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Professor Greg Richards - Live and digital events: Virtually the same? An examination of the digital pivot in events

  • 12.00 - 13.00
  • 11 May 2022
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Professor Greg Richards - Live and digital events: Virtually the same? An examination of the digital pivot in events
The Covid-19 pandemic has hastened the shift of leisure experiences from physical to digital environments. What effect does this have on our experience of leisure events?

This presentation will look at the theory and practice of leisure experiences in events, and speculate on the likely implications of growing digitalisation of events for audiences and organisers. The work draws on research by members of the ATLAS Events Group, who have been developing the Event Experiences Scale and applying this to a range of different contexts worldwide. 

The School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management is pleased to host these open access seminars showcasing insightful and thought provoking research from renowned international scholars.

The seminars are of interest to academics, researchers and students. All are welcome.

Greg Richards is Professor of Placemaking and Events at Breda University of Applied Sciences and Professor of Leisure Studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

He has conducted extensive research on the relationship between culture, creativity, tourism and place. His research in the are of events includes a focus on event experiences, and how these are affected by context and culture. 

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