CALL FOR PAPERS

“MICE industry - a driver of economic development”

Date: September 16, 2020

Venue: Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent

Link for III Millennials' Tourism Festival: https://mdis.zoom.us/j/87171120366?pwd=cjZGUnAvaTZ6SEVqOEN1bVRwYkRzdz09

Time: 12:00 PM

Meeting ID: 871 7112 0366
Passcode: mdist

For participation, please send your full name, affiliation and contact details to conference@mdis.uz (Full names of students MUST BE INDICATED in the ZOOM during the event). 

The MICE industry is a vital part of any national tourism strategy and provides huge economic benefits to those countries that have embraced it as a source of income. COVID-19 has significant direct and indirect effects on other sectors: transport, communications, the financial sector, culture, healthcare, and trade.

The objectives of the MICE Round Table:

• Study the prospects for the development of the MICE industry in Uzbekistan
• Engage MICE industry experts to discuss and share experiences
• Discuss MICE training policy

Topics:

• The growing popularity of MICE tourism in Uzbekistan and abroad.
• MICE competition is high: what to do?
• What challenges do MICE agencies face while hosting foreign guests; experience in holding a business event?
• How to prepare an international MICE manager?
• What are the major threats and challenges likely to act as a barrier in the growth of the Mice Model Services Market? 
• Increased demand for organizing events on an all-inclusive basis.
• IT-technologies in the organization of business events.
• Eco-teambuilding.
• Increased demand for organizing events on an all-inclusive basis.
• IT-technologies in the organization of business events.
• The impact of COVID-19 on the MICE industry and its consequences.
• Is it possible to get a MICE order during a pandemic?
• What has to be done to revive the success of the MICE industry after the pandemic?

Abstracts and Articles submitted for the conference are to be published as Round table proceedings. 

Working languages of a conference: Uzbek, Russian and English.

Originality has to be at least 80%

Font: size - 14; type - Times New Roman; line spacing - 1. All margins are 2 cm long, default indentation is 1.25 cm

Submission format: 

• title 
• abstract (500-600 words)
• keywords (3-5)
• bibliography

In case you are submitting in Russian or Uzbek, please, provide the title and keywords in English as well.

Please submit your articles with indication of full name, affiliation, degree, phone number and e-mail to conference@mdis.uz