V International Congress on Tourism for All

V International Congress on Tourism for All:

General Information

September 23 ? 25, 2015. Complejo Duques de Pastrana, Pº de la Habana, 208. Madrid, SPAIN

Organized by ONCE Foundation for cooperation and social inclusion of persons with disabilities. In Collaboration with UNWTO and ENAT

The ONCE Foundation has worked since its inception to contribute to the full social inclusion of people with disabilities, giving effect to the principle of equal opportunity and nondiscrimination.
Within this context, the ONCE Foundation has decided to organize the V International Congress on Tourism for All and the VI International Congress of Design, Technology and Research Networks for All in order to join forces and leverage the synergies that can be generated from both Congresses. Joint plenary sessions will be held as well as specific roundtables and workshops for each Congress.

This V International Congress on Tourism for All has as its central focus New Technologies and Tourism for all; Solutions and Technology Applications in Tourism for All.

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The Congress agenda is open to all proposals on Tourism for All and Tourism Industry in general. We are seeking innovative, different and interesting proposals, technology demonstrations and applications, as well as solutions for tourism, culture, leisure, gastronomy, and natural sites, among others.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors are asked to submit their papers before May 4th, 2015
For further instructions, please refer to Paper Submission
Notification of acceptance: July 15th, 2015
Deadline for reception of final versions: July 30th, 2015

MORE INFORMATION turismo@fundaciononce.es
+34 91 506 51 84

PROCEEDINGS
Selected papers will be included in Congress of Tourism for All 2015 Proceedings, which be published in electronic format and posted on the Congress? website with an ISBN.

PAPER FORMAT
Articles should not exceed 10 pages in Word format and must conform to the official style guidelines. Papers written in Spanish or English are welcomed, but it is mandatory that abstracts are in both English and Spanish.

PAPER SUBMISSION
All papers must be submitted to turismo@fundaciononce.es using wetransfer. It is a requirement to include keywords that comply with the Congress topics.

Official languages: Spanish and English
General fee: 100?
Special fee for ENAT and EIDD members: 50?
Special fee for attendees with disability, students, and unemployed: 20?

The registration is available

About the Congress
- Raise awareness in the tourism sector on the need for guidelines of Design for All and Universal Accessibility.
- Identify and disseminate examples of good practice in Technology and Tourism for All.
- Show the sector's profitability regarding Accessible Tourism proposals.
- Unify criteria of accessible technologies applied in Tourism for All.
- Strengthen the role of technology as a facilitator of the tourist experience.
- Consider the development of technical, realistic and rigorous projects that enhance the accessibility of technology in tourism products tailored to the needs of all.
- Show employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the field of tourism thanks to new technologies.

PROGRAMME
Please see attached the congress PROGRAMME

REGISTRATION
The V Edition of the International Congress of Tourism for All (TPT 2015) will be held alongside VI edition of the International Congress, Research Networks and Technology for All (DRT4ALL 2015). Joint sessions will be organized as well as individual sessions specific to each congress (please see Programme for more details).

Payment of fee entitles participants to attend both congresses sessions.
General fee: 100?
Special fee for people with disabilities, students and unemployed: 20?
Please send the registration form to Tourismdrt4all.congress@ilunion.com, Department of Congresses (34) 91 323 78 14.

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