June 9-11, 2026
Kalmar, Sweden

7th Advances in Destination Management

Preliminary program

Subject to change; last update: June 4, 2026

Session titles reflect the content of accepted submissions/presentations and are not necessarily identical to submission streams. ADM curates the program to facilitate meaningful interactions across topics and perspectives in service of the conference’s mission statement.

Monday, June 08, 2026

Evening program
From 18.30 onwards   Informal get-together.

Tuesday, June 09, 2026

09:00 - 09:30   Registration and welcome coffee

Welcome address and introduction
09:30 - 09:50   Welcome Address and Introduction 09:50 - 10:00 Program Introduction and Consensus Methodology
10:00 - 10:45 Keynote I: Christian Laesser - “12 Years of ADM Consensus: What Do We Learn?” 10:45 - 11:30 Keynote II: Stefan Johnson - “Destination Governance and Sustainable Tourism Development”

Academic paper and practitioner sessions
11:30 - 13:00 Session 1 - Destination Stewardship and Sustainable Governance
14:00 - 15:30 Session 2 - Destination Governance and Management Models in Different Contexts
15:45 - 16:00 Keynote III: Marianna Strzelecka - “From Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Creation”
16:00 - 16:45 Session 3 - Challenges in Knowledge Co-Production Between Practice and Academia

Evening program
From 17:00  Dinner, Kalmar

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Academic paper and practitioner sessions
09:00 - 11:45 Session 4 - Approaches, Practices, and Perspectives on Sustainable Destination Development
12:45 - 15:00 Session 5 - Destination x Technology in Research and Practice
12:45 - 13:30 Keynote IV: Stephan Bingemer - “Technology and Destination Futures”
15:30 - 16:15 Session 6 - Destination x Entrepreneurship and Art
16:15 - 17:00 Keynote V: Malin Tillmar - “Entrepreneurship x Destination Management / Tourism”

Evening program
From 17:30  Site Visit and Dinner, Öland

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Academic paper and practitioner sessions
09:00 - 10:30  Session 7 - Destination Marketing and Tourist Behavior
10:45 - 12:15  Session 8 - Diamonds in the Rough - Pitch Paper Session

Consensus session
13:15 - 15:45  Consensus on Advances in Destination Management
16:15 - 16:30  A Word from the Journal of Destination Marketing & Management (JDMM)
16:30 - 16:45 Conference Closure

Evening program
From 17:45   Guided Tour & Dinner, Kalmar Castle (incl. Award ceremony for Best Contribution Award sponsored by JDMM)