- DEL 2 AL 4 MARZO 2023
- SEDE: HOTEL PASEO DEL PRADO, LA HABANA, CUBA
Comité organizador / Organizing committee
List of Event Sponsors
World Federation of Hydrotherapy and Climatology, FEMTEC European Association of Wellness Medicine (AEMeB) EUROPE European Association of Thermal Centers for…
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Addressed to, experts, professionals, technicians and health officials. Nutritionists, beauticians, physical educators, rehabilitators. Teachers and instructors of yoga and other…
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The Organizing Committee invites you to participate actively by contributing your presentations to plenary sessions, workshops, panels, practical demonstrations and…
Temas / Themes
- Health and wellness tourism
- Multidisciplinary approach to health care and wellness.
- Invest in Wellness with innovative experiences in rural areas. Looking to the future, promoting the territory, local economies and sustainability
- Rural Wellness Tourism, a proposal for Accessible Tourism for all. Expectations
- Digital marketing; strategies for the development of the sector.
- Promotion of natural environments and resources, local cultural and gastronomic experiences. Today’s wellness challenges
- The waters (thermal and marine) emerge as a market for investments. Thermae & Thalassa; opportunities for redevelopment, green infrastructure and modernization of existing centers in healthy natural destinations
- Traditional cultures and well-being
- The art of doing Yoga. Guidelines and benefits for health, full and balanced life. Body wellness, hiking, meditation, mindful eating.
- Yoga retreats; different themes and approaches
- Tai Chi. Exercises, energy balance as health promotion
- Ayurveda: Ancient Medicine. Prevention and maintenance of health
- Health, resilience and wellness vision
- Nutrition and healthy eating.
- Longevity healthy, active, safe and happy life expectancy.
- Rehabilitation in thermal centers, spa, thalassotherapy.
- Strategic exercises and balneology for health and well-being.
- Post Covid Syndrome: Synergy and efficiency of thermal treatments.
- Comprehensive well-being of women.
- Beauty and Health. Latest generation dermo-cosmetic treatments, natural and Bio.
- Fitness and mental health, finding balance.
- Mindfulness and meditation. Health benefits and implications.
- Natural and traditional medicine. Connect with nature, alternative forms of healing and relaxation. Therapies based on natural elements.
- One world, one medicine, one health.
- Research, training and practical application key points of collaboration.
- Promote the future of health.
- Recommendations focused on promoting the important role of women in health and wellness centers. Professionalism, leadership and sustainability from a gender perspective.
- Equity, Gender and Health
- Approaches to put into practice the effective participation of women and real equality of opportunities in health and welfare centers. Full activity in the fields of work, management, management, organization, training, essential for inclusive and sustainable development.
- The creative process of making art. Expressive therapies and emotional well-being
- Dance movement therapy
- Music therapy. The effect of music on health, mind and emotions
- Writing, reading and crafts therapy. Cognitive activities and mental health
- The role of art. Drawing, painting, design, sculpture, crafts and mental well-being.
- Training and qualification. International chair of health and wellness tourism in Cuba
- Unique in Latin America and the Caribbean. It contributes to the global demand for infrastructure and excellence in care and sustainable development in this current priority sector.
- The Chair will allow to increase the positioning of the area as a leading destination in health and wellness tourism, a platform that will generate value by developing multisectoral integration programs, research, innovation, detection of trends, strategies such as seasonally adjusting tourism demand, as well as transfer of knowledge to the business sector, advice on business opportunities, technological solutions, with a staff of professors and experts from different countries.
- Activities of March 2
- 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
- Activities of March 3
- 9.30 – 11.30 Session 3.
- SALUD INTERNATIONAL TOURISM CHAIR; THERMALISM AND WELL-BEING.
- Inaugural lectures
- “Multilateral approach to health and well-being”
- Moderators: F. Menéndez, R. Ledesma Rosa. F. Esposito
- 1- Evolution of teaching in Medical Hydrology. Francisco Maraver Eyzaguirre.
- 2- Thalassotherapy, marine fears for prevention, cure and rehabilitation. Faust Bonsignori.
- 3- A single age for physical exercise and prevention. Fabio Esposito.
- 4- Well-being: better understanding of the acute physiological effects of bathing. They brought Virgiliu Surdu.
- 5- The gender perspective in health. Gender medicine in training programs and structures in health services. Florana Menendez Camporredondo
- 6- Health education in Thermal Medicine to organize a Healthy Longevity School. Miguel Angel Fernandez
- 7- Spa setting programs for multidisciplinary prevention and healthy aging. Stefano Masiero. (Video)
- 11.30 -12.00 Coffee break
- 12.00 – 13.00 – Session 4 – PANEL
- BALNEOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION. POST-COVID SYNDROME
- Moderators: Elena Roxana Țucmeanu, Leovy Semino Garcia, Marleny Viera
- 1- Post covid-19 rehabilitation. Jorge Luis Gonzalez Roig.
- 2- Rehabilitation in Cuba, its contribution to health in post-Covid times. Leovy Edrey Semino Garcia.
- 3- Response to thermal treatment in post Covid patients. Marleny Viera Garcia.
- 4- Epidemiology of chronicity and treatment strategies for Thermalism in care systems. Salvador Tamayo Muniz.
- 5- Rehabilitation medicine and health centers in the COVID-19 era. Maria Chiara Maccarone. (Video)
- 13.00 – 14.00 Session 5 – PANEL
- NATURAL PRODUCTS, TRADITIONAL MEDICINE. INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
- Moderators: Mohamed Benmakhlouf, Niurka M Guzmán, Roberto Ángel Polo, Kouskoukis Konstantinos.
- 1- Traditional medical systems and quality of life. Johann Perdomo Delgado.
- 2- Cuban Natural and Tradicional Medicine. Evelyn Rivas Álvarez.
- 3- Potential of the natural thermal resources of the “San Diego de los Baños” Spa. Ana Iris Benitez Lopez
- 4- Thermalism in Cienfuegos, a promising story. Roberto Angel Polo Amarante.
- 5- Perspective of gender and sustainability in the thermal centers of Cuba. Niurka M. Guzman Carballo.
- 6- Elaboration and Marketing of Natural Products and Well-being. Jorge Luis Arias Urquiza.
- 7-Proposal of strategies and products for the development of wellness tourism in thermal centers in Cuba. Leonardo German Cruz.
- Activities on March 4
- 9.00am – Departure from the Hotel Royalton in transfer to visit the Historic Spa of “San Diego de los Baños”
- Visit with the management and specialists of the Thermal Center
- 12.30 – Lunch
- 14.30 – Return to the Royalton Hotel
