• As requested by conference’s participants around the world, Organizing Committee decided to put deadline for summit summary of conference papers back to August 30th; put deadline for summit complete conference papers back to September 30th. We welcome scholars continue to summit your papers.
• On-line registration and paying registration fee often failed due to malfunction in new electronic registration system. Organizing Committee decided all participants can register and paying registration fee when they be in the occasion of Conference. Registration fee is 200 US dollars for participants come from Category A countries; 150 US dollars for Category B countries; 100 US dollars; 100 US dollars for Category C countries; all students will pay half the fee.
• We congratulate all participants who had booked your hotel rooms. If you haven't done so, we will do our best to ensure you have all kind of hotels to choose from. In dong so, you have to summit complete conference paper and confirmation of your attendance before October 10th.
• Please earmark your birthyear in your paper If you want an International Young Scholar Award.

Background

    Leisure, as a social-cultural phenomenon, permeates the life, behavior, and consumption patterns of people in the modern world. It even permeates the formulation of national public, economic and cultural policies. It plays an important role in the promotion of humanism, and in the building of a harmonious world. The role of leisure in reducing social tensions has become increasingly evident, resulting in leisure scholars increasingly focusing their attention on leisure research.
    The world today is characterized by two important features: a greatly strengthened trend toward global integration and a much quickened pace of social transformation. This has opened up new vistas for scholars to observe society and life. It is true that scholars do not necessarily take a direct part in formulating various social policies, but they can play an active role, each with his/her own way of thinking, in the construction of sociological theories and in the practices of life, thus exerting an influence on social development with their deep thinking and far-sighted wisdom. Sociology, with a charm characterized by openness, cross-disciplinary inquiry, and tolerance of different views, has always attracted people's participation in public debate, through which the basis for the future development of the discipline is formed.
    It is in such a disciplinary background that this Conference, which aims to involve academic elite and social actors from various countries in the world, will be convened, with impetus from the sponsoring international organizations. It is hoped that with this Conference sociology will no longer be an abstruse language for the few, but a member of the big family of human culture, and that it will, as it has always been doing, make efforts to create a good environment for human life with its reason and wisdom.
    For our time, scholars are no doubt the thinkers, the carriers of morality and justice, as well as history-makers who use the power of humanism to drive the development of human civilization and progress.A dialogue between philosophy, sociology, culture studies, anthropology, history, education, economics and other disciplines is necessary for a better and harmonious world. Leisure is in a position to provide a platform for such a dialogue.
    Keeping this in mind, during the “First International Forum of Sociology” on 7th September 2008 in Barcelona Spain, the Leisure Research Committee of the International Sociological Association (ISA RC 13) decided to co-sponsor its Mid-term Conference in Beijing, China with the Leisure Research Centre of Chinese Academy of Art, China Professional Organization on the Leisure Philosophy, Peking University in Beijing, China.
    Founded in 1947, the International Sociological Association is a member organization of UNESCO. It is headquartered in Madrid, Spain with 55 Research Committees, 2 Working Groups and 4 Thematic Groups. Its Leisure Research Committee was established in 1970 and aims to boost the research on issues in leisure studies.
    October in Beijing is a golden season. Beijing, the historical and cultural capital with 850 years of history as also a modern metropolis, is expecting friends from all over the world!

Themes

Submission of Abstract

• Abstracts could be sent in Chinese or English, but Chinese papers should also be accompanied with English Abstracts.
• Please use MS Word software to edit abstracts，English abstracts should not exceed 350 words and Chinese abstracts should not exceed 300 words；
• Before submission, please read “abstract submission guideline” in the conference official website, abstracts should include the following contents：
  Heading page: Heading, Author Names, Current Affiliations and Titles, Mailing Address, Telephone numbers, E-mail address.
• Abstract should be sent as attached file to the conference paper processing team at cuirui1009@yahoo.com.cn before 15th May 2009.
• Academic Committee will examine all abstracts twice in anonymity way.
• Authors of accepted abstracts should submit full papers before 31th July 2009. Accepted full papers will be collected into the conference proceedings.
• Word limits of full papers: 5000--8000 better
• The conference has the following presentation formats: keynote speech, oral presentation, poster presentation, workshop...
  All presentation formats will be arranged by Academic Committee.
• The conterence encourages the submission of "theory-oriented paper"and "empirical research paper".

Work Language

English and Chinese

ISA RC 13 Young Leisure Scholar Award

    To encourage scholarship in the area of Leisure Studies and to attract and encourage young scholars to significantly and profoundly contribute to leisure studies, a Young Leisure Scholar Award has been instituted on behalf of ISA RC 13 to be given to a young scholar who contributes and presents the best paper (in English) on the occasion of RC 13 Conferences both mid-term as well as on the occasion of ISA World Congresses. In pursuance of the same, a Young Leisure Scholar Award will be presented by ISA RC 13 on the occasion of ISA RC 13 Mid-term Conference in Beijing, China for the best presented paper. (For details please see the related downloading.)
Young Leisure Scholar Award : Download WORD File 22K

Host

• The Leisure Research Committee of the International Sociological Association
• Chinese National Academy of Arts
• China Professional Organization on the Leisure Philosophy
• ITSA (International Tourism Studies Association)
• Peking University in Beijing, China

Organiziers

• CRTR (Center for Recreation and Tourism Research)
• BES International Consulting Group

Co- Organiziers

• Tourism Institute of Beijing Union University

    Registration fee includes conference fees, conference materials, scheduled meals, reception, and a copy of conference proceedings.
    Conference proceedings are not available to accompanying persons and registration fee does not include accommodations or transportations.

