World Forum on Forest Therapy 2025

10:00-10:15

Opening Ceremony

10:15-12:15

Keynote Lecture 1
Why Nature Matters in Healthcare:
Health, Well-being, and Human Potential

Susan A. Abookire
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Keynote Lecture 2
Forests and Gardens in the Age of
Climate Anxiety

Young-Seok Lim
Director General, Korea National Arboretum

Keynote Lecture 3
Forest Therapy Integrated with
Healthcare Systems

Gisela Immich
Professor, University of Augsburg

Keynote Lecture 4
Forest Therapy Tourism : From Nature-Based
Experience to a Sustainable Tourism System

Darija Cvikl
Assistant Professor, International School for Social and Business Studies

Keynote Lecture 5
Forest Therapy in Japan A National Strategy
for Regional Revitalization

Yoshifumi Miyazaki
Emeritus Professor, Chiba University

High-Level Dialogue

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00

Exhibition Booth Experience

15:00-17:00

Oral Session A

Oral Session B

Oral Session C

E-Poster Session

Benefits of Forest
Therapy

Therapeutic Benefits
from Urban Forests

Garden Therapy

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17:00-18:30

Discussion, and Social networking

18:30-20:00

Dinner

09:30-11:30

Oral Session A

Oral Session B

Oral Session C

E-Poster Session

Nature-based
interventions

The Economy and Business
Of Forest Therapy

Forest Therapy and
Wellness Tourism

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11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Forest Therapy / Policy and International Solidarity

Developing a Forest Therapy Program and its Effectiveness

14:30-16:00

Transfer to Artfore

16:00-17:00

Healing Concert

17:00-17:30

Closing Ceremony

17:30-19:00

Farewell Dinner

19:00-

Transfer to H Hotel Sejong City & Dismissal