Conference Program
Health-promoting mineral water of the Solankowa Dolina
Ciechocinek 2024
March 17, 2024 (Sunday)
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Grand opening of the Solankowa Valley Conference (Ciechocinek Summer Theater) Prof. B. Buszewski & Dr. M. Zajączkowski |
Session I History of the discovery of brine deposits in Kujawy and Pomorze
Chaired by: Prof. Izabela Nowak & Prof. B. Buszewski
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Movie „Ciechocinek Salt Factory. Return to the Sources”, by Teresa Kudyba | |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | W-1 | Prof. Andrzej Wójcik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jaworzno, Main Mining Directorate and University of Mining in Kielce – activities in the exploration and use of salt deposits in the first half of the 19th century |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | W-2 | Teresa Kudyba (Ciechocinek) In the beginning, there was Słońsk |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | W-3 | Adam Stańczyk, Marshal’s Office of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, Toruń, Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region – its tourist and health potential |
| 18:30 – 18:50 | Short musical address Chopin and Humboldt | |
| 19:00 | Welcome drink |
March 18, 2024 (Monday)
Session II Alexander von Humboldt and Solankowa Valley
(Hotel Amazonka)
Chaired by: Prof. M. Jaskuła & T. Kudyba
| 09:00 – 09:30 | W-4 | Georg von Humboldt-Dachroeden, Landau, History of Humboldt’s report discovery – a family memory |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | W-5 | Prof. Dagmar Hülsenberg, University of Ilmenau, Alexander von Humboldt’s 1794 report on brines in Słońsk and drilling attempts until 1806 |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | W-6 | Dr. Tomasz Juros, Dolina Małej Panwi Association, Ozimek, Halurgy travels of Alexander von Humboldt to Silesia, Wieliczka, Pomorze, and Kujawy |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Coffee break |
Session III Alexander von Humboldt father of ecology and more
Chaired by: Prof. M. Frankowski & Dr. A. Zioło-Frankowska, Prof. UAM
| 12:00 – 12:30 | W-7 | Prof. Arkadiusz Nowak, PAN Powsin Botanical Garden, Warsaw, Alexander von Humboldt – father of global ecology |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Debate I | Alexander von Humboldt father of ecology Moderators: T. Kudyba, Prof. M. Jaskuła Participants: G. von Humboldt-Dachroeden, Prof. D. Hülsenberg, Prof. A. Wójcik, Prof. A. Nowak, Dr. T. Juros, Prof. M. Jaskuła |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
Simultaneously:
Session IV Mineral waters in medicine and health – balneology
Chaired by: Prof. I. Ponikowska & Dr. J. Chojnowski
| 14:30 – 15:00 | W-8 | Prof. Irena Ponikowska, St. George Balneoclinic in Ciechocinek, Water – elixir of life and health |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | W-9 | Dr. Hab. Arkadiusz Krawiec, Prof. UMK, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Medicinal waters of Ciechocinek and their impact on the development of the health resort |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | W-10 | Dr. Hab. Aleksandra Burkowska-But, Prof. UMK, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, What is not visible – air and microorganisms in the vicinity of graduation towers |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | W-11 | Jacek Chojnowski, Polish Society of Balneology and Physical Medicine, Balneotherapy as a holistic approach to treating patients with chronic diseases |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | W-12 | Dr. Hab. Tomasz Pospieszny, Prof. UAM, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Maria Skłodowska-Curie in search of radioactive water |
Simultaneously:
Session V Mineral waters and health
Chaired by: Prof. Andrzej Wójcik & Dr. Eng. D. Dobrzyński, Prof. UW
| 14:30 – 15:00 | W-13 | Dr. Tetiana Koshlakova, Ukraine, Impact of groundwater on consumer health and risk assessment of endemic diseases |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | W-14 | Prof. Adam Łukaszewicz, University of Warsaw, Some remarks on salt in ancient Egypt |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | W-15 | Prof. Dr. Eng. Zbigniew Sawłowicz, Jagiellonian University, Curiosities about Wieliczka Salt Mine |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | W-16 | Dr. Reda Dzingelevičienė, Rita Vaičekauskaitė, Nerijus Dzingelevičius, Bogusław Buszewski, University of Klaipėda, Lithuania, Influence of mineral water quality on human health |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | W-17 | M. Sugajski, M. Buszewska-Forajta, K. Kupczyk, M. Zajączkowski, B. Buszewski, KPCNT-Czochralski, UMK, WSzZ in Toruń, PUC Ciechocinek, Toning composites based on Ciechocinek waters |
| 18:00 | Gala Dinner |
March 19, 2024 (Tuesday)
Session VI Mineral waters – geochemistry and analytics
Chaired by: Dr. Hab. M. Buszewska-Forajta (UMK) & Dr. Hab. T. Pospieszny, Prof. UAM
| 09:00 – 09:30 | W-18 | Dr. Hab. Eng. Dariusz Dobrzyński, Prof. UW, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Geochemistry of mineral and therapeutic waters. The past, the need, the potential |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | W-19 | Prof. Aneta Zioło-Frankowska (UAM Poznań) Mineral waters and their analytics |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | W-20 | Prof. Marcin Frankowski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Speciation forms of elements in mineral waters and their biological activity |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
Session VII Socio-economic aspects and management of health resorts
Chaired by: Dr. M. Zajączkowski & M. Korolko
| 11:00 – 11:30 | W-21 | Prof. Irena Ponikowska, St. George Balneoclinic in Ciechocinek, Tradition and modernity of Polish health resort treatment |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Debate II | Importance and role of Polish and European health resorts, cooperation and limitations Moderators: Dr. M. Zajączkowski & Doc. F. Sikora Participants: J. Jucewicz (Mayor of Ciechocinek), T. Piniewski (Acting Mayor of Inowrocław), Prof. Olga Iliasz (Podkarpackie health resorts – Truskawiec, Morszyn), Medical Tourism Cluster of Druskininkai (Lithuania), Burgemeister Bad Dürrenberg (Germany) |
Session VIII Health tourism – exchange of best practices in the development of intelligent regional specializations
Chaired by: Dr. M. Zajączkowski & Doc. F. Sikora
| 12:30 – 13:00 | W-22 | Dr. Ildiko Tulbure, Romania, Strategies to support sustainable tourism by health resorts with mineral springs |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | W-23 | Michał Korolko, Toruń Regional Development Agency S.A., Toruń, Development of health tourism in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | W-24 | Dr. Maria Lorentowicz-Zagalak, Honorary Consul of Serbia, Bydgoszcz, Potential of health and spa tourism in Serbia |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | W-25 | Herr Christoph Schulze, Burgmeister Bad Dürrenberg, Germany |
| 14:30 | Conference Conclusion by Prof. B. Buszewski & Dr. M. Zajączkowski |
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| 15:00 | Lunch and departure |