{"id":404,"date":"2025-04-13T06:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T06:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtc.umt.edu.my\/?page_id=404"},"modified":"2025-09-21T01:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:14:48","slug":"speakers-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gtc.umt.edu.my\/?page_id=404","title":{"rendered":"SPEAKERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"404\" class=\"elementor elementor-404\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c99d999 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c99d999\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43df517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43df517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SPEAKERS\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1dea72 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e1dea72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9851e76 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9851e76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce4883b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce4883b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed3f6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ed3f6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/gtc.umt.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-removebg-preview-1-1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-905\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtc.umt.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-removebg-preview-1-1-1.png 456w, https:\/\/gtc.umt.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-removebg-preview-1-1-1-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-639ea50 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"639ea50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b0cea8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b0cea8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb29e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb29e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Bob McKercher<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c72b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50c72b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Queensland, Australia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7486d19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7486d19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685c149 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"685c149\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"color: #000000; font-kerning: none;\">Professor Bob McKercher is a leading tourism academic at the University of Queensland, with over 30 years of experience and more than 300 publications. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to tourism research and education.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d5404 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56d5404\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2963e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d2963e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ab278e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0ab278e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6bd698 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6bd698\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/gtc.umt.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07prof.-dr.-vikneswaran-nair-removebg-preview.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-904\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtc.umt.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07prof.-dr.-vikneswaran-nair-removebg-preview.png 456w, https:\/\/gtc.umt.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07prof.-dr.-vikneswaran-nair-removebg-preview-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff309a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff309a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac14e76 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac14e76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b7d04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74b7d04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Vikneswaran Nair<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0f27c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c0f27c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Malaysian Ecotourism Association<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7159fa7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7159fa7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5915122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5915122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Vikneswaran Nair, known as Prof. Vik Nair, is a sustainable tourism expert with over 350 publications. 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He previously held key academic and leadership roles in Malaysia and The Bahamas, and in the Malaysian Ecotourism Association.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a519657 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a519657\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6131945 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6131945\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9de6282 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9de6282\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPEAKERS Prof. Bob McKercher University of Queensland, Australia Professor Bob McKercher is a leading tourism academic at the University of Queensland, with over 30 years of experience and more than 300 publications. 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