Speakers in 2024

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(Guest of Honor) HADI TEHERANI

(Guest of Honor) HADI TEHERANI

Architect

Hadi Teherani – born in Tehran in 1954, grew up in Hamburg – is an extremely productive and diverse, internationally awarded German architect and designer. His work is executed regardless of borders in every respect, transcending nationalities and specialist disciplines. The projects target atmospheric charisma, emotional urgency and an ecologically sound sustainability that is already laid out in the design. The first “green“ railway station in Germany at Frankfurt Airport and the Cologne “Crane Houses” on the banks of the River Rhine have become effective landmarks to a large extent like many international projects. In his unusually far- reaching competence from architecture to urban planning, to interior and product design, compositions succeed in which all elements interact harmoniously. Abu Dhabi, Berlin, Dubai, Hamburg, Istanbul, Copenhagen, Rome and Tehran are some of the metropolitan cities for which plans are being drawn up, as well as Moscow and Mumbai. The e-bike, the conference table (Thonet), the office Chair Silver (Interstuhl), modular collections (Carpet Concept/OWA), lights (Prolicht/Zumtobel), showrooms and flagship stores (Kiton) likewise belong to the catalogue of works, just as high-rise buildings, corporate centres, council offices, shopping worlds, hotels, railway stations, schools and universities. In recent years particularly innovative concepts for sustainable urban residential construction have been developed and realised. At the end of 2020 Hadi Teherani was decorated with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his achievements in the fields of architecture and design.

Joanna Bensz

Joanna Bensz

CEO of Longevity Center

As the CEO and co-founder, together with Prince Michael von Liechtenstein, of the Longevity Center, Joanna Bensz is a leading figure in the creation of innovative healthcare solutions for longevity in Europe.

Joanna is an accomplished entrepreneur with extensive experience in leadership roles at multinational and Fortune 500 companies in Europe. Her passion for healthcare, human potential, wellness, and performance led her to establishing the first Longevity Centre in 2019 in Warsaw, Poland. A second opened in 2022 in Germany and in 2023 Zurich Switzerland.

The Longevity Centre specializes in personalized interventions using advanced diagnostics, epigenetics, and biomarkers of biological age.

In addition to her role at the Longevity Center, Joanna is also the co-founder of the International Institute of Longevity and the chairwoman of the Longevity Vaduz Roundtable. Through these positions, she works with international experts in the field of age sciences, health prevention, and longevity economics to promote the sector.

The Longevity Center is part of The Longevity Group SA, an investment company based in Luxembourg focusing on creating an ecosystem of leading solutions in the field of longevity medicine and healthcare and is planning to open additional centres across Europe in the coming years.

Hans Peter Veit

Hans Peter Veit

Director of Spa & Recreation of Appenzeller Huus Gonten

Since January 2024, Hans-Peter Veit is Director of Spa & Recreation of Appenzeller Huus Gonten in Switzerland. The 56-year-old graduate sports teacher is well-known in the spa industry and to spa clients all over the world. They have been able to take advantage of his know-how, initially as Personal Coach (i.e. various members of the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan) in all fields of sport, weight loss, health and fitness since 1999 when he started his career at the Brenner`s Park-Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden, Germany as a Personal Trainer and Assistant Spa Manager.

After being promoted as the Spa Manager in 2004, he also took over the position function of Director Spa Development for the Oetker Collection in 2009, with new projects in Marrakech, Courchevel, Sao Paulo, the Seychelles and London as well as the opening of “Villa Stéphanie”, Baden-Baden in 2015, one of the most luxurious Medical & Health Spa worldwide. After 17 years, he left the Oetker Collection and Germany to the iconic VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU Grand Hotel & Spa in Interlaken. In May 2020, Veit took over the position as Director of Spa & Wellbeing at the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz and in February 2023 he was on top promoted Managing Director for the public Tamina Therme, also located at Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.

Furthermore, he was honoured with The Black Diamond Award for the Best Spa Manager in Europe at the Paris-Hôtel & Spa conference held at the Ritz in Paris in 2009. The same year, Mark Moloney, Managing Director Professional Beauty in London, convinced him to be an official judge for the World Spa Awards.

