Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future
An e-Conference to be held 28—30 October 2008

The first casino resort opened in Atlantic City, NJ in
1978. Atlantic City was the first US gaming jurisdiction
outside of Nevada and was widely considered a high-risk
experiment. Thirty years have pasted since Resorts
International opened its doors and the experiment is on-
going. During those 30 years Atlantic City and Atlantic
County NJ have been transformed, as has the national and
international gaming landscape. The purpose of this e-
conference is to look back at the lessons learned from the
Atlantic City experiment and to look forward to the future
of Atlantic City and of gaming in general in today’s
environment of high tech and high levels of competition for
the consumer’s entertainment dollar.

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Cultural, economic, environmental, and social impacts on
Atlantic City and South Jersey;
Education issues;
Future of gaming in Atlantic City, the USA, and the World;
Gambling on the Internet;
Gaming business models;
Human resource management issues in casino resorts;
Problem gaming;
Substitutes and complimentary products in gaming;
Sustainable gaming;
Technology, its impact today and its implications for the
future;
Urban planning and public policy lessons from Atlantic City;
and
Workforce development.

Important dates

3 September 2008 3 page abstracts due for blind review
21 September 2008 notification of acceptance
24 October 2008 on-line presentations due to
conference chairperson
28—30 October 2008 participate in on-line conference

Papers presented at the conference, may, at the discretion
of their author, be submitted for publication in Tourism
Review International (the full paper will require a separate
external double-blind review process).

A best student paper competition is planned.

Sponsors

School of Tourism & Hospitality Management, Temple University
Tourism Review International

Please contact me if you have any questions or need
additional information.

Sincerely,

Wes Roehl
Dr. Wesley S. Roehl
Editor, Tourism Review International
Director of Graduate Programs in Tourism & Hospitality
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Temple University
1700 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-0840
215-204-5861 (voice)
215-204-8705 (fax)