20th & 21st May: 2 days of lectures from international experts
& 15+ on-demand lectures
PRELIMINARY LIVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
FRIDAY 20TH MAY
ALL TIMES ARE BRITISH SUMMER TIME (GMT+1)
07.00 VIRTUAL PLATFORM OPENS
08.15 Welcome to botanica2022 with Rhiannon LEWIS (FRANCE)
08.45 Robert TISSERAND (USA): “From Energetics To Science and Beyond - A Personal Journey.”
09.45 Sally MOORCROFT (UK): “Hope and optimism, why the future looks bright for integrative medicine.”
10.45 Mark MOSS (UK): “Clearing the Brain Fog – Evaluation of a three-month randomised rosemary aroma intervention during the menopause.”
11.45 Jenny TILLOTSON (UK): “A science fashion approach to clinical aromatherapy: "adaptive" eScent platform technology for connected masks and other wearable products.”
13.45 Rachel HERZ (USA): “The Potential for Olfactory Virtual Reality to Treat and Prevent PTSD.”
14.45 Maria Rosaria BELGIORNO (ITALY): “A Fragrant Journey from the Dawn of Distillation.”
15.45 Dora GOLDSMITH (GERMANY): “A smellwalk through ancient Egypt.”
16.45 Dylan WARREN-DAVIS (UK): “Nicolas Culpeper: The Metaphysical Physician.”
17.45 Rosari KINGSTON (IRELAND): “How can the Irish healing tradition inform our therapeutic practice?”
18.45 Announcement and award of the Rene-Maurice Gattefossé International Prize for clinical aromatherapy.
20.00 Close of the conference day
SATURDAY 21ST MAY
ALL TIMES ARE BRITISH SUMMER TIME (GMT+1)
08.15 Welcome to botanica2022 with Rhiannon LEWIS (FRANCE)
08.45 Kerry BONE (AUSTRALIA): “Functional Herbal Therapy: Melding the Past with the Future.”
09.45 Jill MULVANEY (NEW ZEALAND): “Tarata: A view of a New Zealand Native - past, present and future.”
10.45 Colleen Quinn (N. IRELAND): “The future of cannabis and complementary botanical medicines.”
11.45 Fiona Hedigan (IRELAND): Is inhalation aromatherapy beneficial as a complementary treatment for stress and anxiety in a clinical setting?
12.45 Priya GANATRA & Nick SINGER (UK & SWITZERLAND): “Coping during covid: Using AromaStick inhalers in online therapy sessions with parents of critically ill children.”
13.45 Emma TYRER (UK): “The Chemotherapy Unit Toolbox: Aromatic and other complementary strategies that make a difference at an NHS Cancer Centre.”
14.45 Ioana FARCAS (FRANCE): “Can essential oils replace certain drugs used in psychiatry?”
15.45 Nicole Boukhalil (LEBANON): “An aromatherapist in Beirut: A work of persistence, resilience and hope.”
16.45 Lisa GANORA (USA): “The Dance of Phytochemistry: A Vitalist Perspective.”
17.30 Close of the conference day
18.15 Live Roundtable discussion panel with Aromatherapy Educators with questions raised by botanica2022 delegates.
PRELIMINARY ON-DEMAND
LECTURE PROGRAM
THESE LECTURES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT ANY MOMENT DURING THE EVENT
Denise CUSACK (USA): "Using Tools for PTSD When Working in Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Aid."
Helen NAGLE-SMITH (UK): "Essential oils - the next generation."
Deby ATTERBY (AUSTRALIA): "Breaking traditions: Using native essential oils in evidence-based practice."
Hannah CHARMAN (UK): "Is it hot in here? Herbal medicine for a happy menopause."
Christine KELLY (UK): "The Covid 19 smell loss epidemic: what next for aromatherapists/ the aromatherapy industry?"
Kurt Michael ARRUDA (SPAIN): "What does it mean to be a small artisan distiller in the 21st century?"
Carole MINKER (BELGIUM): "Phyto-aromatherapy for women’s health: A focus on Damask rose (Rosa damascena)."
Anne Laure JAFFRELO (FRANCE): "Reality or Utopia? Putting aromatherapy protocols in place within French healthcare establishments."
Elizangela RAMOS (BRAZIL): "Tibetan Medicine and Aromatherapy: When the Past and the Present meet for our well-being in the 21st Century."
Peter MACKERETH (UK): "Anosmia, aroma and acupressure: A therapeutic synergy for smell training."
Prashanti LYREE (AUSTRALIA): "Aroma Nidra: Consciously dreaming with Scent."
Marni REVEN (USA): "Aromatic research at the crossroads: Time to set the course."
Janet NIENHUIS (THE NETHERLANDS): "Chasing the monsters away: Aromatic solutions for childhood anxiety."
Sunita SINGH (INDIA): "An overview of key Ayurvedic medicinal herbs as remedial agents for viral diseases."
Akiko KOGURE (JAPAN): "From Past to Present: The current status of Kampo Medicine (Japanese Traditional Medicine)".