II Global Summit
Science, Nature and Health
April 16-17, 2024

Practical Application of Scientific Evidence

The Diputació de Barcelona and Forest Therapy Hub invite you to the

II Global Summit Science, Nature and Health

Free Online Seminar
All Time Zones | In English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation

The educational ecosystem is a living organism that feeds on the convergence of Innovation, Nature and Health. The II Global Summit fosters sustainability and professional development within a dynamic vital network that will allow attendees to engage with:

Cutting-Edge Research and Extensive Expertise: Experience the latest research from multidisciplinary fields alongside invaluable expertise and deep knowledge.
Practical Applications and Knowledge Sharing: Participate in practical applications led by field experts who share knowledge fostering a collaborative educational environment.
Online Outdoor Sessions and Support for Growth: Join Online Indoor/Outdoor Sessions to experience nature-based learning, boosting professional development and sustainability.

Register to all the on-line sessions of the II Global Summit here

PROGRAMME

April 16
April 17

OPENING OF THE II GLOBAL SUMMIT SCIENCE, NATURE AND HEALTH

Alex Gesse, Forest Therapy Hub Executive Director

Xesco Gomar, President of the Natural Spaces and Green Infrastructure Area. Barcelona Provincial Council

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MODULE 1. THE BEGINNING: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

Xavier Roget, Tourism and Culture Advisor of the Parks Network of the Barcelona Provincial Council (Spain)

Dr Ricardo García Mira, People-Environments Research Group, University of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain)

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MODULE 2. INTERDISCIPLINARY SOLUTIONS TO TACKLING GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Matilda van den Bosch, Senior Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Forestry. Horizon Europe RESONATE Project (Sweden/Spain)

Matthew White, PhD, Environmental psychologist specialising in Ecological Public Health, University of Vienna. Researcher. Horizon Europe RESONATE Project (UK/Austria)

Ana Estela Barbosa, PhD in Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, researcher, Portuguese National Laboratory of Civil Engineering. Horizon Europe NATURELAB project coordinator (Portugal)

Margarida Rebelo, PhD in Social Psychology, Researcher, Portuguese National Laboratory of Civil Engineering. Horizon Europe NATURELAB project co-coordinator (Portugal)

Margarita Triguero-Mas, environmental scientist, world expert on the health impacts of urban nature and health equity. Research fellow at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), associated researcher at ISGlobal (Barcelona Institute for Global Health) and the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ part of ICTA-UAB) (Spain)

Helen Cole, Senior Researcher (Banco Santander-TALENT fellow) at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Deputy Director, researcher at the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability. Doctorate in Public Health (City University of New York Graduate Center). MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). GreenMe Project. (USA/Spain)

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MODULE 3. GREENING FOR RESILIENT MENTAL HEALTH

Angela Stangoe, CEO for Mind in Hillingdon and Forest Therapist, Psychotherapist, Addictions Therapist, Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Counselling Tutor and Professional Mediator, Mind (United Kingdom)

Syrila Makarezou, KMOP (Greece)

Marta Balagué, President of the Neuropsychology Section and Member of the Governing Board, Official College of Psychologists of Catalonia (Spain)

Rob Wolters, Executive Nature For Health Foundation (Netherlands)

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MODULE 4. OUTDOOR EXPERIENTIAL SESSION (double session):
∙ NATURE CONNECTION ACTIVITIES: EXPLORING THE HUMAN DESIRE OF CONNECTEDNESS
∙ JOURNALING IN NATURE: SELF-REFLECTION AND CREATIVITY

Marta Ayats, Forest Therapy Hub Training Director & Wild White Author (Spain)

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MODULE 5. THE NEW FRONTIER OF HEALTH: OUTDOOR THERAPIES

Professor Nevin J. Harper, PhD, RCC (Registered Clinical Counsellor), University of Victoria (Canada)

Alex Gesse, Forest Therapy Hub Executive Director (Spain)

Prof. Mayte Serrat, PhD, physiotherapist and psychologist, principal investigator and head of the FIBROWALK therapy at the Central Sensitization Syndromes Experience Unit of Vall d’Hebron Hospital, president of CIM Project (Inclusive Project Sports Association CIM) (Spain)

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MODULE 6. PRESERVING THE OCEAN'S VITAL ROLE: STRIKING THE BALANCE FOR HUMAN HEALTH

Wallace J. Nichols, Blue Mind (USA)

Puri Canals, MedPAN President, Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Network (Spain)

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MODULE 7. EMBEDDING NATURE INTO HEALTHCARE

Jill Matox, Institute for Global Health (USA)

Vadim Saraev, Research Forestry Commission England, valuing Natural Capital Benefits of trees and Woodlands for Mental Health (United Kingdom)

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MODULE 8. OUTDOOR EXPERIENTIAL SESSION (double session):
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∙ NATURE-BASED CREATIVITY IN CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTS

Rocío Ferraro, Forest Therapy Hub Trainer & Com Director, founder of Shinrin Yoku Argentina (Argentina)

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MODULE 9. TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE: LESSONS FROM COMMUNITIES & CULTURES

Paulino Najera Rivera, Founder of Rincón Ecológico y Cultural Térraba (Costa Rica)

