Scientific Program

October 27, 2025

• 08:00 Registration - First call for general assembly
• 09:00 - 10:00 Opening Ceremony, planting tree and group photo
• 10:00 - 11:30 Session I: Health across life span
• 11:30 - 12:00 Break
• 12:00 - 13:00 Session II: Opening of the Chair
• 13:00 - 14:00 Break
• 14:00 - 16:30 Session III: Technical aspects and standards of thermal medicine
• 16:00 - 16:30 (in parallel) Managing and executive board meeting
• 16:30 - 17:30 Break
• 17:30 - 19:00 Session IV: Thermal tourism wellness and innovation I

October 28, 2025

• 09:00 - 11:00 Session V: Holistic well-being
• 11:00 - 11:30 Break
• 11:30 - 13:30 Session VI: Thermal therapies in pathology
• 13:30 - 14:30 Break
• 14:30 - 16:00 Session VII: Thermal tourism wellness and innovation II
• 16:00 - 16:30 Break
• 16:30 - 18:00 FEMTEC general assembly meeting
• 18:00 Closing ceremony

Session I: Health across life span

Chairman: Prof. Fabio Esposito

1. Women Transforming Health and Well-being: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges for a Sustainable Future” / Mujeres transformando la Salud y el Bienestar: Rompiendo barreras y construyendo puentes para un futuro sostenible.
Prof. Florana Menéndez. Italy (on site)

2. Termalismo y Belleza: Aguas Termales como Aliadas de la Piel
Dra. Patricia Hernández Ruiz. México (on site)

3. Nutrición y longevidad en la Balneoterapia
Pablo García Vivanco. España (on site)

4. Antiaging technologies in programs
Prof. Kulikova Natalia. G., Prof. Zhilokov Zaur Gidovich, Anna Nikolaevna Nekrasova. Russia (on site)

5. The Effectiveness of Non-drug and Alternative Therapy in Preconception Programs for Women of Reproductive Age.
Natalia V. Kotenko, Natalia N. Zubareva. Russia (online)

6. Medical Hydrology in the elderly, a strategy for health
Prof. Fausto Bonsignori. Italy (online)

7. Benessere in bambini, adolescenti e studenti universitari con sviluppo tipico e atipico
Prof. Paola Venuti. Italy (online)

Session II: Opening of the Chair

Chairman: Dr. Olga Surdu

1. Physical activity, lifestyles, environment, and well-being: new insights from recent scientific evidence
Prof. Fabio Esposito. Italy (on site)

2. La Hidrología Médica. Valiosa herramienta en el proceso de recuperación del post operatorio y del bienestar
Prof. Rafael Ledesma Rosa. Cuba (on site)

Session III: Technical aspects and standards of thermal medicine

Chairman: Prof. Francisco Maraver

1. Simulation of the Traditional Medicine Center Establishment on the Premises of the National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Natalia N. Zubareva, Larisa A. Marchenkova. Rusia (online)

2. One Health and Mineral-Medicinal Waters
M. de los Ángeles Calvo Torras. Spain (online)

3. Models of education and training in Medical Hydrology
Francisco Maraver. España (on site)

4. Language: Source-Site-Specific Classifications for Wellness Practices and Wellbeing Programs
Janet Abbott. United States of America (on site)

5. Call for Consensus on Definition and Denomination of Hydrotherapeutic Intervention
Traian Virgiliu Surdu, Monica Surdu, Roxana Elena Tucmeanu, Alin Iulian Tucmeanu, Olga Surdu. Romania (on site)

6. Declaración de Gujarat: implicaciones para la Hidrología Médica
Dr. Johan Perdomo Delgado. Cuba (on site)

7. Certificaciones Internacionales en el Turismo de Salud
Dr. Ramón de la Rosa Mera. Mexico (on site)

8. SWOT Analysis and Strategies to Strengthen FEMTEC
Traian Virgiliu Surdu, Monica Surdu, Roxana Elena Tucmeanu, Alin Iulian Tucmeanu, Olga Surdu. Romania (on site)

9. Estudio metagenómico del lecho mineral de tres zonas de fangos salinos candidatos a Peloides Mineromedicinales en la República Dominicana
Prof. Natalia Vega Sánchez, Prof. Rafael Ledesma Rosa, Prof. Julissa Alfonso Arias, Prof. Jaime Rodríguez de León, Prof. Lic. Ernesto Rocamora Álvarez. Cuba (on site)

10. Aguas mineromedicinales de Madruga de Cuba. Potencialidades terapéuticas y Turismo de Salud
Prof. M.Sc. Ana Iliana Fernández Núñez, Lic. Raydel Alonso Perdomo, Dra, Indira Villanueva Hernàndez. Cuba (on site)

11. Gestión de la potencialidad de las aguas minerales (am) y los fangos medicinales (fm) en cuba.
Dr. Castillo. Cuba (on site)

Session IV: Thermal tourism wellness and innovation I

Chairman: Prof. Maria Monserrat Cruz Gonzalez

1. Las potencialidades de Iberoamérica en el Turismo de salud y Bienestar su desarrollo mediante la cooperación turística
Dr. Alejandro Rubín Carballo. España (on site)

2. Club termal territorial integrado como herramienta de planificación estratégica en el turismo termal. Aplicación al territorio español
Maria Monserrat Cruz Gonzalez. España (on site)

