Fifteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

  • Emotional vs Artificial Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift in Healthcare?
  • 4-5 September 2025
  • University of Granada, Granada, Spain + Online

Conference Address

You can get to the faculty by:

- Metro (Parque Tecnologico Stop)

- Bus 4 (Hospital Campus Salud Stop)

- Bus U3 (Hospital Campus Salud Stop)

- Taxi (around 10 euros from the city center).

Click here for more information about bus and metro tickets.

Address: Av. Doctor Jesús Candel Fábregas, 11, 18016 Granada, Spain

The Faculty has three buildings, the Registration Desk will be located in the middle one, Building B:

W25 entrance


Conference Themes and Special Focus

Founded in 2011, the Health, Wellness, & Society Research Network is brought together by a common concern in the fields of human health and wellness, and in particular their social interconnections and implications. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

The Fifteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness, & Society features research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:

  • 2025 Special Focus—Emotional vs Artificial Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift in Healthcare?
  • Theme 1: The Physiology, Kinesiology, and Psychology of Wellness in its Social Context
  • Theme 2: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
  • Theme 3: Public Health Policies and Practices
  • Theme 4: Health Promotion and Education

2025 Plenary Speakers

Dr. Manuel Lillo-Crespo

Dr. Manuel Lillo-Crespo

University of Alicante, Spain

"Humanizing Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: The Need for Compassionate Artificial Intelligence" (in English)

Dr. Corinne Isnard Bagnis

Dr. Corinne Isnard Bagnis

Sorbonne University, Paris, France

"Advancing Healthcare Through a Synergy of AI and Empathy" (in English)

Dr. Marcelo Careaga Butter

Dr. Marcelo Careaga Butter

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile

"Tecnologías disruptivas e Inteligencia Artificial Generativa: Tendencias y desafíos en salud" (in Spanish)

Research Network Chairs

Dr. Louise Dalingwater

Dr. Louise Dalingwater

Professor, Sorbonne Université, Paris

(English)

Dr. Angelica Avendaño Veloso

Dr. Angelica Avendaño Veloso

Profesora Titular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; Vicepresidente, Red Iberoamericana de Salud Digital

(Spanish)

Local Conference Chair

Dr. Pedro Romero Palacios

Dr. Pedro Romero Palacios

Professor, Medicine Department, University of Granada, Spain

Conference Partner

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