MODULE 10. HEALING FORESTS, FOREST THERAPY STATIONS, AND FOREST WELL-BEING FACILITIES

Dr. Stefanie Frech, Biologist, Project Manager International Certification Office Healing Forest, BioCon Valley® GmbH (Germany)

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MODULE 11. THE INTERSECTION WITH FUNDING: FROM RESEARCH TO INDUSTRY

Susanne Henne, University of Greifswald (Germany)

Gianmarco Morigi, Therme (Germany)

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MODULE 12. OUTDOOR EXPERIENTIAL SESSION (double session):
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∙ EXPRESSIVE ARTS IN NATURE

Marta Grabowska, Forest Therapy Hub Trainer & Dom Oddechu Founder - House of Breath (Poland)

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MODULE 13. CASTING A VISION: THE FUTURE OF FOREST THERAPY

Dr. Guangyu Wang, Associate Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Director of the UBC’s Multidisciplinary Institute of Natural Therapy (MINT), Director National Park Research Centre (Canada)

Won Sop Shin, Ph.D., Researcher, Professor at Chungbuk National University (South Korea)

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MODULE 14. INTO THE HEART OF THE WOODS: IN-DEPTH RESEARCH ON HUMAN HEALTH AND FORESTS

Kirsten McEwan, PhD, Derby University (United Kingdom)

Dr Liz O’Brien, Head of Society and Environment Research Group (United Kingdom)

Katleen Wolf, University of Washington (USA)

Toni Sanz, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)

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MODULE 15. ACCOMPLISHED STORIES OF IMPLEMENTING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

Marta Ayats, Forest Therapy Hub Training Director & Wild White Author (Spain)

Mg. Psych Inga Dreimane, addiction prevention through nature, Latvian Association of Addiction Psychologists (Latvia)

María Guadalupe Garibay Chávez, Research Professor at the University of Guadalajara (Mexico)

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MODULE 16. BEAUTY, NATURE, AND NEUROSCIENCE

Eliseth Leão, PhD, Senior Researcher and Full Professor of the Graduate Program In Health Sciences At Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo (Brazil)

Rhett Diessner, professor Emeritus of Psychology Lewis-Clark State College, USA, Associate Global Faculty member Bahá’í Institute of Higher Education, Iran (USA)

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MODULE 17. OUTDOOR EXPERIENTIAL SESSION (double session):
∙ NATURE CONNECTEDNESS IN BLUE SPACES
∙ EXPRESSIVE ARTS IN NATURE

Manuela Renzi, Forest Therapy Hub Trainer & Wild Blue Author (Italy)

Marta Grabowska, Forest Therapy Hub Trainer & Dom Oddechu Founder - House of Breath (Poland)

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MODULE 18. BRIDGING EXPERIENCES WITH REALITY

Yawei Wei, MSc. in Sustainable Environmental Management | MSc student in Forestry | Graduate Teaching Assistant The University of British Columbia (Canada)

Rocío Ferraro, Forest Therapy Hub Trainer & Com Director, founder of Shinrin Yoku Argentina (Argentina)

Daniela Silva-Rodríguez Bonazzi, Institute of Therapeutic and Social Horticulture of Peru (Peru)

SPEAKERS

Professor Nevin J. Harper, PhD
RCC (Registered Clinical Counsellor), University of Victoria (Canada)

Won Sop Shin
Ph.D., Researcher, Professor at Chungbuk National University (South Korea)

Rob Wolters
Executive Nature For Health Foundation (Netherlands)

Dr. Ricardo García Mira
People-Environments Research Group, University of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain)

Marta Ayats
Nurse, Mg Tropical Medicine & FTHub Forest Therapy Practitioner, FTHub Training Coordinator (Spain)

Marta Grabowska
Forest Therapy Hub Trainer & Dom Oddechu Founder - House of Breath (Poland)

Margarita Triguero-Mas
Environmental scientist, world expert on the health impacts of urban nature and health equity. Research fellow at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), associated researcher at ISGlobal (Barcelona Institute for Global Health) and the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ part of ICTA-UAB) (Spain)

Ana Estela Barbosa
PhD in Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, researcher, Portuguese National Laboratory of Civil Engineering. Horizon Europe NATURELAB project coordinator (Portugal)

Alex Gesse
Forest Therapy Hub Executive Director (Spain)

Dr Liz O’Brien
Head of Society and Environment Research Group (United Kingdom)

Eliseth Leão
PhD, Senior Researcher And Full Professor Of The Graduate Program In Health Sciences At Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo (Brazil)

Kirsten McEwan (PhD)
Derby University (United Kingdom)

Mg. Psych Inga Dreimane
Latvian Association of Addiction Psychologists (Latvia)

Yawei Wei
MSc. in Sustainable Environmental Management | MSc student in Forestry | Graduate Teaching Assistant The University of British Columbia (Canada)

Matthew White
PhD, Environmental psychologist specialized in Ecological Public Health, University of Vienna. Researcher. Horizon Europe RESONATE Project (UK/Austria)

