Tourism Management and Computing Technologies International Conference - Committees

Committees

Committees

The Organising Committee and the Scientific Committee have been shaped to ensure genuine multidisciplinarity, strong international representation, and a broad mix of expertise across Tourism, Hospitality, and Computing Technologies. We have also prioritised diversity within the committees and a clear commitment to gender balance.

Executive Board

Miguel Nuno Portugal

Miguel Nuno Portugal

Chair

ISMAT; Intrepid Lab

João Pedro Portugal

João Pedro Portugal

Co-chair

ISMAT; CIDEHUS

Carimo Rassal

Carimo Rassal

Co-chair

UAlg; CIDEHUS

Tiago Candeias

Tiago Candeias

Co-chair

ISMAT; COPELABS; UAlg

Honorary Board

Member

Mickey Mouse

Walt Disney

Member

Kaye Chon

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel and Tourism Management

Member

Carlos Costa

Head of the DEGEIT of the University of Aveiro

Expert Advisory Board

Member

Muzzo (Muzaffer) Uysal

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Member

Dogan Gursoy

Washington State University

Member

Lianping (Eve) REN

Macao University of Tourism

Member

Stanislav Ivanov

Varna University of Management

Member

Fevzi Okumus

Director of Global Strategy and Strategic Engagement at University of South Carolina

Member

José António Santos

School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism, University of the Algarve

Organizing Committee

Member

Miguel Nuno Portugal

ISMAT; Intrepid Lab

Member

João Pedro Portugal

ISMAT; CIDEHUS

Member

Silvia Pedro Rebouças

ISMAT; UAlg; COPELABS

Member

Carimo Rassal

UAlg - ESGHT | CIDEHUS

Member

Tiago Candeias

ISMAT; UAlg; COPELABS

Member

Luís Mota

Univ. Europeia | ISMAT

Member

Raíssa Santos

ISMAT

Member

Ana Martins

ISMAT

Member

Patrícia Araújo

ISMAT | Intrepid Lab

Member

Margarete Arbugeri

ISMAT | CiTUR

Member

Ricardo Oliveira

ISMAT

Member

João Vidal

ISMAT; UAlg; CinTurs

Member

Leónia Fernandes

UAlg

Member

António Costa

Univ. Lusófona | Intrepid Lab

Member

José Dias Lopes

ISEG

Member

Filipa Perdigão

UAlg; CiTUR

Member

Henrique Ngan

Universidade de Turismo de Macau

Member

José Climent-Rodríguez

University of Huelva (Spain)

Member

Fernando Fontes

Univ. Lusófona São Paulo, Brasil

Member

Sandeep Poddar

Lincoln University College, Malaysia

Member

Teresa Palrão

Universidade Lusófona

Member

Mohammad Ruhual Amin

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Member

Vasco Ribeiro Santos

Instituto Politécnico de Tomar

Member

Jaime Serra

CIDEHUS / Universidade de Évora

Scientific Committee

Albérico Travassos Rosário, ESCE/IPS, Portugal

Alexandra Rodrigues Gonçalves, ESGHT/UAlg, Portugal

Alfonso A. Vargas Sanchez, UHuelva, Spain

Alicia Orea-Giner, URey Juan Carlos, Spain

Álvaro Lopes Dias, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal

Ana Brochado, Universidade Aberta, Portugal

Ana Emília Martins, DPEF/ISMAT, Portugal

Ana Sabino, ISPA, Portugal

Anabela Mesquita, ISCAP, Portugal

Andreia de Bem Machado, UFSC, Brazil

Anna Beatriz Maia, UFortaleza, Brazil

Anna Farmaki, CUT, Cyprus

António Augusto Costa, ULusófona, Portugal

António Luís Marques, IPCA, Portugal

Arthur Araujo, Univ. Lusófona, Portugal

Atanu Bhattacharya, ITM, India

Áurea Rodrigues, Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Bendegul Okumus, University of South Carolina, USA

Bendjedid Rachad Sanoussi, Euromed University of Fes, MA

Bruno de Souza Lessa, UNIFOR, Brazil

Bruno Miguel Sousa, IPCA - ESTH, Portugal

Carimo Hassam Rassal, ESGHT/UAlg, Portugal

Carla Isabel Bento, IPL, Portugal

Carla Pinto Cardoso, UCatólica, Portugal

Cátia Rosário, ULusófona, Portugal

Clara Margarida Pisco Viseu, ISCAC, Portugal

Cláudia Buhamra Abreu Romero, UFC, Brazil

Cláudia Helena Henriques, ESGHT/UAlg, Portugal

Conceição Ribeiro, ISE/UAlg, Portugal

Cristiana Oliveira, UE Canárias, Spain

Daniel H. Olsen, BYU, USA

David Carneiro de Souza, IFCE, Brazil

David Contreras-Medina, TecNM en Celaya, México

Elena Carvajal Trujillo, UHuelva, Spain

Elmarie Slabbert, NWU, South Africa

Emine Yilmaz, MSKU, Turkey

Eugénia Maria Ferreira, FE/UAlg, Portugal

Eunice Lopes, IPT, Portugal

Fernando Martins Fontes, ULusófona, Brazil

Fernando Torre, ESG/IPCA, Portugal

Filipa Perdigão, ESGHT/UAlg, Portugal

Francisco Cesário, UAtlântica, Portugal

Francisco Silva, ESHTE, Estoril, Portugal

Franco Gandolfi, CIAM, USA

Giovani Loiola da Silva, IST/UL, Portugal

Gozde Turktarhan, University of Chester, UK

Henrique Ngan, UTM, Macao

I Nengah Subadra, UNTRIM, Indonesia

Ilinka Terziyska, SWU Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria

Inês Amaral Dias, DFCI/UCoimbra, Portugal

Iva Bulatovic, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

Jaime Serra, Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Joana Lima, Universidade de Évora, Portugal

