Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 On the Agenda at the 2021 Global Wellness Summit: Future Disruptions in Mental Health and Wellness Speakers include Dr. Richie Davidson (Center for Healthy Minds) on how the latest from neuroscience will underpin new approaches for emotional wellbeing; Dr. Rebecca Robbins (Harvard) presenting new research on sleep and human performance; and Myndstream executive Freddie Moross on how younger…
How Traditional Healthcare Will Expand into Prevention and Wellness
Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Global Wellness Summit Announces Key Topic for Its 2021 Conference: How Traditional Healthcare Will Expand into Prevention and Wellness First round of speakers released today includes doctors from Harvard and the Cleveland Clinic—and top pharmaceutical execs—exploring a new era where evidence-based wellness finally takes a bigger role in traditional medical systems across the globe Miami, FL – October…
Happy 15th Anniversary to Us!
This year, the Global Wellness Summit will celebrate its 15th anniversary! A remarkable achievement in a perfect world, and we all know this world is far from perfect. What began in 2006 as an idea among a small group of spa executives has grown into the most respected and well-attended business event in the wellness industry. Many of you have been on this incredible journey…
“Interconnectivity and the Global Nature of Public Health” By Victor Koo
“Interconnectivity and the Global Nature of Public Health” By Victor Koo, Chairman of Heyi Holdings & Co-founder of Tianren Culture The on-going epidemic has been a wake-up call and a vivid reminder of the interconnectivity and global nature of public health, the critical importance of wellness in our society and the interdependence between humans and the broader ecosystem of nature, plants and animals, whether we are talking…
Shark Tank of Wellness Student Competition is extended to July 31, 2021. Submit your innovative ideas for the wellness industry.
Have a Great Wellness Idea? “Shark Tank of Wellness” Student Competition Deadline Is Extended The “Shark Tank of Wellness” student competition is a unique global challenge that rewards students for their most innovative, impactful ideas for the wellness industry. Three finalists will be flown, along with their professors, to the annual Global Wellness Summit (GWS) being held November 30–December 3, 2021, in Boston, US. Here, they…
University students! Submit your innovative ideas to the 2021 “Shark Tank of Wellness” Awards. Prize money totals $10,000.
2021 “Shark Tank of Wellness” to Award Students for Innovative Wellness Ideas The Global Wellness Summit’s sixth-annual Shark Tank of Wellness global student competition has launched. This unique challenge will reward three university students for their most innovative, impactful idea for the wellness industry. LEARN MORE The Challenge The GWS defines the wellness industry broadly and is looking for innovations in sectors as varied as architecture/design, beauty, education, fitness,…
GWI Launches New Initiative to Showcase Regional Approaches to Wellness Innovation
Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Global Wellness Institute Launches New Initiative to Showcase Regional Approaches to Wellness Innovation As technology, evolving consumer needs, and the pandemic landscape increase the pace of innovation across all sectors of the multitrillion-dollar wellness economy, the newly launched Wellness Innovation Initiative will put the spotlight on regional wellness innovation—with the 2021 focus on finding game-changing companies in the Middle…
GWS Appoints World Bank Group’s Hannah Messerli to Advisory Board
Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Global Wellness Summit Appoints World Bank Group’s Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, Hannah Messerli, PhD, to Advisory Board Messerli’s extensive experience in tourism development—including her current role supporting governments in developing private sector tourism initiatives in countries across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East—will help guide the GWS’s wellness tourism initiatives Miami, FL – May 5, 2021 – The…
Global Wellness Summit Confirmed for Tel Aviv, Israel, from November 15–18, 2021
Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Global Wellness Summit Confirmed for Tel Aviv, Israel, from November 15–18, 2021 Industry leaders will explore a new future where wellness takes center stage—and Israel’s extraordinary mix of innovation, creative energy, ancient history, diverse cultures and spiritualities, and incredible cuisine and nightlife Miami, FL – March 16, 2021 – The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the foremost gathering of international leaders in…
Scholarship to Promote Equity and Inclusion in the Wellness Industry
Featured Press Releases | Global Wellness Summit | Global Wellness Institute | Press Release Archive The Global Wellness Summit Creates Scholarship to Promote Equity and Inclusion in the Wellness Industry The “Susie Ellis Scholarship for Equity in Wellness” was announced at this month’s Global Wellness Summit and is funded thanks to Katrine and Bill Formby, Jill and Rick Stollmeyer, Lynne and Victor Brick, and the…