Programme

Monday 5 December
Pre-Conference Activities (self-organised)
15:00-17:00 Registration, Queenstown Resort College, Level 5
17:00-17:30 Welcome from host organisations/sponsors
17:30-19:30 Social

Speaker: Antonette Spaan We12travel adventure and outdoor travel blog founder

“Choosing adventure over fear”

 

Tuesday 6 December
8:00-9:00 Registration, Queenstown Resort College, Level 5

Informal breakfast venue Queenstown Resort College Cafe, Ground Floor
9:00-10:00

Opening Mihi: Darren Rewi

Mihi Whakatau: A mihi is a formal way of respecting people by acknowledging their mana and tapu (dignity and sacredness).

Keynote: Mark Jones University of Auckland

“Aging with adventure”
10:00-11:15 Parallel presentation sessions

ROOM 1

Theme: Guided Adventure

Moderator: Mike Brown

 ROOM 2

Theme: Adventure Experiences

Moderator: Anika Fruhauf
Thomas Vold

The problem of Artic adventure guide certification – a thematic analysis of the heated discussion regarding the Norwegian government proposition of making guide certification mandatory at Svalbard/Spitsbergen

 Eugenio Conti

Virtual Reality, eudemonia, nature-based tourism, Virtual Environment, netnography, soft management
Jasmine Goodnow

Opportunity to Flourish: Accessible Adventure Tourism

 Tove Dahl

Do calls to courage during outdoor adventures matter for flourishing? Developing a tool to find out, and what we’ve learned so far
Barbara Olga Hild

Client safety vs tour success: Unpacking the key roles of Arctic adventure guide

 Erik Monasterio

Self-Transcendence from adventure activity can help to protect our world and improve human relationships
11:15-11:45 Morning tea
11:45-13:00 Parallel presentation sessions

ROOM 1

Theme: Gendered Adventure

Moderator: Heike Schanzel

 ROOM 2

Theme: Adventure Experiences

Moderator: Shayne Galloway
Anika Frühauf

Empowering women through adventure sports?

 Imre Van Kraalingen

Is Norwegian ‘friluftsliv’ a unique tradition in the outdoor domain? — Critical reflections on sustainability and consumption practices in contemporary friluftsliv
Susan Houge Mackenzie

Women’s adventure guiding experiences & psychological well-being:

Implications for theory and tourism practices

 Søren Andkjær

Virtual reality adventures! The TV-show alone as a cultural phenomenon – motives, values, and implications
Tiffany Low

Women’s outdoor adventure experiences on Instagram: Exploring user-generated content

 Hannah Berning

Keeping the fires alive and maintaining a relationship between place and humans by including Indigenous Māori views and approaches
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-18:00

Queenstown & surrounds

 Adventure Refuel Afternoon

  • Option 1: Riversurfing
  • Option 2: iFly
  • Option 3: Ziptrek
  • Self guided option

Please see the Activities page for more info and bookings.
18:30-20:30 Tables of 10 at local restaurants

 

 

Wednesday 7 December
8:00-9:00

 

 Registration, Queenstown Resort College, Level 5

Informal breakfast venue Queenstown Resort College Cafe, Ground Floor
9:00-9:40

Keynote: Jezza Williams Makingtrax Director & Founder

“Creating an inclusive adventure destination”
9:45-11:00 Parallel presentation sessions

ROOM 1

Theme: Adventure Impacts

 ROOM 2

Theme: Adventure Well-being
Carl Cater

Impacts of adventure on urban land use character in Queenstown

 Nick Maitland

Middle aged board-om: The contribution of board sports towards wellbeing for people in their forties and fifties
Robyn Fox

Flourishing through outdoor environmental and adventure education: Climate-responsive action and curriculum.

 Kate Russo

Beyond individual flourishing:  Can a total solar eclipse be harnessed for the greater good?
Søren Andkjær

Environmental Decision-Making in Adventure Activities

 Anna Carr and Brent Lovelock

What’s for dinner? Let’s talk about flourishing, adventure and FOOD!
11:00-11:30 Morning tea
11:30-12:45 Parallel presentation sessions

ROOM 1

Theme: Digital Adventures

 ROOM 2

Theme: Adventure Destinations
Elina Hutton

Outdoors goes online. A netnographic research of human-nature relationship in social media

 Jasmine Goodnow

Flourishing Adventure Destinations: Free, Prior, and Informed Consent Communities
Simon Beames

Outdoor organisations as social media influencers

 Elin Bolann

Tourism crowding in nature-based adventure destinations: Its impact on affective experience value outcome and destination appraisals
Axel Rosenberg

Smartphones and selfies in the Arctic: how the digital shift influences the inner dynamic of nature-based adventure tourism

 Shelagh Ferguson

Adventure and risk: Creating counter-cultural entrepreneurs
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:30 Industry Integration Discussions over Disc Golf: Theory to Practice

  • Team 1: Sarah O’Donnell (DQ) & Stephen England-Hall (Real NZ)
  • Team 2: Dylan Rushbrook (TCO) & Matt Wong (iFly)
  • Team 3: Tim Barke (Lake Wanaka Tourism) & Trent Yeo (Zip Trek/TIA)
15:00-15:30 Debrief & Disc Golf Award over afternoon tea
18:30-22:30 Gala dinner at Eichardt’s Hotel (Queenstown waterfront)

 

Thursday 8 December

9:00-10:00 Informal breakfast venue Queenstown Resort College Cafe, Ground Floor
10:00-11:15 Parallel presentation sessions

ROOM 1

Theme: Learning Adventure

Moderator: Chris North

 ROOM 2

Theme: Adventure Impacts

Moderator: Soren Andkjaer

 ROOM 3

Theme: Adventure Psychology
Heike Schänzel

Rite of passage adventure experiences of fathers with their adolescent children

 Mike Brown

For the sea: Marine outdoor environmental learning

 Michael Basil

Long-Distance Hikers’ Motivations and Meanings
Simon Beames

20 years later: Reflections on an overseas youth expedition

 Chris North & Hannah Berning

Leave No Trace and Sustainability: Expanding the possibilities

 Andrew W. Bailey

Neuropsychological Indicators of Flourishing from the Human/Nature Relationship
Pete Eley

Guide Training

Brent Lovelock and Anna Carr

Invasive alien species as sources of adventure

 Felix Bello

Adventure Tourism and Sustainable Development Goals during the Covid 19 pandemic: A case of Malawi
11:15-12:30

 

Closing Keynote: Carl Cater Swansea University, Wales, UK

“Adventure Tourism: Where do you come from, where do you go?”

Closing remarks: Susan Houge Mackenzie, Hannah Parsons, Pete Eley