Margarida Rebelo
PhD in Social Psychology, Researcher, Portuguese National Laboratory of Civil Engineering. Horizon Europe NATURELAB project co-coordinator (Portugal)

Helen Cole
Senior Researcher (Banco Santander-TALENT fellow) at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Deputy Director, researcher at the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability. Doctorate in Public Health (City University of New York Graduate Center). MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). GreenMe Project. (USA/Spain)

Xavier Roget
Tourism and Culture Advisor of the Parks Network of the Barcelona Provincial Council (Spain)

Dr Guangyu Wang
Associate Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Director of the UBC’s Multidisciplinary Institute of Natural Therapy (MINT), Director National Park Research Centre (Canada)

María Guadalupe Garibay Chávez
PhD, Research professor at the University of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Puri Canals
MedPAN President, Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Network (Spain)

Manuela Renzi
Forest Therapy Hub Trainer & Wild Blue Author (Italy)

Daniela Silva-Rodríguez Bonazzi
Institute of Therapeutic and Social Horticulture of Peru (Peru)

Dr. Stefanie Frech
Biologist, Project Manager International Certification Office Healing Forest, BioCon Valley® GmbH (Germany)

Paulino Najera Rivera
Founder of Rincón Ecológico y Cultural Térraba (Ecological and Cultural Area Térraba) (Costa Rica)

Matilda van den Bosch
Senior Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Forestry. Horizon Europe RESONATE Project (Sweden/Spain)

Carlo Bifulco
PhD, Adjunct Professor, College of Agriculture, Polytechnic of Coimbra, former Director of Monti Sibillini National Park, former Director of Vesuvius National park (Italy)

Montse Subirana-Malaret (PhD)
Barcelona University (Spain)

Vaishnavi Viswanathan
Founder - Nature Connections India & Insights Learning solutions. FTHub Trainer. Leadership skills facilitator | Life Coach (PCC) | Expressive Art therapy practitioner | Forest Bathing practitioner (India)

Andy Anderson
Maggie's Edinburgh, Centre Head and Forest Bathing Guide (United Kingdom)

Rosa Sala Planiol
Alfredo Rivera Pinto
Executive Director and Administrative Director of Bosque Armonía (Chile)

Miriam Fuentes
FTHub Forest Bathing Guide, founder of EcoYoga Patagonia, Yoga teacher specialized in children (Chile)

Juan Andrés Cano
Founder and CEO PeaceStartup Foundation (Colombia)

Lic. Silvia Ochoa
Psychologist, Independent Consultant (Peru)

Prof. Dr hab. Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Professor of biology/forest ecology, University of Warsaw, Białowieża Geobotanical Station (Poland)

Carlos A. Faerron Guzmán
M.D., M.Sc., Associate Director, Planetary Health Alliance (USA/Costa Rica)

Chia-Pin (Simon) Yu (PhD)
Associate Professor, School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University Deputy Director, the Experimental Forest, National Taiwan University Fulbright Scholar, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University (Taiwan)

Prof. Giorgio Pintore
Chairman of the Evaluation Board of the University of Sassari, Professor of Pharmacognosy, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari (Italy)

Tanya Ginwala
Founder Qualia Outdoortherapy, M.A. Psych | Experiential educator | Adventure and Nature-based Therapist (India)

Emma Sanchez
Forest Therapy Hub Trainer & “Lluvia de Bosque” Founder (Colombia)

António M. Saraiva
Head of Planetary Health Brasil. Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Institute of Advanced Studies (Brazil)

Leila Alcalde
Social and Horticultural Therapist, Spanish Association of Therapeutic and Social Horticulture and Gardening (Spain)

Dr. Gerard Aragonès
Researcher of the Nutrigenomics group at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain)

Josep R. Torrentó Marselles
Senior Public Health Technician, Public Health Service of the Barcelona Provincial Council (Spain)

Natalia Ruiz de Cortázar
Promoter of the Experientia Association, graduate in Psychology, Master in Mental Health and Therapy, Adventure and Nature trainer and therapist (Spain)

Esther Deltor
Health Director of corporate health consulting firm meHRs (Spain)

Alesander Guzmán Arenaza
CSFP Centro Superior Formación del Profesorado CyL (Spain)

Maria Prandi Chevalier
Founder and CEO of Business and Human Rights (BHR) and Cofounder of PeaceStartup Foundation (Colombia)

Rose Prudente-Jocson
World of Outbound (Philippines)

Natalia B. Grabinski
Aromatherapy. Distributor of Young Living Spain (Spain)

Daniel Imbert-Bouchard
PhD in Geography. Coordinator of the Official Master's Degree in Innovation in Tourism Management of Urban Destinations at CETT-UB, University of Barcelona (Spain)

Michelle Loy
MD, FAAP, Integrative Health and Well-Being at NYP-Weill Cornell Medicine (USA)

Rosanna Ginocchio
PhD in Biological Sciences with mention in Ecology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Postdoctorate at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Professor of the Department of Ecosystems and Environment, Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Researcher (Chile)

Marzio Marzorati
President of Parco Nord Milano (Italy)

This is the result of extensive work considering ways outside the current social and environmental paradigm to improve social inclusion, social cohesion and sustainable development.