9:00 - 10:15 OFFICIAL WELCOME

9:00 - 9:15 António Jorge Franco, Mayor - Municipality of Mealhada

9:15 - 9:30 Pedro Machado - Turismo Centro de Portugal

9:30 - 9:45 Paulo Fernandes - Destinature

9:45 - 10:00 Jorge Brandão - Executive member of the Board CENTRO2020

10:00 - 10:15 Representant from Portuguese Government (* to be confirmed)

10:15 - 11:15 Module 1: SUSTAINABLE WELLBEING TOURISM IN CLASSIFIED AREAS

10:15 - 10:30 iNature, my Nature: diversity as ground for unique tourism experiences
Miguel Vasco, iNature, Portugal.

10:30 - 10:45 Sustainability for a better quality of living and as key point of attraction for tourism destinations: the case of Valsugana Lagorai Trentino Italy
Stefano Ravelli, Director of Valsugana Lagorai Tourist Board (DMO) Trentino Italy

10:45 - 11:00 How to manage the most sustainable destination in the most forested country
Dr. Jana Vilman, DMO Tourism Bohinj, Slovenia

11:00 - 11:15 - Questions and wrap-up

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 - 13:00 Module 2: EXAMPLES OF APPLIED HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND ECOTOURISM PRACTICES IN GREEN SETTINGS

11:45 - 12:00
João Diniz, Termas do Luso, Grande Hotel do Luso, Portugal

12:00 - 12:15 Lithuania potential for healing forests - current situation: existing problems and possibilities
Dr. Stanislovas Čepinskas, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) , Lithuania

12:15 - 12:30 How Forest Impacts Happiness in Bhutan
Kunzang Wangmo, Bhutan Namdruk Adventure, Bhutan

12:30 - 12:45 Green Care Forest – Development And Implementation Of Social Projects In Austrian Forests
Dominik Mühlberger, Federal Forest Research Center, Austria

12:45-13:00 Framework of a Forest Therapy program in a spa setting
Gisela Immich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

13:00 - 13:30 - Questions and wrap-up

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch

15:00 – 16:00 Module 3: FOREST AS A KEY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - the scope on Centro Region of Portugal
15:00 – 15:15 Restoring Nature, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Helena Freitas (PhD), Biodiversity and Ecology at the Department of Life Sciences of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal

15:15 – 15:30 
Luís Matias, Programme for the Revitalization of the Pinhal Interior, Portugal

15:30 – 15:45 Collaborative Governance: strategy for the Forest in Pinhal Interior region
Carlos Fonseca, Forestwise, Portugal

15:45 - 16:00 - Questions and wrap-up

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 17:30 Module 4: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS, HEALTH AND TOURISM

16:30 - 16:45 An Exploratory Market Outlook on Green Care Tourism in Europe (Online presentation)
Rik De Vreese, Forest Europe Institute

17:00 - 17:15 Films and Series as Strategic Partner to Develop Tourism in Natural Environments (Online presentation)
Dr. Eugeni Osácar, Research Director at CETT Barcelona School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy, Spain

17:15 - 17:30 - Questions and wrap-up

17:30 - 18:00 AFTERNOON CLOSING

17:30 - 17:45 Nature and mental wellbeing following the footsteps of the Cathars through the Pyrenees
Montse Subirana-Malaret (PhD), Universitat de Barcelona

17:45 - 18:00 Nature and Health: the potential of photography in clinical and natural environments 
Dr.ª Eliseth Leão, Senior Researcher and Full Professor of the Graduate Program in Health Sciences at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

19:30 – 21:00 Dinner

21:00 - Concert for Blindfolded Eyes: the iNature Landscapes
Luís Antero, Sound Artist

9:30 - 9:45 Opening

9:30 - 9:45 Public Health Delivering Strategy with Therapeutic Forests in Korea (Online Presentation)
Dr. Won Sop Shin, Chungbuk National University, Korea

9:45 - 11:15 Module 5: FOREST THERAPY FOR SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
9:45 – 10:00 Nature's positive impact on human health - the latest evidence (Online Presentation)
Dr. Matilda van den Bosch, Senior Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health and Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, Spain

