Challenges and Opportunities for European spas: Visegrad 4 and the wider region
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Start date2021. 03. 26. 09:00
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End date2021. 03. 26. 16:30
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LocationThe event will be held online via Zoom
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EUROPEAN SPAS:
VISEGRAD 4 AND THE WIDER REGION
Date of event: March 26th 2021
Time of event: 9.00-16.30 (CET) via Zoom
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/93383050003
Meeting ID: 933 8305 0003
Passcode: 759590
Schedule of the Event
9.00: Welcome and Introduction to the Event and the Project (Dr Melanie Kay Smith)
9.15-10.50: Analysis of the current situation and presentations of Delphi Study research in the V4 countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
- 9.15-9.35: Hungary: Melanie Kay Smith, Budapest Metropolitan University
- 9.40-10.00: Poland: Diana Dryglas, AGH University of Science and Technology
- 10.05-10.25: Slovakia: Jan Derco, Technical University of Kosice
- 10.30-10.50: Czech Republic: Lucie Sobotkova, University of Pardubice
11.00– 13.00: Presentations by invited Keynote speakers about main challenges and opportunities for the V4 region
- 11.00-11.20: László Puczkó: Consultant, Researcher and Founder of Health Tourism Worldwide
- 11.25-11.45: Michael Wallace: Hot Spring and Medical Spa Expert; Former Spa Director at Danubius
- 11.50-12.10: Wojciech Fulek: Director,Polish Spas Association
- 12.15-12.35: Iztok Altbauer: Director, Slovenian Spas Association
- 12.40-13.00: Csilla Mezősi: Secretary General of the European Spas Association
13.30-15.30: Presentations by invited speakers
- 13.30-13.50: Ioana Marian, President of the Romanian Spa Association
- 13.55-14.15: Iuliana Tasie, Vice-President of the European Spas Association
- 14.20-14.40: Krasimira Staneva: Professor, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 14.45-15.05: Szilvia Czinege, Budapest Spas
- 15.10-15.30: Vincent Laurent: Thermal Hungary
- 15.30 – 16.00: Final discussion, debate, future directions
The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.