Agenda 2016

Thermalism In The Third Millennium

Friday, 21st October

08:00 – 09:00 Registration and distribution of CME material

09:00 – 09:30 Opening address by the authorities and EHTTA

Introductory speech by Giorgio Onorati and Ennio Gori

09:30 – 10:00 Outlook in the future: A New Spa Offer –

Loredana Lignola (I)

10:00 – 10:15 Roundtable

10:15 – 11:15 Recent innovations in spa architecture and techniques

Paul Simons (GB) – Aldo Meucci (I) – Simone Micheli (I)

11:15 – 11:30 Roundtable

11:30 – 12:00 Marketing issues

Lisa M. Starr (USA)

12:00 – 12:15 Roundtable

Break

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Scientific research in the spa industry:

Current situation and future prospects – Marco Vitale (I).

03:00 - 03:15 p.m. Roundtable

03:15 - 04:15 p.m. Balneotherapy - an important part of healthcare systems in Europe

Janka Zalesakova (Sk)

4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Roundtable

04:30 - 05:15 p.m. Cross-border spa healthcare in Europe: The experiences in

Germany (P. Nardini) and in the European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino (Valentina Piffer)

05:15 - 05:30 p.m. Roundtable

5:30 – 6:15 p.m. EU Intervention Programs for the spa industry

(Representative of the EU Commission)

Examples and methods of drawing up a project proposal

Foscara Porchia (I)

06:15 - 06:30 p.m. Roundtable

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. International experiences:

- Development of the Spa Industry in China - Mingle Zhao (China)

- The Wellness & SPA business in Ukraine Violetta Yanyshevskaya (Ukr)

- The Spa Industry in Latin America - F. Lazzerini (BR) – N. H. Ficosecco (AR)

7:30 – 7:45 p.m. - Roundtable

7:45 – 08:00 p.m. CME test

Saturday 22nd October 2016

10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Prize giving ceremony for the 8th International Award for spa research

MARCIAL CAMPOS - organized by OMTh and SITh

- Andres Campos (SP), SITh President.

- Lectio Magistralis

- Final remarks.

Speakers

Giuseppe Bellandi - EHTTA (European Historical Thermal Town Association) President

Giorgio Onorati - President of Associazione Terme del Trentino

Ennio Gori - Omth (World Hydrothermal Organization) President

Loredana Lignola (I) – Graduated in Psychology and Sports Sciences from the University of Naples Federico II - Expert in psychophysical well-being and spa culture.

Paul Simons (GB) – President of the EHTTA Scientific Committee

Aldo Meucci (I) - Architect

Simone Micheli (I) - Architect

Lisa M. Starr (USA) - Senior Consultant

Marco Vitale - University of Parma, Foundation for Spa Scientific Research (FoRST) Rome

J. Zalesakova (Sk) - President of Slovak Spa Association; Vicepresident of European Spa Association

P. Nardini (I) - Lawyer and Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Venice

Valentina Piffer - General Secretary of the EGTC European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol- Trentino

Representative of the EU Commission

Foscara Porchia (I) - Architect

Mingle Zhao (Cina) - Manager at China Hot Spring Association

Violetta Yanyshevskaya (Ukr) - President of Ukrainian Association of Medical Tourism

F. Lazzerini (BR) - ALATh President and OMTh Vice President; Director da Sociedade

Brasileira de Termalismo – Geologist;

N. H. Ficosecco (AR) - Clinician - Faculty of Medical Sciences in Rosario; Sports Medicine Specialist at the Faculty of Medical Sciences - National University of Rosario, Argentina;

ALATH Vice President (Latin America Association of Thermalism).

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