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Jean-Marc
Windholz
Higan communication
and promotion
Higan Steering Committee
He was born in Switzerland in 1971.
His training at the Polytechnic of
Lausanne highlighted his creative and
managing skills in the field of
communication technologies. He’s just 16
years old when he establishes his first
software business, Adept Development,
specialized in the most advanced
technologies of virtual reality image
synthesis which he still manages. He
completes his training with studies in
the Marketing and commercial Psychology
fields. In 1999 he founds Inartis Srl at
Abano Terme, a company that, among its
many services, is also working at
various projects for the tourist
development of the Abano Terme thermal
area.
Elisa Bolognesi
Higan P.R. and general organization
Higan Steering Committee
Born in 1974, awarded a diploma in
languages, she’s worked in the tourist
field for 8 years and later 2 years as a
foreign sales manager for an important
fashion house; nowadays she’s involved
in sales promotion and marketing for
some spa hotels at Abano Terme and
cooperates in Inartis projects.
Throughout the years she’s developed the
passion for the Orient, particularly for
Japan, which she first discovered by
performing Reiki.
Silvio
Franceschinelli
Higan P.R. and general organization
Higan Steering Committee
Born in Padua on January 16th 1973,
after graduation in accountancy, he
discovers that his destiny lies
elsewhere and more precisely in
languages.
He spends various years abroad; on his
CV we find Slovenia, Australia and Japan.
He deepends his knowledge of languages
at the universities of Padua, Lubiana
and Osaka; from this last experience in
Japan, where for two years he teaches
Italian in a private school, his passion
for the Orient leads him to collaborate
with Higan.
In 2003 he sets up, and from then on
runs the Linguistic and Cultural
Institute Il Mulino in Legnaro, meeting
point for Italians that study Japanese
and Japanese that study Italian.
Yoshie Nishioka
Higan P.R. and general organization
Higan Steering Committee
Born in Osaka on the 6th of September
1978, she shows a keen interest towards
both Japanese and Italian history and
culture. Yoshie graduates in Italian
language and civilization at the
International University of Osaka, she
also deepens her studies at the
University for Foreigners in Siena.
Since 2003 she teaches Japanese at Il
Mulino, since 2004 she is the President
of the friendship association
Italy-Japan OCHACAFFE', that proposes to
make Nippon culture well known in Italy
through events, movies, meetings and
debates.
Edoardo Rossi
Referee for Bonsai section
Born at Padua the 12/12/1960, he
graduates in oboe at Padua’s C. Pollini
academy of music in 1983. The same year
he starts an intense solo international
activity with important orchestras and
chamber music groups. In 1985 he begins
to develop his interest in bonsais,
increasing his knowledge by
participating to many work groups with
the best teachers. In 1992 he enters the
Bonsai Art School under the guidance of
Master Hideo Suzuki. In October 1999 he
graduates at Master Hamano’s Japanese
School. In 1987 he’s one of the founders
of the Euganean Association of Bonsais
of which he’s the director of studies
and arts. In 1995 he wins the New
European Talent contest at Monaco (Principality
of Montecarlo). He’s the founding and
managing member of the Nippon Bonsai
Sakka Kyookai Europe. Nowadays he
performs professional work in the bonsai
field, holding work groups and events in
Italy and Europe and managing a bonsai
garden open to the public.
Filippo Scianna
Referee for Tibet Event
Born in Padua on the 27th July 1969.
Degree in law and qualification for its
practice. He meets Buddhism in 1992 and
in the next years he has the chance to
attend meetings and teachings by some of
the greatest Masters of Tibetan Buddhism
and above all His Holiness the XIV°
Dalai Lama. In 2002 he is named Director
of the Tara Cittamani Centre of Padova
by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Since January
2005 he has been national coordinator of
the Italian Centres belonging to the
Foundation for Preservation of the
Mahayan Tradition.
Hiromi Sasaki
Referee for Japanese traditional Arts
She’s been living in Florence for many
years. Thanks to her great passion for
Japanese art and culture she’s been
engaging in her activity as cultural
promoter for 10 years, in order to make
the most of the traditional Japanese
arts she’s been learning since she was a
child. When she arrived in Italy she
began working as a journalist and
tourist guide, and such professions let
her proneness as being a go-between for
the two cultures grow.
In 1999 she founded the Japanese
cultural association Lailac in Florence,
which offers year’s courses and venues
to its more than 400 members, in order
to teach Japanese culture and arts. Her
next goal consists of presenting in 2008
a Japanese opera about “Genji story”, a
famous opera written by Murasaki Shikibu,
a woman who was able to let “feminine
culture” flourish more than 1.000 years
ago.