3. Latest trends in Wellness Tourism / Últimas tendencias en Turismo de Bienestar
Flavio Acuña. República Dominicana (on site)

4. Innovación en la gestión del Turismo de Bienestar en Cuba
Dra. Iliana Reyes Álvarez. Cuba (on site)

5. Riqueza hidrotermal cubana en función de la diversificación del producto turístico
Dra. Yamila De Armas Águila. Cuba (on site)

6. El poder del mar en el Turismo de Bienestar
Dra. Marianela Peña Romero. Mexico (online)

7. BSU and FEMTEC Usher in a New Chapter of Win-Win Cooperation
Xiaojun Wang, China (online)

8. Fuzhou Hot Spring Industry Development
Han Ming, China (online)

9. Hot Spring Industry Development
Catherine Lan. China (online)

Session V: Holistic well-being

Chairman: Prof. Marleny Viera. García

1. Waterfront living and human health
Dr. Giorgio D’Alessandro. Swiss (on site)

2. La magia de las aguas misteriosas en la provincia termal de Ourense. Galicia, España
Prof. María Generosa Souto Figueroa. España (on site)

3. Quantum Soaking: Considering the influence of Frequency and Intention in water used for healing
Chris Devlin. United States of America (on site)

4. Transformando la biología. El secreto detrás de Campos Electromagnéticos Fríos y el turismo wellness predictivo
Dr. Lic. Andrès Gerardo Palas. Argentina (on site)

5. Bienestar, Salud y Equidad de Género
Prof. Marleny Viera. García. Cuba (on site)

6. Proyecto por una cosmovisión orientada a la felicidad y bienestar holístico en los SPA de Cuba
M. Sc Orestes Rosales Rodríguez. Cuba (on site)

7. Epigenética. Importancia en la salud
Prof. Elsa Luna Ceballos. Cuba (on site)

8. Development of Balneology in Kazakhstan
Bulekbayeva Sholpan. Kazakhstan (online)

9. Physical Activity, Sleep, and Rest-Activity Circadian Rhythm: Interconnections for Well-Being
Dr.ssa Letizia Galasso. Italy (online)

10. Move, Soak, Sleep: How Physical Activity and Balneotherapy Boost Restorative Sleep
Dr.ssa Lucia Castelli. Italy (online)

Session VI: Thermal therapies in pathology

Chairman: Dr. Rafael Ledesma Rosa

1. La importancia de la Climatoterapia e hidroterapia en ortopedia
Dr. Miguel Ángel Flores García. Mexico (on site)

2. Uso de la Balneoterapia en pacientes con Osteoartritis
Dra. M.Sc Niurka Maria Guzmán Carballo, Prof. MSc. Roberto Ángel Polo Amarante, M.Sc. Lic. Jorge Alberto Viera Fernández, Lic. Dayana Pérez Castillo, Dr. Luis Leonardo Álvarez Guzmán, Lic. Ana Iris Benítez López. Cuba (on site)

3. Thermalism and health tourism in prevention and therapy of otorhinolaryngological diseases: a holistic approach
Prof. Gianluca Bellocchi. Italy (on site)

4. Cura Termal en la Enfermedad de Parkinson, Balneario de Ciego Montero
Prof. MSc. Roberto Ángel Polo Amarante, M.Sc. Lic. Jorge Alberto Viera Fernández, Lic. Dayana Pérez Castillo. Cuba (on site)

5. Las aguas termales en el manejo del dolor crónico
Dr. Rodrigo Castro Rebolledo. Colombia (online)

6. Sodium Chloride Bromine Mineral Water Hydrokinesiotherapy in Respiratory Diseases.
Irina A. Grishechkina. Russia (online)

7. The effectiveness of balneomudtherapy in the rehabilitation of patients with long COVID-19 syndrome
Karakulova Yulia.V., Kuznetsova M.A., Tsepilov S.V., Ivanov A.M. Rusia (online)

8. Efficacy of An Integrated Balneotherapy and Hydro kinesitherapy Program for Knee Osteoarthritis: results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Prof. Stefano Masiero. Italy (online)
Gianluca Regazzo, Paola Contessa, Anna Scanu and Stefano Masiero

9. Rehabilitation in the spa setting after orthopedic surgery: the anti-inflammatory and functional benefits of thermal mineral-rich waters
Dr. Maria Chiara Maccarone. Italy (online)
 

Session VII: Thermal tourism wellness and innovation II

Chairman: Dr. Alejandro Rubin Carballo

1. Spas and tourism: Factors that determine their success. Sorano Spa, an Italian reality
Dr. Gianni Baldi. Italy (on site)

2. Tampico, Destino Estratègico, Turismo Mèdico, Historia y Gastronomia
Lic. Mónica Villareal Anaya, Karime Cámara Chain, Dr. Israel Aguirre Romo. Mèxico (on site)

3. Experiencias gastronómicas en el Turismo Wellness
Dr. José Carlos de Santiago. España (on site)

4. Visibilidad, la Clave para revitalizar el èxito en el turismo
Armando de la Garza. México (on site)

5. Bienestar regenerativo: turismo que crea valor
Edgar Tarrés Falcò. España (on site)

6. Experiencias Turismo Bienestar España: una invitación a viajar de forma saludable, consciente y sostenible
Dra. Teresa Pacheco. España (online)

7. Del Agua a la Magia: Creando Experiencias WOW en el Turismo de Salud
Dra. Paola Richard. Mexico (online)