2023 Congress Programme

The 2nd congress is postponed because of technical reasons. We will announce the new place and time later.

Thank you for your understanding.

2nd CROATIAN CONGRESS ON FOREST THERAPY

Vukovar - Hotel Lav, Feb 20th - Feb 23rd, 2023

Forest wellness - an instrument of health improvement and an innovative tourist offer

PDF Agenda for download
The organizer reserves the right to change the program

February 20, 2023

9:00 – 10:00 | Registration of participants
Moderator of the Congress: Lidija Hanell
10:00 | Opening ceremony and welcoming speeches:
Representative of the Croatian Tourist Board
Representative of the University of Applied Health Science, Zagreb
Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Representative of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Plenary presentations:

10:30 – 11:00 | Iwao Uehara
Case study and effects of forest therapy - Possibility in Croatia and Europe

11:00 – 11:20 | Won Sop Shin
The current association and future of forest therapy practice and research in Korea
11:20 – 11:40 | Gisela Immich
Evidence - based research on the effect of forest therapy in Germany
11:40 - 12:00 | Gorana Isailović
Development of forest wellness in Southeast Europe
12:00 – 12:30 | Tomislav Dubravec
Forests in the Republic of Croatia - A gift and obligation / Spačvan basin, in the past, present and future
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 – 14:20 | prof. Dr. M.Z. Karagulle
Why and how forests affect human health
14:20 – 14:40 | Jelena Farkić
Forest wellness education: The case of summer school of wellness in Ljubljana, Slovenia

February 21, 2023

9:00 – 9:30 | Vaishnavi Viswanathan
Importance of Forest Therapy for Corporate Leaders
9:30 – 9:50 | Dijana Vuletić
Recognition, assessment andmanagement of forest ecosystem services
9:50 – 10:10 | Darija Cvikl
The need for institutionalzation of forest therapy tourism practices

2022 Congress Programme

1st CROATIAN CONGRESS ON FOREST THERAPY

Zagreb, Sljeme – Tomislavov dom, September 12 and 13, 2022

Forest wellness - an instrument of health improvement and an innovative tourist offer

PDF Agenda for download
The organizer reserves the right to change the program

September 12, 2022

9:00 – 10:00 | Registration of participants
Congress moderator: Lidija Hanell, PhD environmental science
10:00 | Opening ceremony and welcoming speeches:
Representative of organizer of the Congress
Representative of Croatian National Tourist Board
Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Representative of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Plenary presentations:

10:30 – 11:00 | Dr. Qing Li (MD. PhD, Prof.)
Professor at Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. President of the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine, Director of the Society of Forest Therapy, Vice President and Secretary General of INFOM/International Society of Natural and Forest Medicine
The effects of forest bathing on human health - an introduction to forest medicine

11:00 – 11:20 | Dr. Prof. Krešimir Rotim
Dean of the University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb
Challengers of medicine in 21st century
11:20 – 11:40 | Amos Clifford
the founder of ANFT/USA (Association of Forest and Nature Therapy Program Guides):
Way of the Guide and Relation Forest Therapy: Implications for Research
11:40 - 12:00 | prof. Won Sop Shin
Professor at Chungbuck National University, Department of Forestry, President of the Korea Forum on Forest Therapy, former Minister of the Korean Ministry of Forestry:
The Korean experience of forest therapy
12:00 – 12:20 | Dr. M.H. Adamek
INFOM-certified Forest Health Expert｜International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine Vice Chairperson of the specialty Committee of Forest Health Maintenance Research of WFCMS｜World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies Head of IM-WALD-SEIN® Institute for Forest Medicine and Forest Therapy:
"Being in the Forest. The natural response to psychological stress and lifestyle diseases“
12:20 - 12:40 | Dr. Dijana Vuletić
scientific advisor at the Institute for International Scientific Cooperation of Southeast Europe /EFISEE/ of the Croatian Forestry Institute:
How forest ecosystem services contribute to human well-being
12:40 – 13:00 | prof. Dr. M.Z. Karagulle
Professor of Medicine, Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, President of Turkish Association og Thermal Medicine and Balneology:
Why and how forests affect human health
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch

Panel discussion

14.00 – 15.30 | Forest wellness as a component of the tourist offer
Moderator: Ernest Svažić, CEO, founder and director of Ernest Solutions d.o.o.
14:00 – 14:20 Introduction to the panel discussion: Dr. Romana Lekić - Assistant Dean of Edward Bernays University College: The combination of dendrotherapy and phytotherapy through transformative tourism for the new age
Panellists: Marcel Medak, CEO and health tourism specialist, representative of the Republic of Croatia in the European Spa Association ESPA, Director of the Tourist Board of Bjelovar-Bilogora County,
Dr. Jelena Farkić - Tourism research, Forest, Therapy South Eastern Europe – Forest Magic:
Inward journeys and simplicity of being, Jan Schmidt and Dr. Anne Rabes, Project Managers-BioCon Valley, Germany
15:30 - 15:45 | Coffee break
15.45 – 18.15 | Health improvement through the power of the forest
Moderator: prof. Dr. M.Z. Karagulle
15:45 – 16:05 Introduction to the panel discussion by Dr. Gorana Isailović: Prescribing nature – an individual approach
Panelists: Dr. A. Racz, University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb: Hugging trees from the aspect of medical science; Dr. Martina Zorić, Institute for Lowland Forestry, University of Novi Sad: Specific forest attributes that influence forest therapy; Prof. Iwao Uehara, Forest Science Departement of Tokyo University of Agriculture: Specific forest attributes that influence forest therapy; Dr. Gisela Immich, Department of Public Health and Health Services Research, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich: Healing and Medicinal Forests in a Rehabilitation/Spa Environment.
20:00 | Formal dinner with a performance by Lana Škrgatić

September 13, 2022

Presentation of the Croatian edition of the book "Your Guide for the Forest Bathing" by Amos Clifford

10:00 -10:30 | Introductory presentation
Prim. Dr. Gorana Isailović
10:30 - 11:00 | Amos Clifford
presentation of the book
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 | Workshops
1. Immersions: Dr. M.H. Adamek, Amos Clifford, Dr. Gisela Immich
2. Art Therapy: Tara Beata Racz
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch
Jasna Vukas (President)
Snaga šume / Forest Power
Croatia
www.snaga-sume.eu

Congress Location

Vukovar - Hotel Lav, Feb 20th - Feb 23rd, 2023

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