OPENING OF THE III GLOBAL SUMMIT SCIENCE, NATURE AND HEALTH

8:45 am Lisbon, London, Dublin | 9:45 am Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 10:45 am Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 2:15 pm New Delhi | 2:45 pm Bangkok | 4:45 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 4:45 pm Seoul, Tokyo | 5:45 pm Sidney

Alex Gesse, Forest Therapy Hub Executive Director

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

MODULE 1. PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY, PROTECTING OURSELVES: THE VITAL ROLE OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH FOR HUMANITY

9:00 am Lisbon, London, Dublin | 10:00 am Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 11:00 am Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 1:30 pm New Delhi | 3:00 pm Bangkok | 4:00 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 5:00 pm Seoul, Tokyo | 6:00 pm Sidney

Protected natural spaces and green infrastructure: an excellent opportunity for global health
Josep Pena Sant, Coordinator of the Trade, Consumer and Public Health Area, Barcelona Provincial Council (Spain)
Xavier Roget, Tourism and Culture Advisor of the Parks Network of the Barcelona Provincial Council (Spain)

Appreciating Nature – the Vital Key to Addressing Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss
Deborah Sue, International Forestry Consultant (Fiji)

Biodiversity And Planetary Health: Why Nature Is Essential for Human Well-Being
Prof Dr Helena Freitas, Full Professor in Ecology and Biodiversity Coimbra University, UNESCO CHAIR HOLDER in Biodiversity Safeguard for Sustainable Development (Portugal)

MODULE 2. HEALING WITHOUT THE HEFTY PRICE TAG: THE ECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS OF NATURE-BASED HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

10:30 am Lisbon, London, Dublin | 11:30 am Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 12:30 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 3:00 pm New Delhi | 4:30 pm Bangkok | 5:30 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 6:30 pm Seoul, Tokyo | 7:30 pm Sidney

Greening the cities with NBS: Sustainability, Health and Safety. Contributions from Environmental Psychology
Dr Ricardo García Mira, People-Environments Research Group, University of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain)

A Healthy Ocean for a Healthy Society: Raising Awareness to Conserve and Restore Marine Ecosystems
Puri Canals, MedPAN President, Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Network (Spain)

One Health for Cities: A holistic approach to take care of people, animals and the environment
Sofía Aivalioti, Innovation Consultant for green and healthier cities at Bax & Company (Greece)

Have we neglected nature’s role in preventing modern public health crises?
Paweł Sowa, PhD, MPH, Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok (Poland)

MODULE 3. RECENT ADVANCES IN FOREST BATHING AND FOREST THERAPY RESEARCH

7:00 am New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 8:00 am Buenos Aires, São Paulo | Noon Lisbon, London, Dublin | 1:00 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 2:00 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 4:30 pm New Delhi | 6:00 pm Bangkok | 7:00 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 8:00 pm Seoul, Tokyo | 9:00 pm Sidney

The Cognitive Benefits of Consistent Forest Therapy: Enhancing Mental Performance through Nature
Dr Keeren Sundara Rajoo, Head of Biodiversity Borneo Laboratory, Borneo EcoScience Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Sarawak Campus (UPMKB), Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, UPMKB (Malaysia)

Forest Bathing in the Concrete Jungle: Adaptations and Research in Urban and Extreme Conditions
Kirsten McEwan (PhD), Derby University (United Kingdom)

How Forest Therapy Contributes to Active Aging: Evidenced-based Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Chia-Pin (Simon) Yu, Ph.D. 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)

How Estonia has developed in the nature and health field. What have we done and what’s going on in the practical field?
Simon Bell, Professor of Landscape Architecture, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia)
Kristi Raava, Psychologist and trainer. Estonian Nature and Animal Assisted Therapy Center, Founder and CEO (Estonia)

MODULE 4. GAME CHANGER PROJECTS: ADVANCING NATURE-BASED HEALTH WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

6:00 am Los Angeles, Vancouver | 7:00 am Mexico | 8:00 am Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 9:00 am New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 10:00 am Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 2:00 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 3:00 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 4:00 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 6:30 pm New Delhi | 8:00 pm Bangkok | 9:00 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 10:00 pm Seoul, Tokyo | 11:00 pm Sidney

Insights from University students and staff on nature connectedness in four European countries
Angelos Kassianos, Lecturer in Health Psychology and Director of Behavioral Science in Health – BSiH Lab, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus)

NATURELAB: Towards the comprehension of Nature features and stakeholders’ awareness of nature-based interventions
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)

Tackling Loneliness through Nature-Based Social Prescribing: An Overview of the “Friends in Nature” Group-Based Intervention
Jill Litt, Professor of Environmental Health in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Senior Researcher at the Barcelona ISGlobal (USA)

