Venue: Grand Spa Conference Centre

09:00 – 11:00  ESPA Board Meeting (by invitation only)
11:00 – 12:00  REGISTRATION / Optional: snacks/ light lunch

OFFICIAL WELCOMING & OPENING CEREMONY:

12:00 – 12:45

• Karolis Žemaitis, Vice-Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of LithuaniA
• Thierry Dubois, ESPA President
• Olga Gončarova, General Manager at Travel Lithuania
• Šarūnas Vaitkus, President of Lithuanian Resorts Association, Mayor of Palanga municipality
• Artūras Salda, president of the National association of medical spas of Lithuania
• Ričardas Malinauskas, Mayor of Druskininkai municipality

12:45 – 13:00  FLAG PARADE with all international participants

13:00 – 13:15   BREAK

KEYNOTES:
Charting New Horizons: Shaping the Future of Health Tourism 

13:15 – 14:00

• Jean-Guy de Gabriac, Founder of the World Welness Weekend: Grow your visibility, attract new clients and boost your revenue
• representative of the UN Tourism Organisation (TBC)
• representative of the WHO, responsible for non-communicative deseases (TBC)

SESSION 1 – Spa medicine & Prevention using balneology and climate-based evidence

14:00 – 16:00

• M.D. Ph.D. Kęstutis Skauminas, Medical Spa Eglės Sanatorija, Integrative Approach to Prevention of Stress Diseases at Medical Spa Eglės Sanatorija

• Dr. Martin Gehlen, Chief Physician of the Rheumatology and Osteology Department Bad Pyrmont, spa and rehabilitation clinic specializing in the treatment of osteological and rheumatological conditions/ Corporate health in cooperation with German health insurance companies
• representative of the ISMH (TBC)

• representative of the ESPA Medical Group (TBC)
• Private Health insurance company: Insights from the perspective of the private health insurance companies for cooparation with european health resorts (TBC)

16:00 – 16:30  Coffee & mineral water break

SESSION 2 – Balneology research, nature science & technology

16:30 – 17:30

• Doc. Dr. Lolita Rapolienė, Klaipėda university, Balneotherapy in reducing stress, depression, and anxiety: short and long-term results of randomized controlled study
• Prof. Patrick H. Carpentier
• representative of the ISMH (TBC)
• SPA Vilnius: The use of hot mineral baths in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Ingrida Zurlyte, Head of WHO Country Office in Lithuania, Summary of the section 

17:30 – 18:00.  Discussion with DG Sante European Patient organization

19:00 – 22:00  Welcome Dinner
Venue: Kolonade restaurant

Venue: Grand Spa Conference Centre

SESSION 3 – Balneology in children’s health

09:30 – 11:00

• Dr. Karin Lehmann, Usedom: Healing Forest and children health
• Tbilisi Balneology Centre: Spa rehabilitations for Autism kids
• MSc. Iva Brozičević Dragičević, Prof. of Psychology, Terme Selce & Rijeka: Nutrition program for obesity kids / Mental Wellbeing & Obesity

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee & mineral water break

Session 4 – Climate-based treatments

11:15 – 12:30

• representative of the ESPA Thalasso group
• Healing climate
• Austė Juozapaitytė, Healing forests and results of studies

12:30 – 14:00  Lunch

Session 5 – Perspectives of European health resorts

14:00 – 15:30

• representative of the Commission DG Sante (TBC)
• Alina Huseynly, CEO of the Karlovy Vary Research centre: A new era for Czech Spas: The transformation power of the Balneology (Spa medicine) research center
• representative of the EU Patient organisation (TBC)
• representative of tthe ESPA Medical Group

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee & mineral water break

Session 6 – Spa hotel development & Workforce shortages and education and needs of the economy

16:00 – 18:30

• TBC international hotel brand representatives (2)
• TBC  medical spa hotel brand operators (3)
• Representative of Booking.com

17:00 – 17:15 Break

17:15 – 18:30

1. Modern technology and education for quality and sustainable spa care,  Karlovy Vary Balneology Research centre
2. Egle Rukšėnaitė/Prof. Edgaras Neniškis. E77 SPA Hotels Development & ARCHES, The SPA Hotel of After Tomorrow
3. Vilija Malinauskaitė, Hospitality industry advisor/ Lecturer at Vilnius University Business School, Potential growth of the spa industry and providers
4. GenZ- the present project with ESPA and 6 european universities

16:00 – 18:30 Parallel session 

European Spas Medical working group round table & workshop

19:00 – 19:45
Setting off to the Snow Arena for an Enchanting Gala Dinner Experience (later information about transfer via cable cart or with a bus)

20:00 – 00:00  European Spas Innovation Awards & Gala Dinner