Tag 1 - Arriving and getting acquainted
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3 p.m. Congress check-in at the Holiday Inn – the niu Mood Mainz
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3 p.m. Optional: Guided tour of the new Taubertsberg Bad & Spa (meeting point: main entrance, Wallstraße 9, 55122 Mainz; registration required)
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7 p.m. Buses depart from the conference hotel for the networking evening
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7:30 p.m. Networking evening on the MS RheinStar
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11:00 p.m. Buses return to the hotel
Day 2 Welcome and presentations
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8.30 a.m. Congress check-in at the MEWA Arena, opening of the exhibition area
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9 a.m. Bus shuttle from the hotel to the MEWA Arena
09:00 Uhr
Welcoming address by EWA President Jutta Kleiber and Kerstin Stumpf, Stadtwerke Mainz AG
09:15 Uhr
Themenblock 1: BEST PRACTICE: CURRENT PROJECTS FROM THE EUROPEAN WATERPARK, LEISURE POOL AND THERMAL SPA LANDSCAPE
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9:30 a.m. The relaunch of the Taubertsberg Bad & Spa in Mainz – how a renovation project became a sustainable new dimension
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10:10 a.m. The new Willingen Lagoon Water Park and the Hotel Schutzhütte – a symbiosis
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10:50 a.m. Networking break with a visit to the exhibition
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Lunch break with exhibition
Themenblock : RESILIENCE AND HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE: RETHINKING WELL-BEING!
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1:10 p.m. Intentional Spaces – the Power of Place. Experience spaces for holistic relaxation in leisure pools and thermal spas
15:30 Uhr
Resilience, the immune system, One Health … what does this have to do with waterparks and leisure pools? An exploratory study in environmental medicine
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2:30 p.m. Networking break with a visit to the exhibition
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4:00 p.m. Visiting the MEWA Arena
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5:30 p.m. Bus shuttle to the hotel
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7:00 p.m. Bus shuttle to the MEWA Arena
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7:30 p.m. EWA Awards 2026 – Award ceremony with presentation of the winning projects
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8:30 p.m. Evening programme at the MEWA Arena
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11:00 p.m. Bus shuttle to the hotel
Tag 3 - Presentations and farewell
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8:30 a.m. Opening of the exhibition area
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9:00 a.m. Bus shuttle from the hotel to the MEWA Arena
Themenblock : OTHER DIMENSIONS: HOW WE CREATE NEW WORLDS FOR OUR GUESTS
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10:20 a.m. Networking break with a visit to the exhibition
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10:50 am "In the beginning was the word" – storytelling as a conceptual planning basis for waterparks and leisure facilities
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11:30 p.m. Round-table discussion: We create experiences!
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12:00 p.m. Dr Eldar Sultanow, Business IT Specialist: Fairy tales, myths and machines. Insights into the world of AI.
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1.15 pm Closing remarks and lunch together
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2.30 pm Optional: Guided tour of the new Taubertsberg Bad & Spa (Meeting point: Main en-trance to Taubertsbergbad, Wallstraße 9, 55122 Mainz; registration required)