PHorestAll – Planetary Health by Healing Forests as a Nature-based Solution
Miguel Vasco, Biodiversa+ PHorestAll Project Coordinator (Portugal)

MODULE 5. STATE OF THE ART IN NATURE-BASED THERAPIES: EXPLORING FRONTIERS IN SCIENCE, WELL-BEING, AND HEALTH

7:30 am Los Angeles, Vancouver | 8:30 am Mexico | 9:30 am Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 10:30 am New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 11:30 am Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 3:30 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 4:30 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 5:30 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 8:00 pm New Delhi | 9:30 pm Bangkok | 10:30 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 11:30 pm Seoul, Tokyo

Key Components of Nature-Based Interventions: A Pathway to Common Frameworks
Alex Gesse, Forest Therapy Hub Executive Director (Spain)

Mindfulness and Forest Therapy: Commonalities, Differences and Possibilities
Dr Alicja Juškienė, Associate Professor, Research Fellow at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lithuania)

Nature and Adventure Therapy from a Clinical Perspective
Alexander Rose, Clinical Psychologist, University Professor, and Director of Adventure Therapy (Spain) and the Adventure Therapy Institute (Germany)

Exploring the ‘Common Factors’ of Outdoor Therapies
Professor Nevin J. Harper, Professor and Nature-based Therapist, University of Victoria (Canada)

MODULE 6. COLLABORATIONS IN HEALTH, NATURE, AND EDUCATION: EXPERIENCES FROM CONSERVATION AND URBAN GREEN SPACES

9:00 am Los Angeles, Vancouver | 10:00 am Mexico | 11:00 am Bogota, Lima, Chicago | Noon New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 1:00 pm Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo | 5:00 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 6:00 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 7:00 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 9:30 pm New Delhi

Cultural Programs Connected to Nature: A Proposal for Well-Being and Health
Josep Melero Bellmunt, Head of the Public Use and Environmental Education Section of the Natural Parks Network, Diputació de Barcelona (Spain)

Promoting Well-Being in Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth Through Nature
Dr Irene Cervera Buisán, Health, Nature & Environmental Education facilitator and consultant. President of the Animal Latitude Association, and a board member of SCEA (Spain)

Urban Environment and Health: 15 Years Working for Healthy Municipalities
Clara Finazzi, Head of the Urban Environment and Health Program at the Barcelona Provincial Council (Spain)

Experience of Interconnection Between an Educational Institute, a Primary Care Center and Nature, in the Barcelona Provincial Council Network of Natural Parks
Sofia Paricio García, Head of Socioeconomic Development for the Network of Natural Parks of the Barcelona Provincial Council (Spain)

Health and Nature Forum of Catalonia
Nora Maristany, Nature Conservation Network (Spain)

MODULE 7. RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS: SPACES OF WELL-BEING IN HARMONY WITH NATURE

10:30 am Los Angeles, Vancouver | 11:30 am Mexico | 12:30 pm Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 1:30 pm New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 2:30 Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 6:30 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 7:30 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 8:30 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens

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

Greener cities, healthier lives: uncovering the health benefits of urban green spaces through epidemiological research
Dr Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Institute of Public Health [EPIUnit / ITR] University of Porto | Coordinator of the Health and Territory Lab | Principal Investigator (HUG Project) | Co-Principal Investigator (MOVE-AIR Project) (Portugal)

Contemplative Landscapes for Restorative Cities and Settlements
Dr Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo, President & Founder, Lead Researcher NEUROLANDSCAPE (Portugal)

Dialogues between Traditional and Academic Communities: facing challenges for integration with nature
Zulmira Bomfin, Titular Professor of the Psychology Department at the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil)

MODULE 8. INSIDE THE WORLD OF A NATURE CONNECTION SPECIALIST: A DAY IN THE OUTDOORS (OUTDOOR EXPERIENTIAL)

Noon Los Angeles, Vancouver | 1:00 pm Mexico | 2:00 pm Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 3:00 pm New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 4:00 pm Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 8:00 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 9:00 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 11:00 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens

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

Hannah McNeilly, MD, PhD in Social Anthropology, Lecturer at The University of Edinburgh, FTHub Forest Therapy Practitioner (United Kingdom)

Ana Read Beato, FTHub Nature Connection Specialist Trainer. Misty Islands – We are Nature Founder (Portugal)

MODULE 9. ANCIENT WISDOM, MODERN SCIENCE: EXPLORING THE SYNERGY OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH INNOVATION

06:30 am (+1 day) Sidney | 1:30 pm Los Angeles, Vancouver | 2:30 pm Mexico | 3:30 pm Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 4:30 pm New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 5:30 pm Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 9:30 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 10:30 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 11:30 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens

