• 9.00 Inauguration. institutional greetings
  • Welcome and introduction
  • Umberto Solimene, President World Federation of Hydrotherapy and Climatotherapy,
  • FEMTEC, State University of Milan, ITALY.
  • 10:00 – 11:30 Session 1:
  • BALNEOLOGY IN THE WORLD: REALITY AND PROSPECTS
  • Moderators: F. Maraver, R. Ledesma, O. Surdu
  • 1- Medical tourism, Wellness, Balneotherapy and Public Health. Olga Surdu.
  • 2- Strategic projections of the International Chair of Health, Thermal and Well-being
    Tourism of Cuba. Rafael Ledesma Rosa.
  • 3- Current classifications of thermal resources. Francisco Maraver Eyzaguirre.
    4- Balneology in the hot spring communities of the United States. Trend and access. Janet
    Abbott, L. Chris Devlin.
  • 5- Balneology and exercise: an innovative alliance for well-being and prevention. Fabio
    Esposito.
  • 6- 124 years of balneotherapy at the Techirghiol Rehabilitation Sanatorium – reflections for
    the activity and plans for the future. Elena Roxana Tucmeanu.
  • 7- Thermalism in Morocco and its socio-economic impact on the local population. Mohamed
    Benmakhlouf.
  • 8- Thermal Medicine – Well-being. The Greek Case. Kouskoukis Konstantinos.
  • 9 – Pending Title – Charles Davidson
    11.30 12.00 – Coffee Break
  • 12:00 – 13:30 Session 2:
  • TERME & TALASSO: STRATEGIES, ECONOMY, TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY
  • Moderators: Miguel A. Fernández, F. Bonsignori, L. Alemán
  • 1 – Present and future of Thalassotherapy. Faust Bonsignori.
  • 2 – Quality systems as management tools in Spanish spas. Miguel Angel Fernandez Toran
  • 3 – Potentialities of Cuban mineral waters and mineral-medicinal muds. Compatible with Dafo Matrix”. Jorge Castillo Burgos
  • 4 -Opportunities for foreign investment in thermal centers in Cuba. Yamila de Armas Águila.
  • 5- Wellness tourism and Thermalism. Rafael Ledesma Rosa.
  • 6 – Lifestyles and nutrition. Today and for the new generations. Gian Maria Bellati
  • 7- Asicotur, the driving force and backbone of international tourism cooperation. Jose Carlos de Santiago Bartholomew.
  • 8 – Strategy of Tourism of Well-being and Quality of Life. Ileana Reyes Alvarez.
  • 13.30 -15.30 – LUNCH TIME
  • 19:30 WELCOME COCKTAIL

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