SESSION 1: Tourism and quality of life
Session Chair: Prof. Pauline Sheldon, United States
Dr. Robyn Bushell, Australia
The conceptual link between tourism, quality of life and wellness
Dr. Joseph Chen, United States
Wellness as a tourist motivation
Ms. Christine White, Australia
Harnessing the opportunities of spa and wellness tourism ? an Australian Experience
Dr. Marcos Untura Filho, Brazil.
The importance of qualified specialists for the wellness tourism

SESSION 2: Recreational waters & health
Session Chair: Prof. Rodney Cartwright, United Kingdom
Dr. Sebastián Crespí, Spain
Waterborne diseases associated with recreational water exposure:
reducing risk
Mr. Gerhard Weiss, Austria
Old and new technologies in water treatment for spa and indoor pools: increasing water quality
Mr. Howard Gosling, United Kingdom
Non-microbiological hazards in the pools
Prof. Walter Pasini, Italy.
Health related aspects of SPA tourism: facing the medical and other specific needs at SPA hotels and tourist destinations.

SESSION 3: Wellness: changing lifestyle patterns
Session Chair: Prof. Robyn Bushell, Australia
Dr. Brent Powis, Australia
The impacts of tourism on lifestyle and quality of life: the pacific region experience
Prof. Helmut Georg Pratzel, Germany
Wellness: philosophy of life
Dr. Yoel Mansfield, Israel and Dr. Alison McIntosh, New Zealand
Wellness through Spiritual Tourism Encounters

SESSION  4: Wellness centre management
Session Chair:  Dr. Joan Mulet, Spain
Mr. Julián Ferrer Vivo, Spain
Thermal facilities, therapeutical SPA & wellness
Mr. Martin Roehle, Spain
A practical case of a domotic application applied in a Hotel/spa
Dr. Tomás Ares Güimil, Spain
The steps to create a tourist wellness facility
Sr. Jordi Solé, Spain
The key to design, build and manage a successful SPA within a hotel facility