Ancestral knowledge about Medicine and Planetary Health, yesterday, today, forever
Paulino Najera Rivera, Founder of Rincón Ecológico y Cultural Térraba, FTHub Forest Bathing Guide (Costa Rica)

Ancestral Waters: Cold Water as a Pathway to Regulation, Resilience, and Belonging
Saan Jeen Jennifer Quinto, Cultural Advocate (USA)

MODULE 10. GLOBAL COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS IN NATURE-BASED HEALTH: LARGE ALLIANCES OF GOVERNMENTS, SMEs, AND UNIVERSITIES

9:00 am Lisbon, London, Dublin | 10:00 am Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 11:00 am Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 1:30 pm New Delhi | 3:00 pm Bangkok | 4:00 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 5:00 pm Seoul, Tokyo | 6:00 pm Sidney

Alex Gesse, Forest Therapy Hub Executive Director

The Vision of Global Collaboration: Jincheon Declaration
Won Sop Shin, Ph.D., Researcher, Professor at Chungbuk National University (South Korea)

From Healing Forests to a One Health Region – the example of Western Pomerania, Germany
Stefan Seiberling, Head of Management One-Health-Region Western Pomerania and Regional Governor of the International Society of Forest Therapy for Germany (Germany)

Advancing Nature-Based Solutions: from Research to Innovation and Implementation – Collaborative Actions by the Forest Therapy Institute Lab
Susanne Henne, Forest Therapy Hub Project Director, FTI LAB by FTHub (Germany)

MODULE 11. NETWORKS FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND NATURE

10:30 am Lisbon, London, Dublin | 11:30 am Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 12:30 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 3:00 pm New Delhi | 4:30 pm Bangkok | 5:30 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 6:30 pm Seoul, Tokyo | 7:30 pm Sidney

Birdwatching: An Inspiring Connection with Nature
Guto Carvalho, AvistarBrasil Coordinator (Brazil)

New Routes to Valuing Urban Treescapes: Community tree stories bring people together to consider treescapes in their towns and cities
Dr Liz O’Brien, Principal Social Scientist of Society and Environment Research Group (United Kingdom)

From Science to Practice: developing Planetary health practices from a hospital
Marta Pahissa, Director – Planetary Health Development Center (ISGlobal – FSM) (Spain)

MODULE 12. INTEGRATING NATURE CONNECTION INTO BUSINESS STRATEGIES: INNOVATION, WELL-BEING, AND SUSTAINABILITY

7:00 am New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 8:00 am Buenos Aires, São Paulo | Noon Lisbon, London, Dublin | 1:00 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 2:00 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 4:30 pm New Delhi | 6:00 pm Bangkok | 7:00 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 8:00 pm Seoul, Tokyo | 9:00 pm Sidney

Nature Connection as a Business Strategy: Forest Bathing in Wine Tourism
Rocio Ferraro, Forest Therapy Hub Communications Director, Researcher, Trainer, and Founder of Shinrin Yoku Argentina (Argentina)

Coaching in nature: empowering teams towards conscious leadership
Domènec Romera i Cot, Founder/ Owner of The Story Teller and Proyecta Coaching companies (Spain)

Nature…the New Frontier for Organizational and Systems Well-Being
Christine Tappan MSW, CAGS, CWMF, Founder and Lead Guide, BirchWalking (USA)

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

6:00 am Los Angeles, Vancouver | 7:00 am Mexico | 8:00 am Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 9:00 am New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 10:00 am Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 2:00 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 3:00 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 4:00 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 6:30 pm New Delhi | 8:00 pm Bangkok | 9:00 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 10:00 pm Seoul, Tokyo | 11:00 pm Sidney

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)

Dr Weiyin Chang, Fujian Agriculture Forestry University, College of Forestry (China)

The Role of Forest Therapy in Promoting Rural Revitalization
Dr Zhiling Wang, Leader of the Forest Therapy team at Shanxi Agricultural University. Vice President of the Chinese Medicine and Nutrition Health Professional Branch Authorized by Shanxi Agricultura (China)

MODULE 14. ROUND TABLE: THE HUB SEEDLINGS GLOBAL NETWORK – A VISION FOR THE FUTURE SUPPORTING NATURE-BASED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

7:30 am Los Angeles, Vancouver | 8:30 am Mexico | 9:30 am Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 10:30 am New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 11:30 am Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 3:30 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 4:30 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 5:30 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 8:00 pm New Delhi | 9:30 pm Bangkok | 10:30 pm Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 11:30 pm Seoul, Tokyo

Erika DiPasquale, The Hub Seedlings Global Network Director (USA)

