TOURISM FUTURES CONVENTION 2024

Meet leading experts to discussing the future of tourism with you. Are you a tourism & hospitality industry expert, a tourism & hospitality scholar, or a tourism & hospitality student? - Then this is your event worth visting! 

Students 

• Enjoy learning in a fresh & new event format.
  
  
• See outstanding experts and speakers discussing cutting edge industry questions.
  
  
• See your professors get involved into in-depth discussion with our speakers in dedicated one on one talks organized in podcast style.
  
  
• Get yourself involved - ask your questions in the Q&A sessions or approach speakers off-stage.
  
  
• Use the opportunity to network - get in touch with industry leaders.
  
  
• Inform yourself on industry job opportunities at the Future2Job job fair in the N-building.
  
  
• Smell the spirit of tourism & hospitality and learn complete new perspectives of your field.
  
  
• Get conference spirit- this is how you will educate yourself in lifelong learning in the industry.
  
  
• Enjoy inspiring coffee break talks and build a network of passionate tourism leaders.

Practicioners 

• Discover a new format and forum that provides you with new cutting-edge perspectives.
  
  
• We have much discussed how our industry will look after Covid19 - but how will it look further on the road?
  
  
• Get in contact with our students. Learn what the next generation expects from the tourism industry.
  
  
• Look into how our perception of reality will develop over time and how tourism futurists approach this topic.
  
  
• Learn about cutting-edge technology developments.
  
  
• Visit Heilbronn, the future city of AI and discover what AI could change in tourism.
  
  
• Combine your TFC stay with our GetTogether social event and visit the Heilbronn Hospitality symposium on November 16 (included in ticket price)!
  
  
• Build your network of young and old industry members and make new friends.

Academics

• Get into fruitful theory-practice exchange and listen into our beautiful industry.
  
  
• Meet industry experts and hear their vision on the future of tourism.
  
  
• Get in touch with the younger generations and spread your ideas in mind-blowing off-stage sidetalks.
  
  
• Meet old friends from the industry and gain new friends.
  
  
• Help us form a strong network of tourism academics interested in the future and willing to form the future of tourism.
  
  
• Learn what photography and AFC Sunderland have to do with the future of tourism.
  
  
• Discover new ways to look into the future of tourism without disconnecting from scientific standards.
  
  
• Meet other academics and enjoy your time in our social events.