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The Final Conference of the InnovaSPA project aims to promote the achievements that have emerged during the life of the project, disseminate the results of the implementation of the action plans to a wider audience, share our experiences, present the overview of the project's activities and achievements in favor of health prevention applied to spa therapy and to discover concrete results from 8 different regions in 8 EU countries ‐ results and methods that can be adopted in other regions.

Audience: political decision‐makers, project teams, stakeholders and thermal spa professionals.

AGENDA

Day 1 - 9.05.2022

13.30 – 14.00

WELCOMING OF THE PARTICIPANTS

Welcome coffee

14.00 – 14.15

OPENING OF THE EVENT

  • Association Thermauvergne ‐ Marion Vansingle, InnovaSPA coordinator & European Cooperation Manager, Introduction to the programme of InnovaSPA final conference
  • Auvergne‐Rhône‐Alpes region ‐ Florence Duvant, Regional councilor in charge of thermalism Welcoming words
14.15 – 14.30

INTERREG EUROPE: STATE OF PLAY

  • Interreg Europe Joint Secretariat ‐ Kristaps Rocans, Project officer
14.30 – 14.45

EXPERTISE ON HEALTH PREVENTION RELATED TO SPA

THERAPY IN EUROPE

  • National Council of Thermal Establishments in France ‐ Claude‐Eugène Bouvier, Secretary general (video)
14.45 – 15.15

InnovaSPA project

  • Auvergne‐Rhône‐Alpes Region – François Boissac, Director of tourism
  • Thermauvergne association – Eric Brut, General Director
15.15 – 16.00

THEMATIC DISCUSSION 1: Challenges and good practices


Moderator: Eric Brut
Speakers:

  • Danielle Faure‐Imbert, co-president of Thermal Federation Auvergne‐Rhône‐Alpes : Ecosystem regional & Full Health Thermal Spa Resort concept (France)
  • Pedro Augusto, Science manager at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto: Transnational Thermal Route of Chaves‐Verin Eurocity (Portugal)
  • Emilie Peyronnet, Project Manager at the Auvergne‐Rhône‐Alpes region: the Regional Thermal plan (France)
  • Zane Zeibote, Project Manager at the University of Latvia & Zane Allenforta, Project Manager at the Latvian Health Tourism Cluster: Development of health tourism resorts strategy with the support of Latvian Health tourism Cluster (Latvia)
  • Anita Jodl, Project Manager at Development Agency of the Savinjska Region: selfless program and new perspectives for the future (Slovenia)
16.00 – 16.45

THEMATIC DISCUSSION 2: Learnings and action plans


Moderator: Marion Vansingle
Speakers:

  • Eric Brut, General Director of Thermauvergne Association, Climate therapy and open‐air water tower, Kneipp Garden & water pavilion in Birstonas (France)
  • Mantas Vilys, General Director of the Lithuanian Innovation centre, Medical Spas Egle Sanatoria (Lithuania)
  • Orsolya Gregan, Project Manager at the University of Debrecen: “City & waters” in Debrecen, Hungarospa Hajdúszoboszló model and thermal spa water‐based tourism (Hungary)
  • Bożena Olszewska – Świtaj, Head of the Górowo Iławeckie commune and President of the Association of health resorts of Warmia and Mazury: the creation of the regional association of health resorts (Poland)
  • Ovidia Caba, Director of the Regional Policy Department at Centru Regional Development Agency: the new policy to support thermalism in emerging spa resorts of Centru Region (Romania)
16.45 – 17.00

SHORT BREAK

17.00 – 17.45

THEMATIC DISCUSSION 3: Unexpected achievements and
possibilities for the future


Moderator: Marion Vansingle
Speakers:

  • Paweł Piątek, head of Investor Assistance Center in Lidzbark Warmiński: the development of the health resort in Lidzbark Warmiński the project lifetime (Poland)
  • Marta Piskorz, Director of Department for Entrepreneurship Support and Territorial Cooperation at Warmia and Mazury Regional Development Agency: Healthy life ‐ smart specialization of Warmia and Mazury (Poland)
  • Pedro Augusto, Project manager at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto: the case of CIM Tamega e Sousa as pilot subregion (Portugal)
  • Zane Zeibote, Project Manager at the University of Latvia: The use of local natural resources, including thermal waters, in the cosmetics production (Latvia)
  • Mantas Vilys, General Director of the Lithuanian Innovation centre: Digitalization of health tourism sector from the marketing on social medias to the individual and personalised follow up of the patients (Lithuania)
17.45 – 18.30

THEMATIC DISCUSSION 4: Spa therapy & COVID‐19


Moderator: Eric Brut
Speakers:

  • Marion Vansingle, European Cooperation Manager of Thermauvergne Association, COVID additional project idea in the framework of InnovaSPA (France)
  • Csilla Mezozi, General Secretary of the European Spas association (ESPA), study “COVID & spa therapy” 
  • Gisele Kanny, Professor at the University of Lorraine: the post‐COVID program under development in Nancy and the evaluation study which is in the administrative set‐up phase (international study) (France)
18.30 – 18.45CLOSURE OF THE CONFERENCE           

Day 2 - 10.05.2022

09.00 – 11.30Transnational Stakeholders meeting


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