TERMATALIA ourense 2024

The professional actions organized on 26 and 27 SEPTEMBER 2024 will reinforce once again the role played by the Termatalia brand as a center of international professional training in the sectors of thermalism, health tourism and wellness. The participation in this congress offers the opportunity to receive specialized and quality training from prestigious international experts.

Ourense, world epicenter of thermalism in 2024!

V INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON WATER AND HEALTH

PROGRAM

Thursday, September 26

9:00 am. SESSION ON SYNERGIES OF THERMALISM AND WELLNESS.

Coordinator: Jose Juan Cerdeira. Province of Ourense (Spain).

• New approaches  for spas: digital nomads. Edo SadiKovic (Serbia).
• Blue thermalism, the 2025 new public policy to support spas of the Provincial Government of Ourense. José Juan Cerdeira. Province of Ourense (Spain).

10:00 am. INAUGURATION OF TERMATALIA 2024.

12:00 pm. SESSION ON QUALITY IN SPAS AND HOT SPRINGS. BUSINESS EXPERIENCES.

Coordinator: Mario Azael Reza (Mexico).

• Hot springs in the nature of Chile. Sonia Scheiss (Tanica Hotels. Chile).
• Thermalism in Asia. Andrew Jacka. APSWC Asian Pacific Spa & Wellness Coallition (Thailand).
• Thermalism, sport and food and wine tourism in Spain. Javier Soto. Caldaria Group (Spain).

4:00 pm. SESSION ON THE COMPARISON OF THERMALISM IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

Coordinator: Adriano Barreto (Portugal).

• Potential uses of thermal resources and regulatory constraints: an international vision. José Angel Vazquez Barquero (University of Vigo. Spain)
• Regulations in Portugal. Ana Ladeiras (Portugal).

5:00 pm. SESSION ON WELLNESS AND SUSTAINABILITY.

Coordinator: Ramon de la Rosa (Latin American Spa Association. Mexico).

• Job opportunities in the world of Wellness. Andrew Gibson. Andrew Gibson Advisory LLC (Sweden).
• How Wellness can provide a solution to current mega-trends. Wilfried Dreckmann (Germany).
• Master’s degree in Wellness, the new profession of the future. Cesar Tejedor. Director of Massage Around the world and Co-Founder of Well-BA (Spain).

7:00 pm. END OF THE SESSION.

Friday, September 27

9:30 am. SESSION ON MEDICAL HYDROLOGY.

Coordinator: Francisco Maraver (Spanish Society of Medical Hydrology, Complutense University of Madrid. Spain).

• The role of scientific research for the development of a new balneology. Antonella Fioravanti (International Society of Medical Hydrology and Climatology. Italy).
• Evidence-based balneotherapy, clinical trials in Hungary. Ildiko Tefner. International Society of Medical Hydrology and Climatology (Hungary).
• Artificial intelligence and balneology. Constantin Munteanu. Romanian Association of Balneology (Romania).
• Spas: Strategic allies in the identification and treatment of fragility. Maria Lorena Vela. Complutense University of Madrid (Spain).

11:30 am. BREAK.

11:45 am. RESEARCH PROJECTS / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SESSION.

Coordinator: Lourdes Mourelle (Peloides Termal. Spain).

• AQUAPRED Project – System for the control and prevention of pollutants in mineral-medicinal waters using Artificial Intelligence. Coordinator: Jose Luis Legido University of Vigo (Spain).
• Spa tourism, subject or object of AI? Proposals from research for strategic development. Aida Pinos-Navarrete. University of Granada (Spain).

01:30 pm. LUNCH.

03:30 pm. SESSION ON SPA DESIGN.

15:30. SESSION ON SPA DESIGN.
Coordinator: Teresita Van Strate (TVS. Argentina).

• Creativity in the history of thermal techniques. Jose Manuel Gonzalez. Subita (Spain). 
• Fuente Santa Spa on the island of La Palma. Thermal architectural project. Federico Soriano. University School of Architecture of Madrid (Spain).
  

05:00 pm. SESSION ON THE BENEFITS OF THERMALISM IN THE RECOVERY OF PERSISTENT AILMENTS AND DISEASES.

Coordinator: Dolores Fernandez (Caldaria Group. Spain).

• Thermalism and healthy aging. Juan J. Gestal. Cathedra of Medical Hydrology, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
• Spa treatment and COVID-19: results of a study in spas in Galicia. Rosa Meijide. University of A Coruña (Spain).
• Thermalism in the treatment of long COVID. Antonio Freire. Iberik Hotels and Spas (Spain).
• Thermalism in the recovery from the sequelae of chronic neurological diseases. Jesus Figueroa. University Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). 

7:00 pm. END OF THE SESSION AND END OF THE CONGRESS.