
storytelling and decolonial futures in tourism |
| 12.05 - 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Panel 2 – Breaking the mould: Shaping the future of tourism education and training Prof Naomi Dale, Chair of CAUTHE |
| 14.05 - 15.05 | Concurrent
Session 6 |
| 15.05 - 15.35 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15.35 - 16.35 | Concurrent Session 7 |
| 17.00 - 18.00 | SIG Meetings |
| SIG
Dinners / At Leisure |
Thursday 12 February
| Schedule | |
| Conference Venue: National Wine Centre | |
| 8.00 - 9.30 | CAUTHE Annual General Meeting (AGM) |
| 9.30 - 9.45 | Chapter Directors meeting |
| 9.30 - 10.00 | Morning
Refreshments |
| 10.00 - 11.00 | CAUTHE 2026 EEGER INDUSTRY DAY Industry Panel – The Transformative power of tourism and hospitality: Shaping communities, economies, and connections Mark Best, Executive Chef, Infinity by Mark Best |
| 11.00 - 12.00 | Keynote 3 – Accessible, inclusive, and just: Designing tourism and hospitality futures that welcome all Oliver Hunter |
| 12.00 - 12.55 | Lunch |
| 12.55 - 13.55 | Concurrent
Session 8 |
| 14.00 - 15.00 | Concurrent
Session 9 |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15.30 - 17.00 | Conference
Closing – a little bit of closing and a lot of fun! |
| 19.00 - 22.30 | CAUTHE 2026 Adelaide Hills Tourism Conference Dinner Sponsored By Venue: Mount Lofty Estate - Coaches departing Adelaide CBD at 6.30pm |
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Acknowledgement of Country
Torrens University Australia acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. Torrens University Australia respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present.
Diversity and inclusion commitment
CAUTHE strongly supports equity and inclusion for all. We embrace diversity and condemn any kind of discrimination, be it on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.