IAES announces founding board members

We are delighted to announce the founding members of the board for the International Association for Events Studies.

• President: Dr Mu Guo, Honorary President, Zhejiang International Event Association and President, Asia-Pacific Event Institute, People's Republic of China

• Chair: Dr James Kennell, Head of Department of Hospitality and Events, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

• Secretary General: Dr Mingguang Liu, Head of Event Management Department, Zhejiang International Studies University, People's Republic of China

• Founding Board Member: Dr Emma Abson, Senior Lecturer, Events Management, Sheffield Hallam Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom

• Founding Board Member: Dr Mike Duignan, Tenured Associate Professor, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida and Editor-in-Chief of the Event Management journal, United States of America

• Founding Board Member: Dr Melise de Lima Pereira, Assistant Professor in the Department of Tourism and head coordinator of the Post-Graduate Program in Tourism at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

• Founding Board Member: Professor Tembi Tichaawa, Head of Department for Tourism, University of Johannesburg, South Africa