João Carlos Vidal, DDCS/ISMAT, Portugal

João Pedro Portugal, DCETI/ISMAT, Portugal

João Vidal Carvalho, ISCAP, Portugal

Jorge Simões, IPT, Portugal

José Climent-Rodriguez, UHuelva, Spain

José Dias Lopes, ISEG, Portugal

José Luís Braga, IEEA, Portugal

Laiba Ali Mohsin Yousaf, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia

Lara Noronha Ferreira, ESGHT/UAlg, Portugal

Leónia Fernandes, UAlg, Portugal

Lianping (Eve) REN, UTM, Macao

Lígia Nascimento, DCETI/ISMAT, Portugal

Lisete Ribeiro de Sousa, FCUL, Portugal

Luis Brandão Paiva, UFC, Brazil

Luís Correia, ESHT/IPP, Portugal

Luis Miguel Serra Coelho, FE/UAlg, Portugal

Luís Mota, UEuropeia, Portugal

Luiz Guerrazzi, DCETI/ISMAT, Portugal

Mafalda Patuleia, ULusófona, Portugal

Manuel do Carmo, Academia Militar, Portugal

Marcello Chamusca, ULusófona, Brazil

Margarete Arbugeri, DCETI/ISMAT, Portugal

Maria Gorete Dinis, IPP, Portugal

Maria Pilar Martin Zamora, UHuelva, Spain

Maria do Rosário Borges, Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Marília Durão, UPortucalense, Portugal

Marisol B. Correia, ESGHT/UAlg, Portugal

Marta Isabel Amaral, IPBeja, Portugal

Miguel Moital,Bournemouth University, GB

Miguel Nuno Portugal, DCETI/ISMAT, Portugal

Mohammad Ahsan Kabir Rubel

Mohammad Ruhual Amin

Mónica Brito, Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Nikola Naumov, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

Nuno Abranja, ISCE, Portugal

Nuno António, NOVA IMS, Portugal

Ozlem Peksen Ari, Balıkesir University, Turkey

Patrícia Araújo, DCETI/ISMAT, Portugal

Paulo Quaresma, Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Pedro Bittencourt Cesar, IFSP, Brazil

Raíssa Santos, DPEF/ISMAT, Portugal

Ricardo Oliveira, DCETI/ISMAT, Portugal

Richard S. Aquino, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Rita Salomé Baleiro, ESGHT/UAlg, Portugal

Rui Ferreira Carvalho, IPP, Portugal

Rui Mendonça-Pedro, DPEF/ISMAT, Portugal

Sandeep Kumar Dey, UTB, Czech Republic

Sandeep Poddar, Lincoln University College, Malaysia

Sandra Cruz Garcia, UFederal de Rondônia, Brazil

Sandra Lopes Miranda, ESCS-IPL

Sandra Maria dos Santos, UFC, Brazil

Sandra Rebelo, ESGHT/UAlg, Portugal

Sarasadat Makian, CTU, Czech

Silvia Pedro Rebouças, DCETI/ISMAT, Portugal

Simone Bianco, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Stephen Pratt, Rosen College, USA

Teresa Palrão, ULusófona, Portugal

Thawit (Balázs) Somrak, Bangkok University, Thailand

Tiago Candeias, DCETI/ISMAT, Portugal

Timothy Jung, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Vahid Ghasemi, UE, Portugal

Vahit Oguz Kiper, Sakarya Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi, Turkey

Valberto Rômulo F. Pereira, IFCE, Brazil

Vanessa Costa Cardoso, UNILAB, Brazil

Vânia Maria Nassif, UNINOVE, Brazil

Vânia Palma Roberto, ABC Colab, Portugal

Vasco Ribeiro Santos, IPT, Portugal

Vedran Milojica, Institutzaturizm, Institute for Tourism, Croacia

Verônica Feder Mayer, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Brazil

Veronika Joukes, UTAD, Portugal

Viana Hassan, AUM, Malta

Wolfgang Georg Arlt, MTC, Germany

Yao-Ching Wang, University of Flórida, USA

Vítor Rodrigues, ISLA Santarém, Portugal

Represented Universities

Industry & Professionals Committee

Member

Pedro Lopes

Pestana Group

Member

Nansy Kouroupi

Les Roches Global Hospitality Education

Member

António Guerreiro

Algarve Evolution

Member

Ivo Faria

Chefe da Unidade de Turismo da Câmara Municipal de Portimão

Member

Nolita Coelho

Paperpal.com

Member

Melody Cheang

chateverywhere.app

Member

Vânia Roberto

ABC CoLAB

The Industry & Professionals Committee connects TMCT to real-world practice by bringing together three key perspectives: executive education, industry associations, and AI-driven technology companies. This combination helps ensure the conference remains grounded in sector challenges, highlights emerging trends in AI and digital transformation, and turns academic knowledge into practical insights, strategic partnerships, and market impact.