PROGRAM

^{CONFERENCE SCHEDULE} Day 1 November 13, 2025 (Thursday)
8:00AM – 8:30AM	Registration and Introductions Conference Guidelines
9:00AM – 9:30AM	National Anthem Welcome Remarks Shirley V. Guevarra, PFT., PhD. Conference Chair, PRCTH 2025 Messages Hon. Angelo A. Jimenez President University of the Philippines Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II, LLB, LLM Chancellor, University of the Philippines Diliman Patricia B. Arinto, PhD Dean, University of the Philippines Tacloban
9:30AM – 10:15AM	Introduction of Keynote Speaker Mary Delia Tomacruz, DBA KEYNOTE SPEECH 1 Shirley C. Agrupis, PhD Chair, Commission on Higher Education
10:15AM – 10:30AM	COFFEE BREAK
10:30AM – 11:45AM	PARALLEL SESSION 1 Parallel 1-A Parallel 1-B Parallel 1-C Parallel 1-D Parallel 1-E
12:00NN – 1:30PM	NETWORKING & LUNCH Venue: UP Tacloban
1:30PM – 2:15PM	Edieser D. Dela Santa, PhD Introduction of Keynote Speaker KEYNOTE SPEECH 2 Brent A. Lovelock, PhD University of Otago, New Zealand
2:15PM – 2:30PM	BREAK
2:30PM – 3:15PM	Mary Anne R. Tumanan, PhD Introduction of Keynote Speaker KEYNOTE SPEECH 3 Honggang Xu, PhD Dean, Sun Yat-sen University, China
3:15PM – 4:30PM	PARALLEL SESSION 2 Parallel 2-A Parallel 2-B Parallel 2-C Parallel 2-D Parallel 2-E
6:00PM	WELCOME DINNER Venue: UP Tacloban DOT/LGU Tacloban ℅ UP Tacloban Attire: Filipiniana

^{CONFERENCE SCHEDULE} Day 2 November 14, 2025 (Friday)
8:00AM – 8:30AM	Registration
8:30AM – 8:45AM	Day 1 Recap
8:45AM – 9:30AM	Shirley V. Guevarra, PFT, PhD Introduction of Keynote Speaker KEYNOTE SPEECH 4 Priyanko Guchait, PhD Professor, University of Houston
9:30AM – 10:45AM	PARALLEL SESSION 3 Parallel 3-A Parallel 3-B Parallel 3-C Parallel 3-D Parallel 3-E
10:45AM – 11:00AM	BREAK
11:00AM – 11:45AM	Giovanni Francis A. Legaspi Introduction of Keynote Speaker KEYNOTE SPEECH 5 Bartolome Deya Tortella, PhD Universitat de les llles Balears
12:00NN – 1:30PM	LUNCH
1:30PM – 2:45PM	PARALLEL SESSION 4 Parallel 4-A Parallel 4-B Parallel 4-C Parallel 4-D Parallel 4-E
2:45PM – 4:00PM	Edieser Dela Santa, PhD Introduction of Panel Moderator PANEL DISCUSSION ON TRANSFORMATIVE TOURISM Benjamin W.L. Derhy, PhD CY Cergy Paris Universite Panel Moderator Brent Lovelock, PhD Honggang Xu, PhD Priyanko Guchait, PhD Bartolome Deya Tortella, PhD
	For DOT R8
4:00PM	CLOSING REMARKS Giovanni Francis A. Legaspi Conference Co-chair, PRCTH 2025

^{CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Day 3 November 15, 2025 (Saturday)}
9:00 AM – 12:00 NN	POST-CONFERENCE TOURS

PHILIPPINE RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY 2025