Scientific Events

Organisation of scientific events

Member of the Organizing Committee of 16th ESA Conference2024: Tension, Trust and Transformation, Porto, 27 to 30 August by 2024 (com Silva, Sílvia , Local Organising Committee).

Member of the Organizing Committee of CES Summer School on Cultural Mapping and Connecting with Place, Caldas da Rainha, 21 to 25 March by 2022 (com Duxbury, Nancy; Vinagre de Castro, Tiago; Silva, Sílvia; Pato de Carvalho, Cláudia).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Values in non-professional participation in cultural and artistic activities: Examples from the UNCHARTED project, panel session organized within the KISMIF Conference 2021, Porto, 06 to 10 July by 2021 (com Pato de Carvalho, Cláudia; Abreu, Paula; Silva, Sílvia; Duxbury, Nancy).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Highlighting distinctiveness: Connecting travel to community and sense of place, Online Seminar, 03 to 03 June by 2021 (com Duxbury, Nancy; Silva, Sílvia; Vinagre De Castro, Tiago; Hawes, Fiona-Marie).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Connecting creators to tourism: Building bridges and preparing for re-entry into a new paradigm, Online Seminar, 06 to 06 May by 2021 (com Duxbury, Nancy; Bakas, Fiona; Silva, Sílvia; Vinagre De Castro, Tiago).

Member of the Organizing Committee of What's happening now? Experimentation in delivery modes of creative tourism: in presence to online and back again, gradually, Online Seminar, 01 to 01 April by 2021 (com Duxbury, Nancy; Hawes, Fiona-Marie; Silva, Sílvia; Vinagre De Castro, Tiago).

Member of the Organizing Committee of So, what's next? The role of creative tourism in the regeneration of communities, Online Seminar, 02 to 02 June by 2020 (com Silva, Sílvia Duxbury, Nancy).

Member of the Organizing Committee of CREATOUR: À descoberta do Turismo Criativo, Sala do Carvão, Casa da Caldeiras da UC, 04 to 04 March by 2020 (com Silva, Sílvia Vinagre de Castro, Tiago).

Member of the Organizing Committee of CREATOUR Azores IdeaLab No. 1, Ponta Delgada, 10 to 11 December by 2019 (com Castro, Tiago; Silva, Sílvia; Duxbury, Nancy).

Member of the Organizing Committee of 3rd CREATOUR International Conference and Creative Tourism Showcase: Creative tourism dynamics: connecting travellers, communities, cultures and places, Faro, 23 to 25 October by 2019 (com , CREATOUR-CIEO research team; Silva, Sílvia; Duxbury, Nancy).

Member of the Organizing Committee of CREATOUR-CES Summer School 'Uncovering Cultural DNA of Place, and Activating for Local Development', Penela, 08 to 12 July by 2019 (com Duxbury, Nancy; Ghilardi, Lia; Scherf, Kathleen; Bakas, Fiona; Castro, Tiago; Silva, Sílvia; Figueiredo, Humberto).

Member of the Organizing Committee of CREATOUR Inter-Regional IdeaLab, Aveiro, 09 to 10 May by 2019 (com Silva, Sílvia; Duxbury, Nancy; Castro, Tiago; Bakas, Fiona).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Oeste Creative Tourism Lab, Caldas da Rainha, 27 to 27 April by 2019 (com Silva, Sílvia; Castro, Tiago; Duxbury, Nancy; Calaça Baptista, Mariana; Henriques, Nicola).

Member of the Organizing Committee of CREATOUR Regional IdeaLab 5.0 - Centro, Abrantes, 07 to 08 January by 2019 (com Silva, Sílvia Duxbury, Nancy).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Sabe o que é turismo criativo?, Abrantes, 07 to 07 January by 2019 (com Silva, Sílvia; team, CREATOUR-CES; , Câmara Municipal de Abrantes).

Member of the Organizing Committee of CREATOUR Regional IdeaLab 4.0: Centro, Coimbra, 16 to 17 March by 2018 (com Silva, Sílvia team, CREATOUR-CES).

Member of the Organizing Committee of CREATOUR Regional IdeaLab 3.0: Centro, Coimbra, 04 to 04 December by 2017 (com Silva, Sílvia team, CREATOUR-CES).

Organization of CREATOUR International Conference "The State of the Art in Creative Tourism: Leading Research | Advanced Practices | Future Trajectories", Curia, Portugal, 01 to 02 June by 2017.

Member of the Organizing Committee of CREATOUR Regional IdeaLab 1.0-2.0: Centro, Condeixa-a-Nova, 28 to 29 April by 2017 (com Silva, Sílvia team, CREATOUR-CES).

