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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:06:15 +0100
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* Proceedings by Springer. Indexed by Scopus, ISI, etc.

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ICOTTS'20 - The 2020 International Conference on Tourism, Technology &
Systems
29 - 31 October 2020, Cartagena, Colombia
https://www.icotts.org/
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SCOPE

Multidisciplinary conference, transversal to all the activity sectors that
involve Information Technologies and systems in the Tourism area, namely:
Competitiveness of destinations based on digital technology, Hospitality,
Destinations Management, Business & Finance, Public Administration;
Economics; Management Science; Education; Health & Rehabilitation;
Agriculture & Food Technology.



GENERAL OBJECTIVES

Promote a collaborative environment between the academic and tourism
community in search of improvement and attractiveness of innovation,
business and investments;

Promote dialogue between the scientific community and the main national
and international science and technology travel agencies;

Enabling the digital transformation of Tourism business;

Promote the integrated advancement of the different areas of science
with the aim to improve the quality of life of citizens and the society in
general;

Encourage young science talents to publish their work in the conference
areas, especially in Latin countries;

Present and debate results from different science and innovation groups
in Tourism and/or Information Technologies and Systems, allowing the
emergence of new doctoral candidates.



TOPIS

Technology in Tourism and Tourist experience
Generations and Technology in Tourism
Digital Marketing applied to Tourism and Travel
Mobile Technologies applied to sustainable Tourism
Tourism research in providing innovative solutions to social problems
Tourism, Wellness and Hospitality
Information Technologies in Tourism
Digital transformation of Tourism Business
Traveling for health/medical and wellness
Information Technologies in Ecotourism and Agritourism
Information Technologies in Food Tourism
Information Technologies in Education and Educational Tourism
eTourism and Tourism 2.0
Big data and Management for Travel and Tourism
Geo-tagging and Tourist mobility
Health Tourism
Information Systems in Tourism and Hospitality
Smart Destinations
Resilience and Tourism
Dark Tourism
Military Tourism
Tourism Management
Tourism Planning
Strategic Planning in Tourism
Destination Marketing Planning
Destination Partnerships and Team-Building
Destination Governance and Leadership
Destination Product Development
Destination Markets
Accessible Tourism
Cultural Tourism
Destination Quality
Education and Tourism
Human Resources development in Tourism
Robotics in Tourism
Destination Marketing Systems
Computer Reservations Systems
Global Distribution Systems
Electronic Information Distribution in Tourism and Hospitality
Organizational Models and Information Systems
Information Systems and Technologies


SUBMISSION & DECISION

Submitted papers must comply with the format of Smart Innovation, Systems
and Technologies (see Instructions for Authors at Springer Website), be
written in English, must not have been published before, not be under
review for any other conference or publication and not include any
information leading to the authors’ identification. Therefore, the authors’
names, affiliations and bibliographic references should not be included in
the version for evaluation by the Scientific Committee. This information
should only be included in the camera-ready version, saved in Word or Latex
format and also in PDF format. These files must be accompanied by the
Consent to Publish form filled out, in a ZIP file, and uploaded at the
conference management system.

Submitted papers written in Spanish or Portuguese (until 15-page limit)
must comply with the format of RISTI - Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e
Tecnologias de Informação (download Spanish or Portuguese
instructions/template for authors), must not have been published before,
not be under review for any other conference or publication and not include
any information leading to the authors’ identification. Therefore, the
authors’ names, affiliations and e-mails should not be included in the
version for evaluation by the Scientific Committee. This information should
only be included in the camera-ready version, saved in Word. These files
must be uploaded at the conference management system in a ZIP file.

All papers will be subjected to a “double-blind review” by at least two
members of the Scientific Committee.

Based on Scientific Committee evaluation, a paper can be rejected or
accepted by the Conference Chairs. In the later case, it can be accepted as
the type originally submitted or as another type.

The authors of accepted poster papers must also build and print a poster to
be exhibited during the Conference.
This poster must follow an A1 or A2 vertical format. The Conference can
includes Work Sessions where these posters are presented and orally
discussed, with a 7 minute limit per poster.

The authors of accepted papers will have 15 minutes to present their work
in a Conference Work Session; approximately 5 minutes of discussion will
follow each presentation.



PUBLICATION & INDEXING

To ensure that a full paper, poster paper or company paper is published, at
least one of the authors must be fully registered by the 25th of July 2020,
and the paper must comply with the suggested layout and page-limit.
Additionally, all recommended changes must be addressed by the authors
before they submit the camera-ready version.

No more than one paper per registration will be published. An extra fee
must be paid for publication of additional papers, with a maximum of one
additional paper per registration. One registration permits only the
participation of one author in the conference.

Papers will be published in Proceedings by Springer, in Smart Innovation,
Systems and Technologies series. Poster and company papers will not be
published, just presented in the conference.

Published full papers will be submitted for indexation by ISI,
EI-Compendex, SCOPUS and Google Scholar, among others, and will be
available in the SpringerLink Digital Library.

The authors of the best selected papers will be invited to extend them for
publication in international journals indexed by ISI/SCI and SCOPUS, among
others.



IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: June 15, 2020

Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2020

Payment of Registration, to ensure the inclusion of an accepted paper in
the proceedings: July 25, 2020

Camera-ready Submission: July, 25, 2020



Website of ICOTTS'19: https://www.icotts.org/

E-Mail: icotts.conf@gmail.com
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