For more than 40 years Walter Jamieson has worked to bridge the academic and consultancy worlds through creativity, innovative and out-of-the-box thinking. His activities have been based on a sound set of responsible and sustainable values and principles. His activities include: early work in Canada using tourism and heritage resources as tools for community and economic development, research and consultancy work in China, extensive community-based tourism work in Asia, exploring the power of tourism as a tool for economic and social development, and leadership in creating an innovative service curriculum in Thailand. Formally Dean of the School of Travel Industry Management at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and prior to that member of faculty and administration within the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. His consultancy activities include working with the United Nations World Tourism Organization, ESCAP and UNESCO. He has published and presented widely and is solely or jointly responsible for over 135 publications, papers, presentations and outreach lectures. His latest publication is Managing Metropolitan Tourism: An Asian Perspective published by the United Nations World Tourism Organization. He is a member of a number of national as well as international organizations.Specialties:- Sustainable and responsible development.- Tourism planning and development at the international, national, metropolitan and local level tourism.- Human resource development - Corporate social responsibility with a unique focus on employing tourism as a tool for development with an emphasis on poverty reduction. - Heritage resource management and planning with a focus on heritage sites/areas and interpretation.