June 9-11, 2026
Kalmar (Sweden)

7th Advances in Destination Management

Preliminary program

Subject to change; last update: March 25, 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
17:30 - 19:00   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 Overview of the conference programme, information about the consensus session
10:00 - 10:30 Keynote I: Christian Laesser - “Destination Research Frontiers” 10:45 - 11:30 Keynote II: “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
16:00 - 16:45 Session 3 - Challenges in knowledge co-production between practice and academia

Evening program
From 18:00  Dinner, Kalmar

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Academic paper and practitioner sessions
09:00 - 10:30 Session 4 - Approaches, practices, and perspectives on sustainable destination development
11:00 - 12:30 Session 5 - Resident and stakeholder perspectives
13:30 - 14:15 Keynote III: “Technology and Destination futures”
14:15 - 15:45 Session 6 - Destination x Technology in research and practice
16:15 - 17:45 Session 7 - Destination x Entrepreneurship and Art

Evening program
From 18:15  Site visit and dinner, Öland

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Academic paper and practitioner sessions
09:00 - 10:30  Session 8 - Destination marketing and tourist behavior
11:00 - 12:30  Session 9 - Diamonds in the rough - pitch paper session

Consensus session
13:15 - 15:45  Consensus on Advances in Destination Management (Chairs: Pietro Beritelli, Christian Laesser, Stephan Reinhold)
15:40 - 15:50  A word from the Journal of Destination Marketing & Management (JDMM)
15:50 - 16:00 Conference closure

Evening program
From 18:00   Dinner, Kalmar Castle (incl. Award ceremony for Best Contribution Award sponsored by JDMM)