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Sauna & health, What have we learn the last 60 years? Lasse Viinikka, Fin
             The topic of sauna and health can be looked from different points of view:
             1. Are there health risks involved with the sauna?
             2. Can the sauna be used to improve one’s health or cure illnesses?
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Sauna bathing and cardiovascular health. Jari Laukkanen, Fin
             However, the association of sauna bathing with cardiovascular and allcause mortality is not known.

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Effect of sauna bath on heart failure. Miikka Källström, Swe
            Infrared sauna bath was associated with a short-term improvement in BNP,                            
           LVEF and cardiothoracic ratio.

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The Health Effects of Regular Dry Sauna Bathing. Joy Hussain, Aus
              Sauna bathing has a long tradition in many cultures.  Many health benefits are claimed by individuals                 and facilities promoting sauna bathing, however the medical evidence to support these claims is not                       always well established

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The Heat Prescription: Sauna as a Treatment Modality.
              Mark Timmerman M.D, USA
              This presentation  explores the practical applications of sauna research in the clinical settings of                               primary care and sports medicine.

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Short-term effect of sauna on gene expression, Frederik Otzen Bagger,Den
              I am reanalysis an interesting study, where 15 persons had measured
              gene expression before, immediately after, and one hour after sauna.

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(Photo and Films)
              Jūratė Paškevičienė, Lithuania. "What does the whisk leaf tell you?"  It has been observing, filming,                       interviewing bathhouse attendants and preservers of  old traditions, as well as, ordinary Lithuanians                     who enjoy bath .

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Kenneth Mikko, Sweden. Sauna as a transitional ritual - about Russian
              sauna mythology. I have made a four minute video and can also give some   background on the topic,                    which later led to my Sauna photo book.

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Mikkel Aaland – state of the art
              Mikkel Aaland is an award-winning photographer, a popular workshop
              leader, and the author of ten books, 

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Sauna & Kallbadhus, Jesce Walz, USA
          Jesce Walz is a graduate student of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of                            Washington, Seattle. In 2017, Walz researched sauna and kallbadhus in Finland and Sweden as a Valle                Scholar.

Landscapes of Ritual and Health. Jesce Walz, USA
              This ritual is a vital for health in certain Finnish and Swedish facilities, where popular sauna and                            kallbadhus boast communities who have visited the same site for social bathing throughout their lives.

WS 12 Bodies of Water - Approaches to Gender in Sauna and Bath.
              Jesce Walz (USA) . How do sauna and bathing spaces “open, close, or   shift” in response to gender?

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Shinrin yoku (forest bathing) and sauna. Miki Tokairin, Jap
              Japan and forest have long gone together, and Japanese spirituality rooted in nature worship. "Forest                  bathing" (shinrin-yoku) was developed in Japan during the 1980s and it effects on health has been                         scientifically proven.

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Communicating with ancestors: a vanishing practice in the smoke sauna in Võrumaa Estonia. Eda Veeroja, Estonia.  Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa (Estonia) is in the Representative List of  the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO

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Roles of bath master in modern time in Lithuanian bath.
              Birutė Masiliauskienė, Ltu. Lithuanian bath master, leading the bathing
              process, performs one of the typical roles or combination of several roles.

WS 9  Whisking in SPA: to be or not to be? And Whisks in Lithuanian bath:plants, types, conservation.
              Birutė Masiliauskienė, Ltu

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Tylö-Helo 100 years. Tomas Hjälmeby, Swe
               World-leading sauna and steam bath manufacturer.

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A novel concept to study sauna stoves. Valtteri Nieminen, Fin

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Contemporary sauna architecture. Lauri Louekari, Fin

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Contemporary sauna architecture. Lauri Louekari, Fin

Second coming of steam: the new sauna movement in the UK.
              Mika Meskanen, UK. The British Sauna Society is a grassroots member driven organisation that promotes authentic sauna practices in the United          Kingdom. We are creating a platform for sauna enthusiasts to connect and               discover validated sauna knowledge.

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MEÄN SAUNA - Inventory of old smoke saunas in the Swedish Torne river valley using laser scanning and photogrammetry. Sara Porzilli, Italy, Markku Seppänen, Fin

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WS 1  Design of the Finnish Sauna:Five Mysteries for Future Research,
              Lassi Likkanen, Fin. Finland is a country known for its high‐tech engineering products, quality of                           education and saunas. In the past 40 years, more saunas have been built than ever before.

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WS 8  Sauna bathing habits in Finland, Lassi A Likkanen, Fin

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WS 2   Building a mobile smoke sauna Michael B Jensen, Den
              We show the history of buying a used trailer and rebuilding it to a 12 persons sauna trailer despite the                  fact, that it showed up to be totally rotten and full of mold.

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WS 3  “Sauna as Subversion". Sofia Eriksson, Aus
              Sauna bathing is generally thought of as a technology of relaxation and invigoration, and in terms of its                potential in facilitating good psychological as well as physical health.

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WS 4  Discussion on standards for a sauna lab (health studies) Hägglund and Laukkannen.

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WS 5  The truth behind the sauna mystique. Ulf Salomonsson Swe

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WS 6  Sauna as part of a radical inclusion and as a place for connect.
              Saara Louhensalo, Fin.
              Why is sauna so great place to connect with people different than you?
              Why sauna is great place for new ideas and good decisions?
              Why sauna works?  What is Sompasauna?

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WS 7  Russia Banya in youth culture. Anna Artemieva, Rus
              Banya nowadays in Russia, which period banya goes trough now, how young people think about banya                 and why they afraid of it.

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WS 10 Sauna Culture in Japan, Katsuki Tanaka, Jap (Translation Mr. Kim)
              How Japanese people enjoy the Sauna culture and sauna itself.
              Recent active sauna movement through the culture and events.

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WS 11 Introducing sauna serie of Finnish RT standard sheets, and renewed smoke sauna sheet, a guide for design and construction of traditional smoke saunas in accordance with Finnish tradition. Risto Elomaa and Markku Seppänen, Finland.

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