Celebrating through times of crisis: prospects and potentials for tourism, festivals and cultural events is the next in the Journeys of Expression series. Building on the established collaboration between the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) and the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), this conference will bring together international academic researchers in the field of tourism and festival studies with policy makers and practitioners in the festivals and cultural events sector. The CTCC and IFEA are delighted to be working in partnership with the Centre for Tourism and Culture Management, Copenhagen Business School in the organisation and hosting of this event which coincides with IFEA’s annual conference.

• Economic development policy and regeneration dimensions of festivals and cultural events;
• Partnerships and collaborations in festival planning, management and performance;
• Festivals as product and packaging opportunities for the tourism sector ;
• The contribution of festivals and cultural events to place images;
• The re-structuring, re-shaping and re-animation of city spaces and new communities through festivals and cultural events;
• Festival and event 'legacies';
• Emerging tourist market trends and their implications for festivals and cultural events;
• Service quality management at festivals and cultural events;
• Economic assessments of festivals and cultural events;
• Managing risk and visitor behaviour at festivals and cultural events;
• Festivals and cultural events as sites of protest and dissent .