Tom Middleton

Tom Middleton

Cofounder & Production Partner of White Mirror

Tom is an award-winning composer, wellness music pioneer, and sleep science coach. He toured the world and performed to millions, sharing the stage with the likes of (Kan)Ye, Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga and Mark Ronson, quietly observing the positive therapeutic benefits of sound. Now he’s the mind behind leading wellness giants like Calm, Apple Music, and SleepCycle. 

White Mirror is an award-winning Wellness Innovation consultancy. We leverage sensory sciences and transformative technologies to create impactful solutions.

Alina Hernandez

Alina Hernandez

Wellness Concept Creator/Advisory Board Member

Alina Hernandez is an award-winning Wellness program designer, Mayo Clinic certified Health & Wellness coach, author, and industry innovator. Her unique knowledgebase, including Translational Medicine/Science, the Wisdom Healing traditions, and Psychological Stage Development Theories, provides her with a unique lens of Holistic Wellness, and its implementation into the Guest Journey. She is an Advisory Board member of the Gharieni Group, and the Touchless Wellness Association, and Co Chair of the newly formed Touchless Wellness Initiative of the Global Wellness Institute.

David Della Morte Canosci

David Della Morte Canosci

Scientific and Medical Director of Palazzo Fiuggi Medical Wellness Retreat, Fiuggi, Italy

David Della Morte Canosci, MD, PhD is currently serving as Scientific Medical Director of Palazzo Fiuggi – Wellness Medical Retreat (Fiuggi, Italy), one of the world’s leading medical retreats. In 2019, Prof. Canosci was involved in developing the project of Palazzo Fiuggi, a wellness retreat focused on the anti-aging. He worked as leader of medical and spa department in design all programs, enroll spa and medical staff, select medical specialists, technologies. Prof. Canosci has received numerous honors and awards, including in December 2014, the US O1 Visa for Extraordinary Ability in Medicine and Science that he still holds. Among several awards, like awards from AHA and University of Miami, in 2019, he was Awarded with International CICERO AWARD 2019 from Cicerone Foundation for International Scientific Contribution and Dissemination, Arpino, City of Cicerone, Italy.

Hannes Illmer

Hannes Illmer

Co-Owner Villa Eden***** The Private Retreat

Hannes, starting from an Alps guesthouse background, pursued his education at Cornell University and later worked with international hotel brands, becoming a prominent figure in Northern Italy’s hotel industry. After founding his consulting firm, he married Angelika, owner of the magnificent Villa Eden. Together, they transformed the former 4-star Kurhotel into a premier medical wellness destination. Now a 5-star luxury retreat and member of Leading Hotels of the World, Villa Eden is a haven of serenity and holistic well-being. With just 25 suites and a staff of over 80 professionals dedicated to preventive medicine, the villa attracts discerning guests worldwide. Hannes will share insights into this transformation and the evolving requests of luxury travellers seeking to enhance their quality of life.

Christine Clinton

Christine Clinton

Founder of Christine Clinton Cancer Care & Wellness for Life

Christine Clinton has been in the health and wellness sector for over 34 years. She offers advanced education for spa professionals in several modalities including Massage, Skincare, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Maternity and Infant Massage, Clinical Lymphatic Drainage, Cancer Care and Menopause support.

She is the founder of Clinton Cancer Care, an International award- winning certification program and Wellness for Life! Offering wellness education to all. Christine is a founding member of the SATCC, Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care, a registered charity in the UK.

She is the co-founder of Junior Genius Global, offering wellness programs for preschools and beyond.

Christine is the chair of the Wellness for Children initiative through the Global Wellness Institute and was the recipient of the Debra Simon award for leader in furthering Mental Health. Junior Genius Ireland participated in a BBC documentary in collaboration with Myndstream advocating for music as medicine for neurodiverse children. The short film won the prestigious Gold Award for best native advertising program B2C in 2022.

In May 2023 she hosted the inaugural Children’s Mental Health Summit in Ireland with Government officials and Global leaders in early childhood development, neuro diversity in the classroom and sleep support for families.

Beata Aleksandrowicz

Beata Aleksandrowicz

Founder of Spa Training Method

Beata Aleksandrowicz is an international expert on massage, healing and women’s wellbeing. An intuitive practitioner and global educator, she is an author and speaker who shares her expertise on the importance of touch, wellbeing and spiritual growth at conferences and via her popular Instagram channel. Founder of Beata Love Life Beauty, a concept that offers a new approach to beauty where skincare routines become a mindfulness practice.