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 On Tuesday, 15 April 2025, we held the third edition of the Modern Technologies in Spa Industry conference at the Imperial Spa. The conference attracted over two hundred experts from research institutions, universities and spa facilities from the Czech Republic and abroad. The conference programme focused on modern technologies that can make diagnostics more effective, support the personalization of spa care [...]

On Wednesday, 16 April 2024, we hosted a round table with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Karlovy Vary Region. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Jiří Kozák and together we discussed the possibilities of how scientific diplomacy can contribute to the development of the spa industry and the region. Our director Alina Huseynli presented the activities of [...]

On Monday 14 April 2025, we welcomed a foreign delegation from several European institutions in the field of spa, health and tourism at the Institute of Spa and Balneology. Among the guests were Csilla Mezösi, Secretary General of the European Spa Association (ESPA), Professor Todorka Kostadinova from the Medical University of Varna and Ivana Kolar, expert in strategic management and [...]

This week, colleagues from the Environmental Section went into the field to carry out reference measurements as part of the Spa Research Centre project. They focused on various environmental elements that affect the quality of the spa therapeutic landscape. Specifically, noise levels, air ion concentrations, radiation levels, light intensity and other factors were measured. The aim of the measurements is to obtain the most accurate baseline [...]

In the second week of April, we welcomed a delegation from the Institut du Thermalisme - Université de Bordeaux to the Institute of Spa and Balneology. This French institute has been operating since 2000 and through a personal meeting we discovered how close our research topics and approaches are. During the visit we presented our institution and key activities, including the Spa Research Centre project, [...]

In the current issue of the Mariánské Lázně town newsletter there is an interview with the director of our institute, Ing. Alina Huseynli, MBA, which gives an insight not only on the current activities of ILaB, but also on the future of balneological research in the region. The interview focuses on, among other things: the return of balneological research to Mariánské Lázně, the importance of cooperation with the city and spa care providers, specific [...]

On April 6, 2025 we joined the program of the public event For the Springs of Aš, which took place within the Healthy Festival in Aš. Our colleague, hydrogeologist RNDr. Tomáš Vylita, Ph.D., presented the natural riches of Ašsko and the wider region of the Karlovy Vary Region. The event was divided into two parts - in the [...]

At the Maker Faire festival in Karlovy Vary, we were again involved with our interactive stand. Within the framework of the Spa Research Centre project, this time we presented the research activities of the environmental section and prepared a programme aimed at children, parents and the curious public. Visitors could learn about two natural healing resources - mineral waters and peloids, specifically [...]

At the congress of the Association of Spa Towns of the Czech Republic we had the opportunity to present our current activities and possibilities of cooperation. The director of our institute Ing. Alina Huseynli, MBA, in her speech emphasized the importance of connecting research and practice in the spa sector and presented the strategic project Spa Research Centre. We see the Association of Spa Towns of the Czech Republic as a key partner that connects towns and [...]

As part of the initial phase of a new project focused on the validation of a system for monitoring lower limbs in virtual reality and its use in healthcare, which we are implementing in cooperation with XR Institute, s. r. o., we visited the research and development facility in Pilsen. Here we got acquainted with the new technology in detail, defined the key milestones of the project and set the schedule [...]

On 21 March 2025, our colleague Ing. Pavel Kalina took part in the Day with Water event organized at the Techmania Science Center in Pilsen on the occasion of the International Water Day. As part of the program focused on the importance and protection of water, he gave a lecture entitled "Unique mineral springs in West Bohemia", which focused on: the origin of mineral springs and geological [...]

On March 20-21, 2025, we participated in the conference Trauma and Rehabilitation WINTER Forum 2025, which was organized by KKN, a.s., the State Therapeutic Spa Janské Lázně, s.p., the Institute of Clinical Rehabilitation of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Olomouc, the Department of Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology of the Charles University and the University Hospital Hradec Králové. The Institute of Spa and Balneology was represented by Mgr. Magdaléna Vereskova, [...]