Practice Lifestyle Medicine

Sharon Jensen is a licensed clinical social worker and trauma therapist. She co-leads a hands-on workshop on the hidden role of trauma in longevity and lifestyle medicine.

Kristal Lau is a physician and health consultant. She co-leads the workshop on trauma as a hidden driver in longevity and lifestyle medicine.

Rob d'Hondt is a trainer of trainers in motivational interviewing, an author and organisational coach. His workshop 'Beyond Advice' teaches conversations that create real behaviour change.

Maria Giulia Marini is an educator, epidemiologist and counsellor with the European Narrative Medicine Society (EUNAMES). She leads a workshop on narrative medicine — cosmologies and storytelling in care.

Dr Elizaveta Kuznetsova is a cardiologist. She runs a clinical cases round, exploring how lifestyle interventions apply to real-world patient cases.

Konstantinos Vagias is a biologist and clinical nutritionist at the University of Crete. He co-leads the culinary-medicine workshop, translating dietary guidelines into real meals.

Apostolos Takoulas is a chef behind COOKEAT. His culinary-medicine workshop turns nutrition science into practical, food-first strategies for the kitchen.

Victoria Pena Acuna is a registered dietitian and health coach. She joins the multidisciplinary team delivering the hands-on workshop on trauma-informed care in lifestyle medicine.

Dr Mariana Rickmann is a medical writer, researcher and educator. She co-delivers the multidisciplinary workshop on trauma as a hidden driver in longevity and lifestyle medicine.

Dr Tatiana Poni is a general practitioner with ELMO. She co-delivers the multidisciplinary workshop on trauma-informed care in lifestyle medicine.

Christina Topping is a Lifestyle Medicine practitioner and coach with over 20 years' experience across education, health, movement and behaviour change, specialising in supporting neurodivergent adolescents and young adults. Her workshop 'Coaching Through Chaos' shares practical, person-centred strategies to build self-awareness, agency and sustainable behaviour change.

Dra. Mónica Durães is a Portuguese family physician and European Board-Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician (IBLM), with expertise in smoking cessation, alcohol use disorders and behaviour change. She leads a Smoking Cessation Clinic and works in an Alcohol Treatment Unit within the Portuguese National Health Service, and serves on the board of the Portuguese Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

Bart Collet is a healthtech consultant, writer and founder of Hyperadvancer, working at the intersection of healthcare, AI and automation. His hands-on workshop shows clinicians and lifestyle medicine professionals how to use generative AI to build their own tools, companion apps, dashboards and automations, with no programming background required.

Professor Doina-Adina Todea, MD, PhD is Professor of Pneumology and Head of the Department of Pneumology at the "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Director of Romania's first accredited Master's in Lifestyle Medicine. A leader in sleep medicine, she co-presents a workshop on the impact of sleep on adopting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Damiana-Maria Vulturar, MD, PhD is a pulmonologist and researcher at the "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with expertise in sleep medicine, non-invasive ventilation and respiratory care. She co-presents a workshop on the impact of sleep on adopting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Anca Moldovan-Pop, MD (Romania) leads the GASTROJOY Lifestyle workshop, exploring how to live your best health across ages.

Benno Krachler, MD, PhD (Sweden) leads the workshop 'Beyond Symptoms and Diagnoses: A Practical Framework for Lifestyle Medicine'.

Dorothée Servaty comes from a military background. Her workshop focuses on practical, actionable tools that help participants keep clarity in decision-making, preserve team cohesion and manage everyday pressure. Through stress-management and emotional-regulation techniques, participants learn to regain lasting control using methods that build autonomy and can be practised anytime, anywhere.