Saturday
Welcome to the second day of the world’s largest sauna event! We have an exciting program full of the interesting presentations, fantastic speakers and plenty of sauna activities - find all the details here.
Saturday program at a glance
09.30 - 18:00 Congress and Sauna program at SALT Art & Music
18.00 Badstufest, closing celebration.
Global Sauna Culture
Arktiske
Sponsored by:
9:30 PANEL - coming soon
10:00 Becky Pelkonen
Toward a Global Framework for Regenerative Sauna: Culture, Commons, and the Future of Sauna Stewardship
10:30 BREAK ☕️
11:00 Eda Veeroja
Developments and Impacts of UNESCO Inscription on Estonian Smoke Sauna Culture
11:30 Anna Talasniemi
Towards more inclusive sauna culture
12:00 PANEL - coming soon
12:30 LUNCH BREAK
13:30 Rolf-Andreas Pieper
Löyly and Aufguss – characteristics that distinguish different sauna cultures
14:00 Katsuki Tanaka
The Evolution and Future of Japanese Sauna Culture
14:30 Jesús Álvarez
Sauna Under the Sun: Introducing Nordic Sauna Culture in a Hot Urban Context in Mexico
15:00 BREAK ☕️
15:30 James Mugavin & Jan Nåls
Sauna in Contemporary Film: Cultural, Architectural and Emotional Perspectives
16:00 PANEL - coming soon
Sauna & Health
Langhuset
Sponsored by:
9:30 Ashley Mason
Warming Up to a New Paradigm in Mental Health Treatment
10:00 Eva Hilland
Sauna and mental health – a pilot study
10:30 PANEL - coming soon
11:00 BREAK ☕️
11:30 Rachael McGrath
Sauna culture improves physical and mental wellbeing in the UK through social connection and ritual
12:00 Charlie Duckworth
Sauna as Social Prescription: Evaluating an NHS-Linked Community Sauna Programme in the UK
12:30 Nina Magatova
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 PANEL - coming soon
14:30 Victoria Arnhold
What We Wear in the Sauna Matters
15:30 BREAK ☕️
16:00 PANEL - coming soon
Architecture, Technology & Sustainability
Pyramiden
Sponsored by:
9:30 PANEL - coming soon
10:00 Stephen Jaye
Designing the Hormetic Sauna™: Redefining Sauna as a New Architectural Standard for Measurable, Prescribable Heat Therapy
11:00 BREAK ☕️
11:30 Corentin Maqueron
Computational Sauna Dynamics: What Numerical Simulation Brings to the Sauna World
12:00 Lassi Liikkanen
A novel method for assessing the durability of sauna stones
12:30 PANEL - coming soon
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 Pertu Rönkkö
From Ancient Practice to Smart Sauna: How Technology Can Support Experience, Health and Sustainability
14:30 Peter Jeitler
Wellness facilities for public use - Climated rooms requirements
15:00 PANEL - coming soon
15:30 BREAK ☕️
16:00 PANEL - coming soon
Sauna LIVE @ Árdna
Co-sponsored by:
In partnership with:
Live podcast interviews, film screenings, discussions and culture:
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Naustet Sauna Library
Book talks and bookstore:
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Sauna program
Sauna rituals and experiences across 10 saunas:
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