World Leisure Congress

CELTH Industry Day

CELTH organises the Industry Day at the World Leisure Congress. A day when science and practice meet and exchange insights. A unique opportunity to meet this community of tourism and leisure experts in your own country.

Our promise
The Industry Day will be a day filled with energy, interaction, connection, and inspiration. No standard lectures, but dynamic sessions in which you get to work yourself, meet new people and work together on real solutions.

Engagement

Theme: ‘Leisure for a Better Society’

CELTH Industry Day: ‘From Knowledge to Experience – Building Bridges between Science and Industry’

Breda University of Applied Sciences: 27 augustus 2025

Keynote Yvonne Nassar – NBTC
Welcome to the Netherlands: Steering and Collaborating for Future-Proof Leisure

Speaker

Yvonne Nassar, the new director of NBTC, will give the keynote. According to Nassar, tourism is more than just travelling: it is a powerful instrument for social, economic and ecological development. How NBTC, together with partners, tackles this and what that means for you, you will hear first at the CELTH Industry Day.

Presentation with a twist: Three perspectives on resident profit

CELTH will provide a surprising plenary presentation in ‘silent disco style’ about the new guide for measuring resident profit. A hot and current theme in the sector

The researcher

The DMO

The resident

A little excitement and creativity to change things up

“If we do things the way we always did them, they will stay the way they always were.” With this statement, Friso Visser of Brain Fuel immediately sets the tone for what visitors can expect at the CELTH Industry Day. On this day the creative change club Brain Fuel introduces various interactive concepts that release a lot of energy and help us come up with real solutions.

  • Human Lickert Scale: more connection
  • Board of Directors: different thinking patterns
  • Context switching: changing perspectives
Speaker

Don't miss this unique inspiring event!

So whether you work in leisure, tourism, hospitality, policy or research, register for the CELTH Industry Day. If you use the code CELTHID when registering, you will pay € 120,00 euros instead of € 195,00.

Choose from our creative labs

Douwe Stoer

Douwe Stoer & Miriam Hempen SWECO

Securing space for recreation in the city

Andrew Mzembe

Andrew Mzembe & Ilse van Ipenburg BUas

Extended Reality for Single-Use Plastics Reduction in Hospitality: Piloting a Digital Twin in an immersive CAVE for Plastic Reduction Practices and Behaviours in Kitchen Operations

Jörn Fricke

Jörn Fricke Buas

Leisure in a Social Context: Building Resilient Communities Together

Ko Koens
Karoline Wiegerink

Ko Koens & Karoline Wiegerink InHolland & Hotelschool The Hague

Happy and healthy placemaking in action

Ewout Versloot

Ewout Versloot NBTC

Climate Adaptation for Resilient Destinations

Rene van Schie

Rene van Schie Metropoolregio Amsterdam

Governments in Control: Steering Urban Tourism for Sustainable Growth

Willem de Graeve

Willem De Graeve Visit Vlaanderen

Travel to Tomorrow: Cultivating Destinations That Flourish

Nazli Kurupinar

Nazli Kurupinar NHL Stenden ETFI

Park Landscape Trynwâlden: Towards a Sustainable and Meaningful Destination

Amber Herrewijn

Amber Herrewijn NHL Stenden

The Power of Business Events

Erik van Gerwen
Heleen Huisjes

Erik van Gerwen & Heleen Huisjes New Dutch & Brabant Partners

How can leisure engage broad audiences with innovations and societal issues?

Jessika Weber

Jessika Weber BUas

Emerging job profiles in tourism, hospitality and cultural heritage

On- en off-campus tours and workshops

In the afternoon, we will go off campus on a tour through the host city of Breda. Be surprised by technology and creativity!

  • Blind Walls Gallery: Innovating Futures with a Nod to the Past
  • Algorithmic Perfumery: Creating Immersive Futures with Scent
  • Layers of ’t Zoet: Breda by Water: Sustainable Urban Development and Ambitions for the Future
  • Breda Robotics: Where Robotics Reimagines Play

There is also plenty to do on campus. You can visit the labs of Breda University or attend interactive workshops.

  • Neuroscience lab
  • Geo Spatial lab
  • Bert Smit – Buas: Completing the cycle of designing, staging, managing & measuring experiences
  • Moniek Hover & Wesley Put - van den Beemt – Buas: Crafting Connection: Storytelling for Places, People, and Purpose
  • Albert Postma & Rob Ahlers – NHL Stenden/ETFI: Exploring Uncertainty: A Practical Workshop in Scenario Planning
  • Wim Strijbosch, Marco van Leeuwen, Peter Horsten & Karin Stiksma – Buas & Joint Projects: Towards Accessible Leisure for Everyone

CELTH Industry Day World Leisure Congress

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Breda University of Applied Sciences

Tickets € 120,=.
Use discount code: CELTHID