As populations age and lifestyles evolve, regions must adapt. This topic explores how intelligent territories can foster healthy living and active ageing — integrating healthcare, well-being, and tourism into sustainable, future-ready ecosystems.

Health no longer stops at the border. We'll explore emerging models for cross-border healthcare, medical travel, and mobile patient pathways — from regulation and reimbursement to quality standards and patient experience.

From predictive health to personalised medicine, digital tools and artificial intelligence are transforming how care is delivered, monitored, and improved. This theme focuses on ethical, scalable innovation that supports well-being from birth to later life.

What does it take to enable safe, seamless, and sustainable health travel? We'll look at airport and transport connectivity, integrated planning, and the role of environmental and economic sustainability in building trusted health tourism routes.

With rising protests against mass tourism in cities like Barcelona, this topic addresses how health and wellness travel can avoid similar pitfalls. We’ll explore models that prioritise community well-being, avoid overburdening local infrastructure, and promote regenerative, inclusive tourism that benefits both residents and visitors.

From nature walks to cultural engagement, social prescription is transforming how we approach prevention and mental health. This theme explores how linking individuals to non-clinical, community-based services enhances well-being and reduces pressure on health systems — especially in ageing societies.

Living longer must also mean living better. This topic focuses on how to create ecosystems that support physical, mental, and emotional health into older age — through smart environments, lifelong learning, and accessible services that support autonomy and dignity.

Ensuring healthy longevity also involves proactive immunisation strategies are critical in reducing hospitalisations, maintaining autonomy, and supporting resilient ageing populations.

Discover how food becomes medicine. As healthcare shifts toward prevention and personalization, nutrition emerges as a foundational pillar of healthy ageing and well-being. 

This theme explores how personalized nutrition, culinary wellness, and lifestyle strategies can prevent chronic disease, support healthy ageing, and enhance well-being across tourism, healthcare, and community life.