10:00 - 10:15 LIM Model: Forest Therapy Interventions
Alex Gesse, Forest Therapy Hub Executive Director

10:15 - 10:30 Forest Bathing in ancient woodland and urban parks: Improving nature connection and wellbeing in UK adults and young people
Dr. Kirsten McEwan, University of Derby

10:30 - 10:45 Walk and Talk Psychotherapy in the forest: Empirical and Theoretical Foundations (Online Presentation)
Prof. Dr. Eric Pfeifer, Catholic University of Freiburg, Germany

10:45 - 11:00 Therapeutic Landscapes and Psychiatric Care Facilities
Dr. Timothy McCall, Medical Faculty Bielefeld University

11:00 - 11:15 - Questions and wrap-up

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 - 13:00 Module 6: THE CREATION OF HEALING FORESTS - EXPERIENCE FROM MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN

11:45 - 12:00 Insights into the Healing Forests of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Anette Rösler, Managing Director Spas Association Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V., Germany

12:00 - 12:15 Healing forest as a therapeutic approach - Status of the educational training "forest therapy" and "forest prevention" in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Online Presentation)
Anette Bosselmnann, State Forestry Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 

12:15 - 12:30 The benefit of the healing forest in patients with chronic back pain - a clinical trial (Online Presentation)
PD Dr. med Armin Thelen, Müritz Clinic, Germany

12:30 - 12:45 Europe's First Children's Healing Forest - Children's Health in Transition
Dr. Karin Lehmann, Deputy spa director Kaiserbäder Insel Usedom, Germany

12:45 - 13:00 - Questions and wrap-up

13:00 – 13:30 MORNING CLOSING

13:00 – 13:15 Transitions to sustainability: Health, Social cohesion, and Safety
Dr. Ricardo García Mira, People-environments Research Group University of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

13:15 – 13:30 Nature as a clinical focus on Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder s
João Silva, researcher at Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute and at the "Applications in One Health" Laboratory of the Public Health Institute of University of Porto.

13:30 -15:00 LUNCH

15:00 – 16:15 Module 7: INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION OF HEALING FORESTS: CONCEPT, SCIENTIFIC BASICS AND EXAMPLES FROM PRACTICE

15:00 - 15:15 Certification of Healings Forests – Elaboration of European Standards
Jan Schmidt, International Certification Office Healing Forest, BioCon Valley® GmbH, Germany

15:15 - 15:30 The Healing Forest Certificate from a Forestry Perspective
Luise Nadler, State Forestry Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

15:30 - 15:45 The Development of the Healing Forest Certificate from a Medical Point of View (Online presentation)
Prof. Dr. Karin Kraft, University Medical Center Rostock, Germany

15:45 - 16:00 From the Idea to the Product - The Creation of Austria'a First Healing Forest (Online presentation)
Mag. Gerhard Grabner, Business Director Stift Göttweig, Austria

16:00 - 16:15 - Questions and wrap-up

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 – 17:00 Nuno Banza, President of the Board, ICNF

17:00 - 18:00 Module 8: GREEN JOBS IN FORESTRY SECTOR (round table)

Vera Steinberg, Policy Advisor, Forest Europe

Leire Salaberria, USSE

Ana Belén Noriega, PEFC

18:00 – 18:30 Module 9: FOREST THERAPY

18:00 - 18:15 Way of the Guide and Relational Forest Therapy: Implications for Research
Amos Clifford, ANFT Founder

18:15 - 18:30 Forest Therapy & Science: Molecular Processes of Live 
Prof. (FH) Priv.-Doz DI Dr. Uwe Rinner, Programme Director Applied Chemistry, Institute Biotechnology, IMC University of Applied sciences Krems, Austria

18:30 CONFERENCE CLOSING

MATA DO BUSSACO

10:00 - 13:30 Outdoor Sessions with Experiential Workshops

1. Forest Therapy Walk & Workshop by FTHub
2. Forest Bathing Walk & Workshop by FTHub
3. How to develop a Nature-based Well-being Plan by FTHub