The 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas, Stockholm, Sweden, August 21-24, 2012
MMV 2012 Conference program and procedings now published
The conference program and proceedings are now published, see links below. You will receive printed copies when you register at the conference venue.
Link to Conference program (PDF, 2 mb)
Link to Conference proceedings (PDF, 4 mb)
Program overview
The conference starts at 7 pm Tuesday August 21 and ends with the conference dinner in the evening of Friday August 24. The opening session Wednsday Aug 22 starts at 09.30.
We encourage participants to consider our post conference tours organized in cooperation with Stockholm Adventures. Tours will start Saturday morning and finish early Sunday afternoon (including transfer to Stockholm/Arlanda airport). Read more.
Tuesday Aug 21
Conference appetizer and welcome reception
Wednesday Aug 22
Opening session
Keynote: Outdoor recreation in change – What about Sweden?
Keynote: Challenges of visitor monitoring and management in protected areas
Lunch
Parallel sessions
Refreshments and poster session
Parallel sessions
Wild Wonders of Europe (slideshow)
Dinner
Thursday Aug 23
Parallel sessions
Keynote: Current and future issues in natural area tourism
Lunch
Field trip (including refreshments and dinner)
Friday Aug 24
Parallel sessions
Keynote: Managing difference in shared recreational space: understanding the role of the body, movement and emotion
Lunch
Parallel sessions
Keynote: Attitudes, norms and the art of visitor management
Keynote: Values change the world
Panel session
Closing session
Conference dinner, entertainment and awards
Saturday Aug 25
Post conference field trip
Sunday Aug 26
Post conference field trip
In conference field trip
The in conference field trip Thursday afternoon will be a combination of a boat tour in the Stockholm archipelago and a visit at Tyresta National Park south of Stockholm. The boat tour is hosted by the Archipelago Foundation (www.archipelagofoundation.se) and will include management of recreational areas in coastal environments and a visit to Nämndö Island.
The visit at Tyresta National Park is hosted by the park administration (www.tyresta.se) and will include recreation management in urban proximate wilderness areas as well as a visit to the “House of National Parks” – an exhibition which features all national parks in Sweden.
In addition to our hosts, the field trip will have guides from the Department of Environment at Stockholm County Board. The tour includes some easy hiking. Dress for outdoor activities.
Keynote speakers
Read more about the keynote speakers
Dr. Katrina Myrvang Brown, The James Hutton Institute, Scotland UK: Managing difference in shared recreational space: understanding the role of the body, movement and emotion
Professor Thomas A Heberlein, University of Wisconsin, USA and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences:
Attitudes, norms and the art of visitor management
Professor Susan Moore, Murdoch University, Australia: Current and future issues in natural area tourism
Professor Klas Sandell, Karlstad University, Sweden: Outdoor recreation in change – What about Sweden?
Secretary General Bi Puranen, World Values Survey Association: Values change the world
Director Rauno Väisänen, Natural Heritage Services, Metsähallitus, Finland: Challenges of visitor monitoring and management in protected areas.
