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founding author , certified special events professional -lrb- csep -rrb- certification president examination , author , co-author and editor of 30 books , in the field of special events . queen margaret university international student union most memorable teaching moment award -lrb- 2012 -rrb- special events society , founding international 2008 -rrb- st. edward 's university -lrb- distinguished alumnus 2008 festivals -rrb- -rrb- professional convention management association -lrb- event educator of and the year 2007 -rrb- creative marketing laboratory of russia -lrb- events silver medal 2005 -rrb- special events magazine -lrb- special events association industry hall of fame 2002 -rrb- -rrb- international special events -lrb- society -lrb- lifetime achievement award 1997 -rrb- hall of fame 200px queen margaret university planned events 04 june 1952 joegoldblatt.jpg joe goldblatt
 joe goldblatt , edd , frsa the st. edward 's university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- george washington university -lrb- ed.d. ; mta -rrb-
joe goldblatt

dr. joe goldblatt , frsa is executive director of the international centre for the study of planned events and a professor at queen margaret university in edinburgh , scotland in the tourism , hospitality and events group -lrb- the group -rrb- .
dr. goldblatt was the founding president of the international special events society -lrb- ises -rrb- and the developer of the original certified special events professional -lrb- csep -rrb- program .
prior to joining queen margaret university he was senior lecturer and executive director for the school of tourism and hospitality management at temple university in philadelphia , pennsylvania where his programme was named best event management education programme in the world by the international festivals and events association .
he was founding president of : the international special events society -lrb- ises -rrb- .
dr. goldblatt also served as dean of the alan shawn feinstein graduate school at johnson & wales university where he created the first master of business administration degree program in event leadership .
in addition , he created the first masters degree and professional certificate programs in the field of event management at the george washington university .
he is the author , co-author or editor of 30 books and many scholarly and trade publication articles though he has had less success with academic publications .
he has planned events for many luminaries including two u.s. presidents and the opening of the donald trump taj mahal resort .
goldblatt received the first ever lifetime achievement award for service to the industry from the international special events society -lrb- ises -rrb- of which he was one of the founders .
event solutions magazine awarded him the first ever industry visionary award for his contributions to event management education and research .
he was among the first individuals apparently inducted into the event solutions magazine events industry hall of fame .
in 2005 , he was awarded the silver medal from the creative marketing laboratory of russia for lifetime career achievements .
in 2007 dr. goldblatt was named event educator of the year by the professional convention management association and in 2008 he was honored as the distinguished alumnus from his alma mater , st. edward 's university .
in september 2008 dr. goldblatt was inducted into the international festivals and events association hall of fame .
in 2012 , he received the award for most memorable teaching moment by the queen margaret university student union representing 5000 students .
professor goldblatt is an active researcher whose projects have included the papal visit to edinburgh , the homecoming scotland 2009 celebrations , celebrating fife 2010 , east lothian the saltire celebrations , the philadelphia welcome america celebration , and the pennsylvania family reunion forecast study among many others .
dr. goldblatt is a strong advocate of the scottish independence .
