Second IFA Congress, September 23-26, 2016, in Kaunas, Lithuania

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We would like cordially invite you to Lithuania, the wonderful country located on the beautiful Baltic sea coast, to attend our Second Congress of the International Federation of Apitherapy having as main theme „Apitherapy and Bee Products: Problems and Challenges”. Conferences, Expo will be held on September 23-24, 2016 in the Business Leader Center (BLC) , (5th floor) Conference Room “Didžioji”, Donelaičio str. 62, Kaunas. Workshops and Tours will be held on September 25-26, 2016 in the Hotel BEST BALTIC Kaunas (former hotel “Daniela”) Diamond Conference hall, A. Mickevičiaus str. 28, Kaunas, Lithuania. Kaunas (the second-largest city in Lithuania, located in the central part of the country and surrounded by the two largest rivers of Lithuania, the Nemunas and the Neris) is the centre of Lithuanian academic, and cultural life and the most student-centered city in Lithuania. Museums and galleries in Kaunas embrace rich collections of art, paintings of the most known Lithuanian painter M. K. Čiurlionis. It is for a reason that Kaunas is hailed the Lithuanian capital of basketball, with its legendary sports hall where a number of historic European Basketball Championships were held. You can register to our event by following the guidelines mentioned here below: http://www.apiterapija.eu/i-f-a–33/EN/

Speakers/Authors of the 2-Nd. IFA Congress

Lithuanian Speakers/Authors


International Speakers/Authors

Scientific Program of the Second IFA Congress

Venues:

  • Scientific Conferences: Business Leader Center (BLC), 5th floor, Conference Room “Didžioji”, Donelaičio g. 62, Kaunas
  • Workshops  (on 25 September, Sunday): Hotel BEST BALTIC Kaunas (former hotel “Daniela”) Diamond Conference hall, A. Mickevičiaus str. 28, Kaunas.

THURSDAY, 22 September, 2016 : Arrival of Participants

FRIDAY, 23 September, 2016

08:00 – 10:00 Registration of participants

10:00 – 10:45 Official Opening of Api-Expo 2016 

10:45 – 11:15 Honey-Tea Break

11:15 – 12:00 Congress Official Opening

12:00 – 12:30 
Apitherapy in Preventive Medicine
Chair: M.D. Prof. Jurate Jankauskiene (President of Lithuanian Association of Apitherapists) and M.D.  Stefan Stangaciu (General  Secretary of the IFA).

12:00-12:30 Healthy Aging with Beehive Products – Pharm. Prof. Antanas Gendrolis (Honorary member of Lithuanian Association of Apitherapists) (paper presented by Pharm. Sonata Trumbeckaite)

12:30 – 13:15 Apitherapy in the World, an updated review. M.D. Stefan Stangaciu  (General  Secretary of the IFA).

13:30 – 15:00  Lunch break

15:00 – 16:30
Bio-pharmacological Properties of Bee Products and their Bio-active Compounds

Chair: M.D. prof. J. Jankauskiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences) and Pharm. Prof. Sonata Trumbeckaite (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences).

15:00 – 15:30  Bees and Bee Products in Lithuanian Folk Medicine – Pharm. Assoc. Prof. Tauras Mekas (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

15:30 – 16:00 Experimental Propolis Products and their Quality Evaluation – Pharm. PhD Modestas Zilius (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

16:00-16.30    Propolis potential for the development of new drugs and therapeutic applications – Prof. PhD. José M. Sforcin (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, UNESP, 18618-970, Botucatu, SP, Brazil)

16:30 – 17:00 Honey-Tea Break

17:00 – 18:30 Bee Products in Clinical Practice (Part I)

Chair: M.D. Dr. Sci. Med. Dalia. Stasytyte-Buneviciene (Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos) and M.D. prof. J. Jankauskiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

17:00 – 17:30 Bee Products in Corneal Disorders – M.D. PhD Dalia Jarusaitiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

17:30 – 18:00 Biological activity of differently prepared propolis extracts – Pharm. Assoc.Prof. PhD Loreta Kubiliene, Pharm. Prof. Daiva Majiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

18:00 – 18:30 International Project: Usage of Bee Products for Correction of Metabolic Alterations under Impact of Industrial Contamination – M.D. Dr. sci. med. D. Stasytyte-Buneviciene (Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos), prof. R.J.Tatarintseva (Russian University of People Friendship, Russia) 

18:45 – 19:30 General Assembly of the International Federation of Apitherapy

20:00 Festive dinner (at Hotel BEST BALTIC Kaunas (former hotel “Daniela”), A. Mickevičiaus g. 28, Kaunas – for participants who registered for Festive Dinner)

SATURDAY, 24 September, 2016

9:00 – 11:00
Medicinal Bee Plants and Beehive products

Chair: Pharm. Prof. S. Trumbeckaite (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences), Prof. Nijole Savickiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

9:00 – 9:30 Medicinal herbs for bees – Pharm. Prof. Nijole Savickiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

09:30-10:00 The contribution of bee venom in the treatment of melanomas: a review. – Iouraouine  El Mehdi (Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, Department of Biophysics and Clinical MRI Methods, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez, Morocco)

10:00 – 10:30 Apitherapy in Neurodegenerative Diseases: New Findings and Prospects – Pharm. PhD Rachid Kacemi (Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Fez, Morocco).

