| Saturday, September 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Location/Time | Speaker/Event | Title of Speech |
| Amsterdam/ Rotterdam Hall | Plenary Session 1 | |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Welcome and opening remarks, lighting the light by the Minister of AYUSH, H.E. Shripad Naik, Government of India, the Indian Ambassador H.E. Venu Rajamony, and guests of honour | |
| 9:15 - 9:30 am | Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR – Patron of the Congress | |
| 9:30 - 9:45 am | AYUSH Minister - H. E. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | |
| 9:45 - 10:00 am | Ambassador of India - H. E. Shri Venu Rajamony | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 am | Padmabhushan Vaidya Devendra Triguna, India – Congress President | |
| 10:15 - 10:25 am | Dr D. C. Katoch, Adviser Ayurveda, Ministry of AYUSH | |
| 10:25 - 10:35 am | Dr. med. Rainer Picha, Austria – Congress President | |
| 10:35 - 10:45 am | Guests of honour | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 am | Tea Break | |
| Amsterdam/ Rotterdam Hall | Plenary Session 2 | Theme: Unearthing the Botanical Treasure of the Dutch and Indian Golden Age |
| 11:00 - 11:20 am | Prof. Dr. Pieter Baas, The Netherlands | Hortus Malabaricus as a Monument of Traditional Knowledge and Innovative Botany |
| 11:20 - 11:40 am | Prof. Dr. Achuthan G. Menon, The Netherlands | Herbalization of a Conflict: Dutch East India Company, Governor Van Reede tot Drakestein and Hortus Malabaricus |
| 11:40 - 12:00 am | Dr. Annamma Spudich, India | Hortus Indicus Malabaricus: Indian Botanical Medical Knowledge in 17th Century Europe |
| 12:00 - 12:20 pm | Dr. Gerda A. van Uffelen, The Netherlands | Hortus Botanicus Leiden: Over 400 Years of Plant Collections |
| 12:20 - 12:30 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:30 - 12:40 pm | G R O U P P I C T U R E | |
| 12:40 - 1:20 pm | Lunch Break | |
| Amsterdam/ Rotterdam Hall | Plenary Session 3 | Theme: Ayurveda - Therapeutic Potential and Natural Approaches to Health |
| 1:20 - 1:40 pm | Dr. Geetha Krishnan Gopalakrishna Pillai, WHO | Benefits of Integrating Ayurveda into Conventional Care |
| 1:40 - 2:00 pm | Dr. Maarten Bode, The Netherlands | Making the In-between-science of Modern Ayurveda - Suggestions from a Medical Anthropologist |
| 2:00 - 2:20 pm | Dr. med. Rainer Picha, Austria | Stress Management in Cardio-vascular Disease |
| 2:20 - 2:40 pm | Dr. med. Walter Mölk, Austria | Consciousness-based Herbal Medicine in Maharishi AyurVeda |
| 2:40 - 2:50 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 2:50 - 3:00 pm | Tea Break | |
| Amsterdam/ Rotterdam Hall | Plenary Session 4 | Theme: Ayurveda - Therapeutic Potential and Natural Approaches to Health cont. |
| 3:00 - 3:20 pm | Dr. Madan Thangavelu, UK | The Signs and Science of Wellness: Lessons from India's Traditional Systems of Health and Wellness and Indian Traditional Sciences Informing Future Global Healthcare Systems, Medical Education and Research |
| 3:20 - 3:40 pm | Dr. med. Ernst Schrott, Germany | Medicinal plants of Ayurvedic and Western Medicine - A Comparison |
| 3:40 - 4:00 pm | Dr. med. Wolfgang Schachinger, Austria | Ama Pachana - A Seven Day Out Patient Purification Protocol to Reduce Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease and Premature Aging |
| 4:00 - 4:20 pm | Prof. Gunvant Yeola, MD, PhD, India | Indian Spices for Prevention and Cure of Lifestyle Disorders |
| 4:20 - 4:40 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 4:40 - 4:50 pm | Tea Break | |
| Amsterdam/ Rotterdam Hall | Plenary Session 5 | Theme: Ayurveda - Therapeutic Potential and Natural Approaches to Health cont. |
| 4:50 - 5:10 pm | Dr. med. Roger Eltbogen, Switzerland | Modern Phytotherapie - scientific bases and its political acknowledgment in Switzerland |
| 5:10 - 5:30 pm | Vaidyaraj Sunil B. Patil, India | Medicinal Plants for Easy Cultivation in Backyard and Its Uses |
| 5:30 - 5:50 pm | Drs. Gerrit Jan Gerrisma, The Netherlands | Recent research on Ayurveda and Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| 5:50 - 6:10 pm | Dr. med. Oliver Werner, Switzerland | Legal Status of Ayurvedic Products in the European Union |
| 6:10 - 6:20 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 6:20 - 7:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:00 pm | Leiden Canal Cruise | |
| Sunday, September 2 | ||
