European Spas Association

Message of EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva

Ms. Ekaterina Zaharieva, EU Commissioner, Addressed the Participants of the HEALTHXCHANGE Summit 2026 In her official video address to the HEALTHXCHANGE Summit 2026, Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, delivered a strong and forward-looking message on the future of Europe’s water resources, prevention, and health tourism. She emphasised that water is one of Europe’s most valuable natural assets, noting that global demand is...
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Thorleikur Jóhannsson: “Latest trends in Geothermal SPAs and Lagoons development in Iceland”

Presented by Thorleikur Jóhannsson, VERKIS Iceland, and Markos Danas, Vice-President, European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA, advisory partner of GreenSPAS). Climate Resilience and Energy Efficiency in Thermal...

Claudia Wagner

Claudia Wagner is a managing director of Fit Reisen. She is responsible for the area’s product, product development as well as hotel purchasing and...

Claude-Eugène Bouvier

Claude-Eugène Bouvier is a Board Member of the European Spas Association, a Member of the French College of Health Economists, and the former General...

Dr. Meglena Plugtschieva

Dr. Meglena Plugtschieva is the Ambassador of BUBSPA. She has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Montenegro, to...

Ing. Alina Huseynli, MBA

Alina Huseynli is the Director and Board Member of the Institute of Spa and Balneology. She is the author of the flagship project “Spa...

Innovation Highlights at the Congress

Participants of the ESPA Congress 2025 will experience the latest breakthrough from our main partner Gharieni, winner of the Innovation Award 2024. The RLX Satori...

The Art and Science of Better Sleep

One of the local partners of the ESPA Congress 20225 is SLEPT - a company dedicated to the science and craft of sleep. The...

Linda Lancere: “Virtual mental and physical health – integration aspects”

Dr. sc. ing. Linda Lancere is a digital rehabilitation expert, physcial therapist and researcher at the Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory of the Institute of Sociotechnical...

Margrét Grímsdóttir: “Long-Term Effects of Rehabilitation Following Burnout: What works?”

Mrs. Margrét Grímsdóttir is the Director of Nursing for Heilsutofnun NLFI, a Rehabilitation clinic in Iceland. She has long-term experience working with patients in...

Aleš Příhoda: “Virtual Reality – New Trend in Medical Spa Treatments”

Ing. Mgr. Aleš Příhoda is working at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering CTU in Prague and in Medical Spa Hotels and Resorts Royal Spa,...

Jana Holmar: “Digital healthtech”

Jana Holmar is an Assistant Professor of Biomarker Optics and the Director of the Department of Health Technologies at TalTech. She also serves as the...

Alar Veraksitš: “Myometric measurements practice”

Alar Veraksitš, Dr. med., is a lecturer in human physiology at the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu. At the ESPA Congress,...