Call for Submissions
Although the words “hospitality” and hospital” invoke very different emotions, they stem from the same root word in Latin, hospes, meaning “guest” or “host”. While the hospitality and healthcare industries have evolved quite differently over the centuries, they continue to share many common characteristics. For example, both industries need to take care of the unique needs of their guests by proving comfortable lodging, food-service, privacy / security, and many other similar amenities and supplementary services. Each industry can provide unique opportunities for companies operating in the other industry because of evolving customer preferences / business dynamics, and changing regulations and policies. Many new industry segments are emerging at the interface of hospitality and healthcare – they include senior housing and care; wellness and medical tourism; and concierge medicine; to name a few.
The purpose of this conference therefore is to bring together academic scholars and industry leaders who have interest in exploring the rapidly evolving dynamics of hospitality and healthcare industries. Furthermore, we believe that design thinking provides an effective approach for exploring this exciting topic from both academic and practitioners’ perspectives.
Industry executives and academic scholars are invited to submit proposals for presentations, panels, tutorials, and workshops for the Cornell Hospitality, Health, and Design Symposium (HHDS2016): In Search of a Healthy Future scheduled for October 9 – 11, 2016 at the beautiful Cornell campus in Ithaca, New York. All topics that relate to the overarching theme of the symposium are welcome.
Similar to our earlier conferences (Cornell Hospitality Research Summit – 2010, 2012 and 2014), an essential element of HHDS2016 is to bridge the gap between academic research and practice and provide opportunities for engaged discussions between scholars and industry leaders. Therefore the symposium will feature equal number of speakers from both industry and academia during each session.
Both presentation content and speaking expertise will be considered in selection, with priority given to research based on real-world business topics OR high-quality academic work.
This symposium is co-chaired by Rohit Verma, Mardelle Shepley and Brooke Hollis. The advisory board for HHDS2016 comprises of Sr. executives from the hospitality, health, and design industries, and academic scholars from leading universities around the world.
Submission Process
Submission Begins: April 15, 2016
Submission Deadline: May 15, 2016
Please provide the following information in a Word document and upload the submissions here.
[Note – a login name / password will have to be created first before uploading the submission]
- Contact Information of the speaker
- A one page summary of professional background of the speaker
- Presentation Title
- Presentation Summary (approximately 500 words)
The summary should be written with audience in mind and address questions such as: What will I learn from this presentation? What new practical knowledge/ideas/information/tool will I gain from attending this session? It is important that the summery describe in as much detail as possible the topic or main theme of the presentation.
• Speaking Experience. Please list relevant public speaking experience.
Selection Criteria
The review and acceptance process will be highly selective and conducted by a committee of the symposium’s advisory board comprising of both academic scholars and industry executives. The committee will consider both presentation content (e.g. fit of the topic with the conference theme; importance and relevance of topic for hospitality, healthcare and related services; high quality academic work geared towards real situations; rigorous and unbiased assessment of applications, case studies, and business practices) and presentation expertise of the speaker.
Symposium Fees
The presenter will get a heavily reduced registration ($195) to the symposium (general registration for this conference is $995) which includes admission to all sessions, attendance at all events, including all meals (2 breakfasts, 4 breaks, 2 lunches, 2 receptions, and 1 gala dinner). Fee also includes program materials and conference gift. A special tag will identify speakers during the conference.
Session Formats
Symposium sessions are planned for 1.5 hour intervals with two or three speakers / session. Each talk will be scheduled for 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for the question and answer session. It is expected that the final presentation slides will be submitted at-least 3 weeks before the actual conference (Monday, September 19, 2016).
For additional information, please contact the conference chair Rohit Verma (rohit.verma@cornell.edu)
