Special Lecture Speakers
Lee, Si Hyung, MD, PhD
Director, Institute of Serotonin Culture, Seoul, South Korea
Title of Presentation
“The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Forest Welfare in terms of Brain Science”
Won Sop Shin
President of Korea Forest Therapy Forum
Title of Presentation
“Re-Examination of Forest as the Space for Health Promotion after COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak”
Invited Speakers
Session 1: Physiological Effects of Forest Therapy
Qing LI, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
Title of Presentation
“From a Feeling to a Science-Beneficial effects of forest bathing/shinrin-yoku/forest therapy on human health”
Session 2: Psychological Effects of Forest Therapy
Dr Matilda van den Bosch(MD, PhD)
Associated Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Title of Presentation
“Nature and human health – pathways, mechanism, and policy impacts”
Session 3: Industrialization of Forest Welfare
Dieter Kotte
Secretary & International Strategic Advisor, International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (INFTA), Melbourne – Australia / Hamburg – Germany
Title of Presentation
“The need for international standardization in the area of Forest Therapy”
Session 4: Field application and practical use of forest welfare
M. Amos Clifford MA
Founder/CEO, Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs
Title of Presentation
“A Standard Sequence of Invitations for Guided Forest Therapy Walks: The ANFT Model”
Session 5: Policy and Traditional Knowledge related to forest welfare of each
Tamberly Conway
Founder/CEO, Conservation Conexions