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| Location/Time | Speaker/Event | Title of Speech |
| Amsterdam/ Rotterdam Hall | Plenary Session 6 | Theme: Ayurveda - Therapeutic Potential and Natural Approaches to Health cont. |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Hari S. Sharma, PhD, DSc, FIEIC, The Netherlands | |
| 9:15 - 9:30 am | Amarjit-Singh Bhamra, UK | |
| 9:30 - 9:45 am | Dr. Etienne Premdani, The Netherlands | Study of the Relationship between Live Blood Analysis and Prakriti |
| 9:45 - 10:00 am | Pratima Singh, The Netherlands | Spreading awareness of Ayurveda and Yoga in society and government in the Netherlands |
| 10:00 - 10:15 am | Richa Shrivastava | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Dr. med. Charlotte Bech, Denmark | Hormones and the doshas |
| Amsterdam/ Rotterdam Hall | Parallel Session 1 | Theme: Ayurveda - Preventive and Therapeutic Approaches to Natural Healthcare |
| 10:30 - 11:45 am | Chair: Dr. Mandar Bedekar | |
| 5 speakers x 15 minutes |
Vaidya Shubham Garg, India | Healing Herbs of World Heritage Site: The Valley of Flowers |
| Dr. Ramanandtewarie Anroedh, Suriname | Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants in Suriname | |
| Dr. Piyush Chaudhary, India | Pre-formulation R&D of Ayurveda Drugs - Scientific Apporach towards Enhancing Their Therapeutic Potential | |
| Dr. Harpreet Sing Bhatia, India | Aloe Vera in Ayurveda (Formulations, Cultivation, Processing, Cosmetics) Present Scenario | |
| Prof. Dr. Mandar Bedekar, India | Coconut - A Wonder Plant | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 noon | Panel Discussion | |
| Utrecht Hall | Parallel Session 2 | Theme: Ayurveda - Preventive and Therapeutic Approaches to Natural Healthcare |
| 10:30 - 11:45 am | Chair: Prof. Swati Chobhe | |
| 5 speakers x 15 minutes |
Christine Maria Gross, Canada | Living with Ojas to the End: The Role of Ayurveda in Palliative Care |
| Dr. Sushma Manish, UK | Dementia care – how Ayurveda can help? | |
| Dr. Pranav Khasgiwale, India | Role of Brahmi (Bacopa Monnieri) in Psycho-oncology | |
| Prof. Amandio Figueiredo, Portugal | Ayurvedic and Yogatherapy treatment of Vata vyadhi case study | |
| Elisabeth de Wachter, MA, Belgium | Kalaripayat - Das Avatars | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 noon | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break | |
| Rotterdam Hall | Parallel Session 3 | Theme: Ayurveda - Preventive and Therapeutic Approaches to Natural Healthcare |
| 1:00 - 2:45 pm | Chair: Dr. Tim Carr | |
| 6 speakers x 15 minutes |
Assoc. Prof. Nandu Goswami, Austria | Challenges of Ayurveda Integration into Medical Universities |
| Dr. Tim Carr, Australia | Integrating Ayurveda into Mainstream Health Care in Australia | |
| Ing. Cornelis Peters, The Netherlands | The added value of Ayurveda for reducing pharmaceuticals and multi-resistant bacteria in the environment | |
| Dr. Vanita Sharma, Australia | Ayurveda - The Plant based Apothecary, Traditional Medicine and Modern Era | |
| Vaidya Acharya Naveen Gupta, Belgium | Omnipotent & Satvika Herbs of Mother Nature (References from Ayurveda compendiums with specific inputs from The Great Epics on ‘Dharma’ & ‘Karma’ from ‘Mahabharata’ & ‘Ramayana’) | |
| Dr. Pierre Knibbeler, The Netherlands | The value of reading the Caraka Samhita in Sanskrit | |
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| Amsterdam Hall | Parallel Session 4 | Theme: Ayurveda - Preventive and Therapeutic Approaches to Natural Healthcare |
| 1:00 - 2:45 pm | Chair: Dr. Veena Himanshu Sharma | |
| 7 speakers x 15 minutes |
Dr. Carla Peeters, The Netherlands | It’s time for a healthier world; personalised and nutrition based healthcare |
| Dr. Chitra Bedekar, India | Study of Ayurvedic Functional Foods Mentioned in Ancient Ayurvedic Texts with special reference to Rice | |
| Prof. Swati Chobhe, India | Review of Digestive Action of Zingiber officinale from Physiological Perspective | |
| Dr. Meghana Kulkarni, India | Effects of Calotropis gigantea on common skin ailments | |
| Dr. Rhuta Saraf, India | Study of Nimbadi Dhoopa in the management of Dushta Vrana (infected wounds) | |
| Prof. Perugu Srikanthbabu, India | A bird's eye view of Ayurveda and Trichology | |
| Dr. Veena Himanshu Sharma, India | Role of Asparagus Racemogus (shatavari) and Glycyrrhica glabra (yastimadhus) in Management of Computer Vision Syndrome | |