Doctor
Renato Crepaldi
Chinese Traditional Medicine Referent
Renato Crepaldi, with a degree in
Medicine and Surgery at the University
of Bologna in 1978, started his job as a
medical acupuncture doctor in 1985.
He has been the President of the Matteo
Ricci Foundation since 2005, and has
spoken at many important congresses.
He is a professor at the Matteo Ricci
School, and teaches the Specialization
Course in “Non Conventional Medicines
and Complementary Techniques” in the
Faculty of Medicine of the University of
Firenze and at the 2nd level Master in
“Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese
Medicine; Integration in the Western
Medicine” created by the Faculty of
Medicine and Surgery of the University
of Firenze in collaboration with the
Faculty of Traditional Chinese Medicine
of Beijing (Beijing University of
Chinese Medicine). He is one of the
authors of “Semeiotica Cinese” (Chinese
Semiotics), the second volume of the
“Trattato di Agopuntura e Medicina
Tradizionale Cinese” (Acupuncture and
Traditional Chinese Medicine Treat) for
the CEA editions.
Dr. Antonio
Morandi
Referee for Ayurveda
Medical Doctor, specialist in Neurology
and Ayurveda Vaidya (Ayurveda Academy,
Pune, India and Joytinat International
College of Ayurveda), has been studying
Ayurvedic Medicine since 1994 and
dedicated most of his professional life
to the comprehension of the role of
psyche in the genesis of diseases. After
a long period of research in United
States universities, where he worked on
brain aging mechanisms, the learning of
Gestalt Psychotherapy and the practice
of Yoga gave him the tools for a global
vision of medicine that he fully
developed through a deep study of
Ayurveda in Italy and India with
Teachers as Maharishi Vaidya Jaya
Ramanuja Raju and Swami Joythimaiananda.
In 2001 he establishes Ayurvedic Point,
a company based on the cultural
diffusion and research on Ayurveda, of
which Dr. Morandi directs the School of
Ayurvedic Medicine since 2002.
In 2002 he establishes the Società
Scientifica Italiana di Medicina
Ayurvedica (S.S.I.M.A.), a professional
association of medical doctors
practicing Ayurveda, of which he is
President. Since 2002 he also directs
the Clinical Center of Ayurvedic
Medicine “Ayurvedic Point “ in Milano,
Italy.
Dr. Morandi, author of many papers on
Ayurveda, is Member of several
Scientific Committees and he practices
and teaches Ayurveda in Italy and India
where, in 2003, he is receives the
Honorary Degree of Ayurveda Acharya (Doctorate
in Ayurveda) by the Ayurvedic Institute
Ashtavaidyan Thaikat Moss, Thrissur,
Kerala.
Lorenzo Tussardi
Japanese Martial Arts
Tussardi was born in Padova on May 21st,
1963. In 1980 he began practicing
Yoseikan Budo, and in 1990 he achieved
the 3rd Dan. Starting in 1981 he
attended Aikido, Karate Shotokan and
Judo courses. In 1985 he met the master
Shoji Sugiyama, great expert in
traditional martial arts, he became his
apprentice and with him he studied
in-depth Aikijujutsu, Kenjutsu, and
Bojutsu. He briefly practiced combat
sports until he successfully reached the
2nd Dan in kickboxing. In 1992 and 1993
he travelled to Japan and studied with
some of the greatest Karate and
Aikijujutsu Masters.
In 1995 he took a short course with
Master Taiji Kase, a true legend of the
Shotokan karate. He decided to abandon
all the other disciplines to dedicate
himself to this great Master’s karate
style. He followed in the footsteps of
master Kase until 2004 (when the Master
died) and now he teaches the Kase style
Shotokan karate in his dojo in Padova.
His constant training in traditional
Japanese martial arts allowed him to
reach the 5th Dan in the Shotokan Karate,
the 3rd Dan in Yoseikan Budo, the 3rd
Dan in Kobudo and the 3rd Dan in
Aikijujutsu.
Elisabetta Grosso
Responsible for Japanese
Products
Born in 1979, she graduated in 2004 in
Oriental Cultures and Languages (Japanese,
Archaeological and Artistic
Specialisation) with a thesis on
Japanese design and handcraft. She
specialises in some of the most ancient
hand crafted arts in Japan, e.g. urushi
and washi (Japanese varnish and paper).
Starting from this, she has the idea and
later runs the “Ikiya” project, a shop
opened in 2005.
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