Rocio Ferraro, Forest Therapy Hub Communications Director, Researcher, Trainer, and Founder of Shinrin Yoku Argentina (Argentina)

Inga Dremane, Forest Therapy Hub Trainer, Researcher & Addiction Prevention Specialist at Latvian Association of Addiction Psychologists (Latvia)

Manuela Renzi, Forest Therapy Hub Training Director, Researcher and Wild Blue Author (Italy)

Betty Fang, Forest Therapy Hub Social Media Coordinator and Trainer (China)

Dr Sean Graham, Clinic Director at Satori Integrative Health Centre (Canada)

MODULE 15. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH EQUITY: ADDRESSING DISPARITIES THROUGH NATURE

9:00 am Los Angeles, Vancouver | 10:00 am Mexico | 11:00 am Bogota, Lima, Chicago | Noon New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 1:00 pm Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo | 5:00 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 6:00 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 7:00 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens | 9:30 pm New Delhi

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

Planting forests in Detroit: Stories of environmental and social resilience
Paul Draus, Professor of Sociology and Director of the University of Michigan Detroit Center (USA)

Out of the Clinic and Into the Woods! Advancing Health Equity Through Nature-Based Therapeutic Mentoring
Peter Mayfield, Founder – Director of Strategic Expansion at Gateway Mountain Center (USA)

Magistra
Dominik Mühlberger, Project Manager | BFW, International Affairs Department (Austria)

Greenspace engagement among relatively economically deprived populations in Scotland
Paul Morris, Lecturer, Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Edinburgh (Scotland, United Kingdom)

MODULE 16. TRANSFORMING LIVES: ADDRESSING ADDICTION AND STRESS THROUGH NATURE AND SOCIAL INNOVATION

10:30 am Los Angeles, Vancouver | 11:30 am Mexico | 12:30 pm Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 1:30 pm New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 2:30 Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 6:30 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 7:30 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 8:30 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens

Taming the Anxious Brain with Nature in Mind
Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Executive Director of The Center for Nature Informed Therapy (USA)

Forest Therapy resource in recovery in the post-trauma period
Inga Dremane, Forest Therapy Hub Trainer, Researcher & Addiction Prevention Specialist at Latvian Association of Addiction Psychologists (Latvia)

Supporting Recovery Through Nature Connection
Hugh Asher, Silvotherapy UK (United Kingdom)

Experiences of Change in Connectedness Through Forest Bathing Among Adults with Disabilities and/or Physical Health Difficulties
Karolina Balciunaite, Dr Clinical Psychologist (United Kingdom)

MODULE 17. ADVANCING HEALTH THROUGH NATURE: EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS IN DIABETES, THERAPEUTIC PRACTICES, AND BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS

Noon Los Angeles, Vancouver | 1:00 pm Mexico | 2:00 pm Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 3:00 pm New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 4:00 pm Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 8:00 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 9:00 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 11:00 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens

Strengthening Individual and Community Resilience Through Nature-Based Therapies: The RESONATE Intervention Study in Barcelona
Monica Ubalde, Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health-ISGlobal. Biologist, researcher specialized in Public Health, Urban Health, and Impact Evaluation (Spain)

Analysis of the Effect of a Forest Bathing Intervention on Physical Health, Mental Health, and Quality of Life in People with Diabetes Mellitus
Noemi Hortigüela, FTHub Forest Bathing Guide and Forest Therapy Practitioner. Director of Sylvatia Environmental Education (Spain)
Diego Serrano, Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Burgos (Spain)

ENACTS: Equitable Nature-based Solutions for Planetary Health
Semra Aytur, PhD, MPH, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of New Hampshire (USA)

MODULE 18. EMPOWERING PEOPLE: COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION FOR SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

06:30 am (+1 day) Sidney | 1:30 pm Los Angeles, Vancouver | 2:30 pm Mexico | 3:30 pm Bogota, Lima, Chicago | 4:30 pm New York, Toronto, Santiago de Chile | 5:30 pm Buenos Aires, São Paulo | 9:30 pm Lisbon, London, Dublin | 10:30 pm Madrid, Rome, Oslo, Paris | 11:30 pm Riga, Helsinki, Athens

Nature-inspired Intervention on University Students’ Wellbeing
Yawei Wei, MSc. in Sustainable Environmental Management | MSc student in Forestry | Graduate Teaching Assistant University of British Columbia (Canada)

A Social Ecological Model View of How Nature Empowers People for Impact
Jessica M. Jurcak, Founder of DiscovHer Wellbeing (USA)

Empowering a Community to Overcome Climate-Related Trauma
Dr David Roland, psychologist (Australia)