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| Utrecht Hall | Parallel Session 5 | Theme: Ayurveda - Preventive and Therapeutic Approaches to Natural Healthcare cont. |
| 1:00 - 2:45 pm | Chair: Dr. Supriya Gugale | |
| 7 speakers x 15 minutes |
Dr. Gordana Markovic Petrovic, MD, PhD, Serbia | Improving Reproductive Health of a Woman with Maharishi AyurVeda |
| Dr. Supriya Gugale, India | To Study the Role of Garbhsanskar in Today's Era | |
| Marjan de Jong-van Roosmalen, MA, The Netherlands | 40 days for 40 years, ancient but modern approaches for the postpartum period | |
| Dr. Sushama Patil, India | Ayurvedic management of poly cystic ovarian syndrome | |
| Dr. Sarvpreet Singh, India | Ayurveda and Autoimmune Disorders | |
| Dr. Vikrant Patil, India | Ayurveda: A new prospective for Hyperthyroid Treatment | |
| Prof. Ish Sharma, India | Efficacy of Panchakarma in a Patient of Multiple Myeloma: A case study | |
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 3:00 - 5:30 pm | Visits to: | |
| Hortus Botanicus Garden, Leiden: The Hortus Botanicus Leiden is the oldest botanical garden in Western Europe. Founded in 1590 and expanded in the centuries afterwards, the Hortus is the green heart of Leiden. Collecting, nursing and studying for four centuries has produced a beautiful garden with a variety of alien, unknown crops. The special gardens and greenhouses, including the collection of Hortus Malabaricus species, the Japanese garden and the Victoria greenhouse, are worth a visit. (guided tour) | ||
| Leiden University Library: Visiting the treasure treatise of Hortus Malabaricus and the botanical heritage of the Dutch Golden Age represented by herbarium collections, books and botanical drawings in the Special Collections of the Artis library, Leiden University library and Naturalis treasure room. (guided tour) | ||
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm | Dinner | |
| Parallel Public Events | ||
| On 2 September, the Congress is hosting for the public an Exhibition on the Hortus Malabaricus, a Health Fair, and Public Talks on natural health care. The Hortus Malabaricus Exhibition and the Health Fair are included in the price of admission (EUR 15.-). | ||
| Rotterdam Hall 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
Public Talks | Experts in Ayurveda, the timeless science of life, will share simple practical health secrets that people can use. Topics include: the Ayurvedic approach to anxiety and depression, aroma therapy, digestion and metabolism, the value of a good night’s sleep, and Yoga. The talks will be in English. |
| 3:00 - 3:25 pm | Dr. med. Wolfgang Schachinger, Austria | Transcendental Meditation and Ayurvedic Approach to Anxiety, depression, and allergies |
| 3:25 - 3:50 pm | Dr. Naveen Gupta, India | Ayurvedic Approach to Digestion and Metabolism, weight control, and good sleep |
| 3:50 - 4:15 pm | Gudrun Buchzik, Germany | Yoga (Philosophy of Yoga, Asanas and Pranayama) |
| 4:15 - 4:40 pm | Lothar Pirc, Germany | Good Health through Daily and Seasonal routine, Panchakarma (Ayurvedic detoxification), Rasayanas (Rejuvenating agents) |
| 4:40 - 5:00 pm | Marike Schoots, The Netherlands | Aroma Therapy |
| 10:00 am - 6:00 pm | Ayurveda Products Exhibition | Leading Ayurvedic Institutions and producers of Ayurvedic products will display herbal products, therapies, skin care and beauty products. |
| Hortus Malabaricus Exhibition by Dr. Annamma Spudich | Dr Spudich is a researcher in molecular cell biology from Stanford University. She curated a ground-breaking exhibition at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India, on the influences of early Indian scientific knowledge in pre-modern Europe. | |
| 8:00 - 9:30 pm | Premiering films | Documentary Films Premier: 'Ayurveda Unveiled' by Gita Desai 'Spice Route' by Dr. Sajin Philip |
| Monday, September 3 | |
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| Time | Event |
| Utrecht/ Wassenaar Hall 9:30 - 1:30 pm |
Seminar on India - Netherlands Collaboration in Healthcare Including Ayurveda |
| Organized by the Embassy of India in the Netherlands, the seminar will include presentations by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, the Indian Ambassador to the Netherlands, and Dutch government healthcare officials. Medical professionals, business and other stakeholders will come together to discuss opportunities in modern and traditional systems of medicine. (Includes vegetarian buffet lunch) |
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