Programme
MONDAY 16th APRIL
19:00 - 20:00
Welcoming Reception in Rovaniemi, Alaruokasen talo
TUESDAY 17th APRIL
08:30 - 09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome to Symposium
Dr. Johan R. Edelheim, Director, Multidimensional Tourism Institute
09:15 - 10:00 Keynote: Safety and Security - Definitions and Content
Dr. Raimo Väyrynen, Professor, Chair of the Board, University of Lapland
10:00 - 10:30 Safety, Security and Risk Education in the Australian and Finnish Tourism and
Hospitality Syllabi - a Multidimensional Perspective
Dr. Johan R. Edelheim, Director, Multidimensional Tourism Institute
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee/tea
10:50 - 11:10 System Approach to Tourism Safety and Security
Dr. Pekka Iivari, Project Manager, Multidimensional Tourism Institute
11:10 - 11:30 Safety Management in Finnish Adventure Service Companies
Toni Hyytinen, Researcher, Tampere University of Technology
11:30 - 12:15 Lunch
12:15 - 12:45
Transportation to Hotel Santa Claus
12:45 - 13:30
Keynote: International Tourists Perceptions of Safety & Security:
What Role Does Social Media Play?
Dr. Lori Pennington-Gray, Director, Tourism Crisis Management Institute,
University of Florida Gainesville
13:30 - 13:50
Modern Consumer Safety Surveillance - Focus on Safety of Leisure Services
Anna Pukander, Head of Market Surveillance, Finnish Safety and Chemical Agency
Pipsa Korkolainen, Senior Adviser, Finnish Safety and Chemical Agency
13:50 - 14:00
An Introduction to Emergency Drill
14:00 - 15:00
Emergency Drill in Hotel Santa Claus
15:00 - 17:30
Workshop in Hotel Santa Claus
19:30
Dinner, bus from Hotel Santa Claus
WEDNESDAY 18th APRIL
08:30 - 09:00 Registration and Coffee
SESSION: BORDERS MOBILITY AND SECURITY
09:00 - 09:30 Frontiers, Borderlands or Border Zones: Changing Ideas of
Borders, Mobility and Security in the Barents Region
Dr. Monica Tennberg, Research Professor, University of Lapland
09:30 - 09:50 Optimized Power Consumption of GNSS Devices Enables Improved
Safety and Security Response in Remote and Sparsely Populated
Areas
Dr. Jyri Rajamäki, Principal Lecturer, Laurea University of Applied
Sciences
09:50 - 10:10 Automated Border Control Gates for Smoother Border Crossings
Juha Knuuttila, Research Director, Laurea University of Applied
Sciences
10:10 - 10:20 Coffee/tea
SESSION: MANAGING HUMAN RISKS
10:20 - 10:40 Cold Winter Experiences
Susanna Pääkkölä, Researcher, University of Lapland
10:40 - 11:00 Protection and Safety of Travellers and Tourism Workers
Kirsi Jussila, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
11:00 - 11:20 Fluid Infusion and Oxygen Administration in Cold Conditions
Dr. Sirkka Rissanen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
11:20 - 11:50 Reducing Tourist Food Borne Illness Risk trough Communication:
The UK National Food Hygiene Rating System
Dr. Kevin Kane, University of Salford
11:50 - 12:10 Envisioning Next Symposium 2014
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as an Asset for Tourism Safety
12:10 - 12:50 Lunch
12:50 Transportation to Airport