Organization of IMISCOE PhD Workshop 2016 - Academic Skills during and after a PhD in Migration Studies, Prague, Czech Republic, 30 to 30 June by 2016.

Member of the Organizing Committee of Conferência Internacional - FUGA DE CÉREBROS: A MOBILIDADE ACADÉMICA E A EMIGRAÇÃO PORTUGUESA QUALIFICADA, Porto, POrtugal, 18 to 18 September by 2015 (com Silva, Sílvia team, BRADRAMO).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Debate - O Papel dos Conselhos Gerais no Governo das Universidades Públicas Portuguesas: a Lei e a Prática, Coimbra, Braga, Lisboa - Portugal, 05 February to 17 March 2015 (com Silva, Sílvia; Peixoto, Paulo; Oliveira, António Cândido).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Mesa Rendonda - Austerity Killed the Cat: The Greek and the Portuguese Experience, Coimbra, Portugal, 12 to 12 December by 2013 (com Silva, Sílvia Ribeiro, Tiago).

Presentations in scientific events

Silva, Sílvia; Vinagre de Castro, Tiago (2023), "creative tourism, networking and cooperation", paper presented at ENERDECA online familiarization session, Greece (online), 04 to 04 October.

Silva, Sílvia (2023), "Turismo Criativo: Parcerias e projetos de desenvolvimento sustentável nos territórios", paper presented at I Workshop sobre Turismo Criativo e Desenvolvimento Local, Esposende e Amares, 27 to 28 September.

Silva, Sílvia (2023), "Metodologia do projeto CREATOUR:Construindo conhecimento em conjunto", paper presented at I Workshop sobre Turismo Criativo e Desenvolvimento Local (Esposende e Amares), Esposende, 27 to 28 September.

Silva, Sílvia (2023), "Participation in arts and culture towards wellbeing - UNCHARTED key findings", paper presented at Societal value of Arts and Culture and the impact on Well-being, Mental Health and Inclusion for all, Brussels (online), 21 to 21 June.

Silva, Sílvia (2023), "Catalyzing creative tourism in small cities and rural areas: Insights from the CREATOUR project", paper presented at Seminar ENERDECA - Enhancement of European Rural Development Capabilities, Peniche, 29 to 29 March.

Duxbury, Nancy; Silva, Sílvia; Vinagre De Castro, Tiago (2022), "Cultural mapping and creative tourism: Planting seeds of regenerative local development", paper presented at Special public seminar on Cultural mapping and creative tourism, kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, 03 to 03 June.

Silva, Sílvia (2022), "Generating Knowledge together: Insights from a research-and-application creative tourism project", paper presented at Horizons: Crisis and Social Transformation in Community-engaged Research, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada, 26 to 29 May.

Silva, Sílvia (2022), "CREATOUR", paper presented at Apresentação de livro: «CREATOUR: Catalisando o turismo criativo em cidades de pequena dimensão e em áreas rurais», Forjães, Esposende, 21 to 21 May.

Silva, Sílvia (2022), "CREATOUR", paper presented at Apresentação de livro: «CREATOUR: Catalisando o turismo criativo em cidades de pequena dimensão e em áreas rurais», Lisboa, 06 to 06 May.

Duxbury, Nancy; Silva, Sílvia (2022), "CREATOUR", paper presented at Apresentação de livro: «CREATOUR: Catalisando o turismo criativo em cidades de pequena dimensão e em áreas rurais», Coimbra, 05 to 05 April.

Duxbury, Nancy; Silva, Sílvia; Bakas, Fiona; Carvalho, Cláudia (2021), "Where to now? Searching for SE approaches to enable the post-pandemic re-emergence and sustainability of culture-based creative tourism in small cities and rural areas [Nancy D. & Sílvia S. co-presented]", paper presented at 8th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, Zaragoza, Spain, 04 to 08 October.

Silva, Sílvia (2021), "Case study 4: Culture-based creative tourism: Loulé Criativo", paper presented at Cultural values in the cultural sphere: a European perspective. 1st UNCHARTED Workshop, Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto, 16 to 17 September.

Silva, Sílvia (2021), "Case study 5: Community-engaged artistic projects: De Portas Abertas (O Teatrão)", paper presented at Cultural values in the cultural sphere: a European perspective. 1st UNCHARTED Workshop, Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto, 16 to 17 September.

Silva, Sílvia (2021), "Sustainability: creative tourism and the project CREATOUR approach", paper presented at Kolleg Europa - 'Sustainable Europe', Berlin, Germany [online], 13 to 13 September.