Registration and Fees	Early Bird (International participants)	Regular (International participants)
Standard	ISA category A countries  $200	ISA category A countries $250
	ISA category B countries  $150	ISA category B countries $200
	ISA category C countries  $100	ISA category C countries $150
Full-time Student*	$100	$150
Accompany	$100	$150

Beijing Friendship Hotel

The Friendship Hotel (Beijing youyi binguan) is located in the commercial and business district of Beijing, adjacent to the city's Silicon Valley and several technical institutes and universities. Only a stone's throw from the Contemporary Shopping Center(the largest shopping center in Beijing), the Friendship Hotel is the largest four star garden hotel in Asia offering services for tourists, business travelers and long term guests.
The hotel is uniquely Chinese in style.There are 26 different Dining Halls on the premises serving Continental and Chinese food and the various restaurants can accommodate a total of 3000 people.
The business facilities in the Hotel include translation services, conference facilities and stages for performances.The Hotel's multi-purpose rooms and conference halls of various sizes are furnished with high tech facilities. There are also good sports facilities on the premises including a gym, sauna, swimming pool, video-games room, bowling court, tennis court, dance hall, karaoke room and a golf training course.

Address:1 Nandajie, Zhongguanchun, Beijing
ZipCode:100873
Telephone:010-68498888
Fax:010-68498866

We appreciate you making the online room reservation and payment before 1st August 2009, because tourism in Beijing is at its peak on October.

Beijing friendship hotel
There are 349 standard rooms, suites and three-room suites in Building 2.Facilities include coffee lounge, meeting room, beauty salon and a supermarket all within the building. You can enjoy the attractive central garden and the always changing seasonal view in the rooms facing the north.
Room Type	Star grade	Price	Intro
Business ROOM Building 2	★★★★	$115  USD	Business ROOM 1.All room rates include 15% service charge. 2.Breakfast: Duplicate breakfast. 3.Free broadband internet access 4.King bed OR TWO BED
Room Type	Star grade	Price	Intro
Deluxe Standard Room	★★★★★	$216  USD	Business ROOM 1.All room rates include 15% service charge. 2.With breakfast for one. 3.Free broadband internet access 4.King bed OR TWO BED
Room Type	Star grade	Price	Intro
Yayuan apartment	★★★	$82  USD	Business ROOM 1.All room rates include 15% service charge. 2.With breakfast for one. 3.Free broadband internet access 4.King bed OR TWO BED
Shen Zhou International Hotel
Shen Zhou International Hotel is a commercial hotel managed by Beijing Shenzhou Shanglv Hotel. It covers catering, accommodation,recreation, and business.     The design of the hotel is modern, bright, elegant, and comfortable. The hotel is located in Zhongguancun High-Tech Park.     It is only 15 minutes from the hotel to Beijing West Station and 35 minutes from International Airport. Zizhuyuan is to the south. It faces Yiheyuan (the Summer Palace) and Yuanmingyuan (the Old Summer Palace). Distance to conference venue: less than 1km.
Room Type	Star grade	Price	Intro
Business ROOM	★★★★	$95 USD	Business ROOM 1.All room rates include 15% service charge. 2.Breakfast: Duplicate breakfast.Extra bed:CNY 150/bed/night 3.Free broadband internet access 4.King bed OR TWO BED
Shenzhoushanglv Hotel
Residence Inn by Baishiqiao B&Binn as the first hotel opened of B&Binn Hotel Chain in Beijing. Its very advantageous geographical location: situated in the middle of the Zhongguancun South Avenue , is located in the Zhongguancun Hi-tech Park, the core region, Nanlin Zizhu Yuan Park, the Beijing Library and the Capital Gymnasium; East by Beijing Exhibition Center, the zoo; north University of Nationalities, Dance Academy, Polytechnic University and other institutions of higher learning, the Carrefour supermarket adjacent to the contemporary city, Morden Shopping Centre, Shuang An shopping mall,such as shopping and leisure entertainment ★ Enhanced work desk ★ Reception office★ Spacious electronic safe ★ Daily newspaper ★ Foreign Exchange★ Dual line phones★ Voicemail ★ Satellite TV ★ 24-hour room service ★ Bathrobes, slippers and hair-dryer ★ In-room air conditioning control panel ★ 24-hour concierge ★ Bottled water ★ Welcome fruit > Distance to conference venue: less than 1km.
Room Type	Star grade	Price	Intro
Business ROOM	★★★	$58 USD	Business ROOM 1.All room rates include 15% service charge. 2.Breakfast: Duplicate breakfast. 3.Free broadband internet access 4.King bed OR TWO BED