The organizer reserves the right to change the program
September 22, 2023
9:00 – 10:00 | Registration of participants
Congress moderator: Lidija Hanell, PhD environmental science
10:00 - 10:30 | Opening ceremony and welcoming speeches:
Representative of organizer oft he Congress
Representative of Croatian National Tourist Bord
Plenary presentations:
10:30 – 10:50 | Dr. Qing Li (MD. PhD, Prof.)
Professor at the Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan – President of the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine, Director of the Society of Forest Therapy, Vice President and Secretary Geberal of INFOM/Interanational Society of Natural and Forest
The new concept of Forest Medicine and Forest Therapy
10:50 – 11:10 | Gisela Immich, Ph.D.
Ludwig Maximillians University, München, Germany
Evidence - based research on the effect of Forest therapy in Germany
11:10 – 11:30 | Prof. Krešimir Rotim, Ph.D. M.D.
Dean of the University of Applied Health
Science in Zagreb
Challengers of medicine in 21st century
11:30 - 11:50 | Stefano Ravelli
CEO at Azienda per il Turismo Valsugana –Lagorai, Laghi, Italy
Forest wellness and sustainability as part of a new tourist offer. The case of Valsugana –
Trentino, Italy
11:50 – 12:10 | Prof. Melanie Kay Smith, Ph.D.
Metropolitan University Budapest, Hungary
Nature and Wellbeing: Implication for Wellness Tourism
12:10 – 12:30 | Discussion
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 – 14:20 | Prof. Won Sop Shin, Ph.D.
Chungbuck National University of Forest Science, Korea
The current association and future od Forest therapy and research in Korea
14:20 – 14:40 | Tomislav Dubravec , Ph.D.
Croatian Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko, Croatia
Forest oft he Republic of Croatia – Gift and Obligation/int he past, present and future
14:40 – 15:00 | Dijana Vuletić, Ph.D.
Croatian Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko, Croatia
Recognition, assessment and management of forest ecosystem services
15:00 – 15:20 | Amos Clifford
funder of ANFT/Association of Nature and Forest Therapy/ USA
Forest pathways to soul encounters
15:20 – 15:40 | Prim. Gorana Isailović, M.D.
MSPAAS/FTSEE; Belgrad, Serbia
Development of Forest wellness in Southeastern Europe
15:40 – 16:00 | Questions
16:00 – 16:30 | Coffe break
16:30 – 18:00 | Panel: Forest bathing as a new component of Croatia's tourist offer
Prof. Iwao Uehara,Ph.D., Tomislav Dubravec, Ph.D, Stefano Ravelli, CEO, Representativ of the Šibenik Knin County Tourist Bord, Darko Vukelić, M.Sc., Jelena Farkić. Ph.D.
September 23, 2023
10:00 – 10:30 | Prof. Iwao Uehara, Ph.D.
University of Agriculter. Tokyo, Japan
Case study and effects of Forest therapy – Possibility in Croatia and Europe
10:30 – 11:00 | Prof.M.Z.Karagülle, Ph.D.
University Istambul – spa and balneotherapy, Turkey
Why and how forests effect human health
11:00 – 11-20 | Darija Cvikl, Ph.D.
Vocation College of Hospitality, Wellness and Tourism, Bled, Slovenia
The need for institutionalzation of forest therapy tourism practices
11:20 – 11:40 | Vaishnavi Viswanathan, M.Sc.
Funder of Nature Connections, India, bangalore. India
Importance of Forest Therapy for Corporate Leaders
11:40 – 12:00 | Prof. Laura Secco, Ph.D.
University TESAF –Padova, Italy
GREEN4C project and results
12:00 – 12:20 | Assoc.Prof. Vanja Vasiljev, Ph.D.
School of Medicine University of Rijeka, Croatia
Mindfulness and Forest Therapy
12:20 – 12:40 | Jelena Farkić, Ph.D
Breda University of Applied Science, The Nederland
Forest wellness education: The case of summer school of wellness in Ljubljana, Slovenia
12:40 – 13:00 | Assoc. prof. Aleksandar Racz, Ph.D.,M.D.
University of Applied Science, Zagreb, Croatia
Forest therapy frpm evidence based medicine perspective
13:00 – 13:30 | Discusions
13:30 | Lunch
Organized By
Jasna Vukas (President)
Snaga šume / Forest Power
Croatia
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