Silva, Sílvia (2020), "Metodologias de Investigação Sociológica - a Entrevista", paper presented at Aula "Metodologia de Investigação Sociológica" no Doutoramento em Sociologia, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, 27 to 27 November.

Silva, Sílvia; Duxbury, Nancy (2020), "Creative tourism and the project CREATOUR", paper presented at Tourism Marketing & Destination Branding conference, (Festival Internacional de Cinema de Turismo ART&TUR), Viseu, 20 to 23 October.

Bakas, Fiona; Duxbury, Nancy; Castro, Tiago; Silva, Sílvia (2019), "Creative tourism development models in CREATOUR", paper presented at 3rd CREATOUR International Conference and Creative Tourism Showcase: Creative tourism dynamics: connecting travellers, communities, cultures and places, Faro, 23 to 25 October.

Silva, Sílvia; Bakas, Fiona (2019), "CREATOUR: O turismo criativo para um desenvolvimento sustentável e inclusivo", paper presented at Ciclo de Conferências "Pensar nas Freguesias". Turismo Inclusivo, Espinho, 14 to 14 September.

Silva, Sílvia; Castro, Tiago (2019), "CREATOUR: Inovando o desenvolvimento local com o turismo criativo", paper presented at Az Lab Turismo Criativo: conhecer territórios com foco nas experiências, Ovar, 25 to 25 May.

Silva, Sílvia (2019), "CREATOUR: Inovando o desenvolvimento local com o turismo criativo ", paper presented at Oeste Creative Touirism lab, Caldas da Rainha, 27 to 27 April.

Silva, Sílvia (2019), "CREATOUR: Inovando o desenvolvimento local com o turismo criativo", paper presented at BTL'19 - Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa, Lisboa, 13 to 17 March.

Silva, Sílvia (2019), "CREATOUR: Catalyzing co-creative and culture-led development through creative tourism in Portugal", paper presented at International research workshop: "Rethinking and Innovating Tourism in a Coastal City", Hvide Sande, Denmark, 26 to 28 February.

Silva, Sílvia (2019), paper presented at Sabe o que é turismo criativo? Apresentação pública do projeto CREATOUR e conversa com as iniciativas de turismo criativo da região Centro., Abrantes, 07 to 07 January.

Silva, Sílvia (2018), "Painel#1 - Como a criatividade, o turismo e a estratégia promovem o desenvolvimento nos territórios [mesa redonda]", paper presented at SMART TRAVEL'18 - A Inteligência é o Destino, Bragança, 07 to 08 December.

Silva, Sílvia (2018), "CREATOUR: A construção de uma rede de turismo criativo em cidades de pequena dimensão e áreas rurais", paper presented at Seminário "Património, Turismo e Desenvolvimento Sustentável", Lisboa, 18 to 19 October.

Castro, Tiago; Duxbury, Nancy; Silva, Sílvia; Bakas, Fiona Eva (2018), "Desenvolver Destinos de Turismo Criativo em Cidades de Pequena Dimensão e Áreas Rurais: a Construção de uma Rede", paper presented at X Congresso Português de Sociologia Na era da "pós-verdade"? Esfera pública, cidadania e qualidade da democracia no Portugal contemporâneo, Covilhã, 10 to 12 July.

Silva, Sílvia; Duxbury, Nancy; Bakas, Fiona Eva; Castro, Tiago (2018), "CREATOUR - Turismo Criativo em Cidades de Pequena Dimensão e Áreas Rurais em Portugal: Considerações Metodológicas", paper presented at X Congresso Português de Sociologia Na era da "pós-verdade"? Esfera pública, cidadania e qualidade da democracia no Portugal contemporâneo, Covilhã, 10 to 12 July.

Duxbury, Nancy; Carvalho, Cláudia; Castro, Tiago; Bakas, Fiona Eva; Silva, Sílvia (2018), "Packaging creative tourism offers in small cities and rural areas: A national overview of emerging models", paper presented at CREATOUR 2nd International Conference: Emerging and Future Trends in Creative Tourism, Braga, 07 to 09 June.

Silva, Sílvia (2018), "CREATOUR: Vivenciando experiências de turismo criativo!", paper presented at BTL'18 - Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa, Lisboa, 28 February 04 March.

Silva, Sílvia (2017), "Turismo Criativo em Cidades de Pequena Dimensão e Áreas Rurais: a Abordagem do Projeto CREATOUR", paper presented at Património Cultural e Turismo: inovação territorial e social para um desenvolvimento responsável, Coimbriga, Condeixa-a-Nova, 18 to 18 April.