The 3rd INFOM International Seminar & Workshop 2023 in Japan

INFOM will hold its 3rd international seminar in October 2023 in English. This is an original workshop targeted to qualified clinicians to become certified physicians of forest medicine. The INFOM international certificate of completion will be handed to the doctors who complete this course.
This seminar is not just for doctors, but any participants who are interested in Shinrin-Yoku. The INFOM Seminar certificate of completion for non-doctors is also available on a chargeable basis.

Participants who have obtained a certificate at this seminar can conditionally apply to establish an INFOM chapter in their own country.

Date	October 13 (Fri), 14 (Sat), 15 (Sun), 2023
Maximum number of participants	70 people Doctors, Ayurveda Physicians and Chinese medicine doctors who would like to be qualified as INFOM-certified doctors. Participants who are not doctors will be issued a certificate of completion as well.
Location	Hotel: Forest Inn Showakan https://www.okura-nikko.com/japan/tokyo/forest-inn-showakan/ Showa-no-Mori Akishima Tokyo 196-8601 Japan https://www.showakan.co.jp/ Forest Therapy Practice: Hinohara forest therapy base in Tokyo https://hinohara-kankou.jp/forest_therapy/ 403 Hinohara-mura, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 190-0212
Participation fee	¥ 170,000 (Japanese Yen) (Tax included) This is the price for a twin room.　A single room or one person staying in a twin room will be ¥189,000. The fee includes the following: 1. Accommodation, transportation expenses, travel insurance and meals for participants. 2. Conference room fees 3. The membership fee of INFOM (6,000 Japanese Yen) For those who have already paid the membership fee (6,000 Japanese Yen) for this year, the annual membership fee will be subtracted. 4. INFOM international forest medicine doctor certificate issuance fee 30,000 yen In the case of a doctor who already holds a certificate, the issuance fee will be subtracted from the total cost. For participants other than doctors who already hold certificates, the issuance fee will also be subtracted.
Forest bathing tour fees	For details, please refer to the forest bathing tour plan.
Start of application	July 3, 2023
Deadline	October 3, 2023 (for seminar and workshop)

Application and further more information, please contact the secretary.
shinrinyoku2023@gmail.com

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Schedule overview (subject to change)

Day 1- October 13 (Fri), 2023

15:00 - Check in at "Forest Inn Showakan" (Hotel)
Free time, no dinner

Day 2- October 14 (Sat), 2023

Time table
7: 00 ~ breakfast
08:50 Meet at the hotel auditorium
09:00-18:00 Academic workshop at the hotel auditorium

- Academic workshop Program (09:00-18:00) - (timetable subject to change)

Chairperson: Prof. Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, Vice-President of INFOM)

Oral presentation 15:00-18:00

Participants can apply for oral presentations on the topic of forest bathing/shinrin-yoku/forest therapy as follows:

1.Research on forest bathing/shinrin-yoku/forest therapy
2.Introduction of forest bathing/shinrin-yoku/forest therapy activities in your country
3.Proposals in forest bathing/shinrin-yoku/forest therapy

Each oral presentation is 8 minutes.

18:00 End of oral presentations

18:30 Social gathering at the hotel restaurant with dinner buffet

20:30 End of social gathering

Day 3- October 15 (Sun), 2023

Dr. Michiko Imai, Dr. Qing Li
And other staff will be in charge.

Time table
07:30 Check out from the hotel and depart by private bus (travel time about 2 hours)
10:00-15:20 On-site workshop (forest therapy practice) at Hinohara Village (forest therapy base) (lunch included)
15:20-15:50 Presentation of certificates of completion and closing ceremony
16:00-17:00 Take a private bus to Shinjuku Station

Marie-Monique Robin (https://www.mariemoniquerobin.com/)an award-winning French filmmaker and writer, will film the academic seminar and workshop for her new film on the links between Nature and Human Health. https://m2rfilms.com/. She is known for her world-renowned books and films such as “The World according to Monsanto” (the book and film have been released in Japan) and “Making Pandemics" (published recently by Sakuhin Sha)”.

Schedule for forest bathing tour after the seminar and workshop

Tour name:Kanagawa Forest Bathing Tour
Period:October 15th (Sun) - October 18th (Wed), 2023, 3 nights 4 days
20 people

A Forest Medicine Specialist, an interpreter, a guide and a forest therapist at each forest therapy base will accompany.
Participation fee: ¥ 203,000 Japanese yen (additional charge of ¥ 44,900 yen for 1 person using 1 room) (tax included).
The following fees are included in the participation fee (tax included).
1.Charter bus and ropeway/cable car, entrance fees, and accommodations
2.Meals: 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners, insurance fee
3.Forest medicine specialist, interpreter, guides, forest therapy guides

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Application deadline: September 20, 2023

Cancellation policy

After the contract for the seminar & workshop and forest bathing tour, if the contract is canceled, the following cancellation fee will be charged.
1. Participation for seminar & workshop will start on October 13th.
2. Participation for the forest bathing tour will start on October 15th.

Cancellation time (Japan time)	Details of the fee charged
Cancellation before the 21st day from the start date of the seminar or optional tour	Full refund (no charge)
Cancellation after 20 days from the start date of the seminar or optional tour	Cancellation fee equivalent to 20% of the participation fee
Cancellation after 7 days from the start date of the seminar or optional tour	Cancellation fee equivalent to 50% of the participation fee
Previous day cancellation	Cancellation fee equivalent to 80% of the participation fee
Cancellation on the day, after the start of the seminar or optional tour, or non-participation	Cancellation fee equivalent to 100% of the participation fee

You can find the information of the previous INFOM International Seminar & Workshop in Japan from the following websites.

The 1st Seminar & workshop in 2018
https://www.infom.org/symposiums/symposium_2018.html

We certified 17 international forest therapists and forest medicine doctors the whole world.

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The 2nd Seminar & workshop in 2019
https://www.infom.org/symposiums/workshop_2019.html

We certified 38 international forest therapists and forest medicine doctors from the whole world.

Contact address

Qing Li, MD, PhD
Vice-President and Secretary General of International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine (INFOM)
Clinical Professor at Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Nippon Medical School

1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japa
Email: qing-li@nms.ac.jp

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