10:30-11:00 Changes in antioxidant activity of bee products during storage – Chem. PhD
Violeta Ceksteryte (Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture), Bioch. PhD. Bogumila Kurtinaitiene (Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Lithuania)

11:00 – 11:30   Honey-Tea Break

11:30-13:30 Bee Products in Clinical Practice (Part II)

Chair: M.D. Stefan Stângaciu (Secretary General of the IFA) and M.D. PhD Andrei Zbuchea (County Emergency Hospital, Ploiesti, Romania).

11:30 – 12:00 Bee Bread-honey Mixture in the Treatment of Chronic Alcoholic Hepatitis – M.D. Assoc. Prof. Algirdas Baltuskevicius (Lithuanian Apitherapy Association)

12:00 – 12:30 L-Mesitran medicinal honey dressings: properties and clinical effects – M.D. PhD Andrei Zbuchea (Ploiesti, Romania)

12:30 – 13:00 Apitherapy in Ophthalmology – M.D. Prof. J. Jankauskiene/PhD D. Jarusaitiene (Eye Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

13:00-13:30 Apitherapy in Palliative Medicine and Nursing – M.D. Ceslovas Zvicevicius (Lithuanian Apitherapy Association)

13:30 – 15:00  Lunch break

15:00-17:00 Apitherapy in different countries: History, Experience and Education (Part I).

Chair: MD. P. Rimkus (Lithuanian Association of Apitherapists) and M.D. S. Stângaciu (General Secretary of the IFA)

15:00-15:30 Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester Antioxidant  Properties and Effect  on Mitochondria – Pharm. Prof. Sonata Trumbeckaite(Lithuanian University of Health Sciences), Bioch. Prof. Rasa Baniene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

15:30-16:00 History of Apitherapy in Lithuania – M.D. Povilas Rimkus (Vice-President of Lithuanian Association of Apitherapists)

16:00-16:30 Apitherapy in Hungary – Dr. CCs. János Körmendy-Rácz (President of the Hungarian Apitherapy Association and Vice-President of IFA)

16:30-17:00 Beekeeping, beehive products, telomeres and longevity. An updated review – M.D. Stefan Stangaciu (General Secretary of the IFA).

17:00 – 17:30  Honey-Tea Break

17:30-18:30

Apitherapy in different countries: History, Experience and Education (Part II).

Chair: Prof., PhD. José M. Sforcin (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, Brazil) and M.D.  Stefan Stangaciu (General  Secretary of the IFA).

17:30-18:00  The attitude of  under graduated pharmacy students in Lithuania towards the use of bee products for treatment and disease prevention – Pharm. Assoc. Prof. J. Dauksiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences),  Pharm. Prof. S. Trumbeckaite(Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

18:00 – 18:30 Apitherapy and Apiprophylaxis in Lithuania. Experience of Education – M.D. Dr. Sci. Med. D. Stasytyte-Buneviciene(Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos), S. Vasiliauskas (Lithuanian Association of Apitherapists)

18:30-19:00 Round Table with open discussions between the speakers and the participants

19:00 – 19:30 – Congress Conclusions and Closing Ceremony

Workshop Program, Lithuania 2016

SUNDAY, 25 September (from 09:00 to 18:00 h.)

Venue: Hotel BEST BALTIC Kaunas (former hotel “Daniela”) Diamond Conference hall, A. Mickevičiaus g. 28, Kaunas

Main themes

  • Bee venom therapy, Apipuncture und Micro-Apipuncture
    • How to avoid and treat allergies to beehive products, including to bee venom
    • 10 methods to use bee venom without killing the bees
    • Soft, medium and hard bee venom therapy techniques
  • Honey detox massage
  • Apitherapy preparations
  • Honey dressings for burns and other types of wounds
  • Bee products in ophthalmology
  • Best methods to make soaps with beehive products


09:00-13:00 Apitherapy Workshop (Part I):

9:00-10:00
How to avoid and treat allergies to beehive products, including to bee venom (MD Stefan Stângaciu, Romania)

10:00-11.00

  • 10 “soft” methods to use bee venom without being a “bee killer”
  • “Medium” and “hard” bee venom therapy techniques
    • Micro-apipuncture with live bees
    • Apipuncture with live bees
    • Injectable bee venom technics 
  • 11:00-12.00 Bee-venom therapy (bee stings) – M.D. Lukas Mackevicius, (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Intensive Care Unit)

12:00-13.00 Usage of bee products for inhalations – Donatas Vasiliauskas, UAB “Medicata Filia”, Lithuania

13:00-14:30  Lunch break 

14:30-18:00 Apitherapy Workshop (Part II)

14.30 – 15:10 L-Mesitran medicinal honey dressings for burns and other types of wounds – practical methods – M.D. PhD Andrei Zbuchea (County Emergency Hospital, Ploiesti, Romania)

15:10 – 16:00 MD Stefan Stângaciu

  • Honey detox massage
  • “Secrets” on how to make the most useful apitherapy preparations

16:00 – 16:30 How to make soaps with beehive products – Pharmacist Germy El-Geziry (USA/Egypt)

16:30-17:30  Apitherapy in ophthalmology, practical aspects – M.D. Prof. Jurate Jankauskiene (Eye Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences).

17:30 – 18:00 Round Table with all participants