Registration has opened for the 7th Annual Themed Experience and Attractions Academic Society (TEAAS) scholarly Symposium focused on themed experience and attractions.
The Themed Experience and Attractions Academic Symposium is organized by the TEAAS with the generous support of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), Purdue University, Farmingdale State College, and the University of Central Florida.
The Symposium will take place in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, November 22, 2024, 9:00AM-5:00PM, on the final day of IAAPA Expo at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC).
Hosting the Symposium during IAAPA Expo enables participating academics to enhance their research, knowledge transfer, and intellectual exchange through access to over 1,000 exhibitors and over 30,000 attendees.
The Symposium will include oral presentations of selected research papers (conventional 15-minute oral academic presentations), a dedicated time for graduate student presentations, networking sessions, and a lunchtime research poster session. Additional activities may be planned. Sessions for 15-minute oral presentations (1000-word min. extended abstract) or posters (500-word min. extended abstract) for consideration for inclusion in the Symposium program.
Those who submit and those who present are also strongly encouraged to submit full papers to the Journal of Themed Experience and Attractions Studies, a peer-reviewed open-access journal. Work which has been submitted to the Journal may also be submitted and presented to the Symposium.
