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Under the Presidency of Dr
Phillip Dowell, over 230 Fellows, their spouses, partners
and friends, attended a wonderfully successful 52nd Annual
Meeting of the European Section of the International College
of Dentists in Cardiff from the 28th to 30th June 2007.
The European Section was honoured
by the presence of the President of the College-at-Large,
Dr Don Johnson, and his wife, Jan, from the US, and very pleased
also to welcome the International Editor of the ICD, Dr Jack
Hinterman and his wife Carol. The Section was further honoured
by the attendance at the Gala Dinner on June 30th of the Right
Honourable The Lord Mayor of the City and County of Cardiff,
Councillor Gill Bird, and her husband, Peter, the Lord Mayor's
official consort.
Three
new Masters and Thirty-Three new Fellows
In
the presence of the World President, Dr.Johnson, three Masters
were created: Dame Margaret Seward of England, Editor of the
European Section from 1993 to 2001 and former Chief Officer
for England and Wales; Dr Heinz Lassig, President of the European
Section in 2001 and former Regent for Germany; and Dr. Peter
Pre, President of the European Section in 2004 and former
Regent for France. Thirty-three new Fellows from nineteen
different European countries and one from the USA were inducted
into the College. The European countries from which
the Fellows come are as follows: Austria, Belgium, Croatia,
Cyprus, England, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Slovenia, Switzerland and Wales.
Full
list of new Fellows names here
View August 2007 Eurogram
Photographs from Wales Meeting
The first set of pictures from the Annual Meeting in Wales now available on http://www.photoboxgallery.com/AndrewJeffery.
Please keep in mind that the European Section of the ICD has no commercial interest in the sale of these photographs which are the sole responsibility of the photographer
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME:
Friday June 29th
The
full day scientific programme was held in the Castle Suite
of the Conference Hotel, the Hilton Hotel, Kingsway, and the
theme was ‘Prospective Eclecticism’
- a forward looking crystal ball gazing view of what the future
holds for clinicians and researchers encompassing a wide range
of dental specialties including:
- Dr Tony Hoskinson: Endodontics:
Bright ideas for the future
- Prof. Piet Haers: Can new technology
change both surgical practice and outcome in oral
and maxillofacial surgery?
- Dr Lloyd Searson: Implanting
- the future
- Prof. Martin Addy: How to read
and how to write a research paper
- Dr Ian Needleman: How to use research
to change clinical practice
- Prof. Crispian Scully: Making progress
with cancer
- Dr Tidu Mankoo & Dr David Winkler:
Interdisciplinary integration: The future for aesthetic
and restorative success.
Abstracts available on Education page
Open
Forum
A Forum
to update Fellows on developments taking place within their
Section was held at the end of the morning session of the
Scientific Programme.
Social Programme
On Wednesday 27th June 2007,
twenty Fellows enjoyed a day’s golf at the famous Celtic
Manor, venue for the Ryder cup in 2010.
On Thursday 28th June 2007,
Fellows and guests were entertained to an informal dinner
in St David’s Hotel overlooking Cardiff Bay, a new,
exciting waterfront home to the Welsh Assembly, the Millennium
Arts Centre and the Welsh National Opera Company.
On Friday 29th June
2007, the Accompanying Persons’ Tour visited St
Fagan’s Natural History Museum three miles outside of
Cardiff. The Museum tells the story of everyday life in Wales
during the last 500 years, all based in the beautiful 104
acre grounds and gardens of St Fagan’s Castle.
On Friday Evening , the entire
company enjoyed dinner in the classic Marble Hall of the National
Museum of Wales, and were entertained, both before and after
dinner, by the wonderful Cowbridge Male Voice Choir. Their
hauntingly beautiful singing brought a tear to many an eye
and it is an evening few Fellows and guests are likely to
forget for a long time.
On Saturday morning, June
30th 2007, there was an optional 'Castles Tour’ to both
Caerphilly Castle – one of the largest fortresses in
Europe, standing on a 30 acre site, and Castell Coch, a late
19th C ’fairytale’ style castle, built on medieval
remains and decorated in the Victorian Gothic style.
On Saturday Afternoon and
Evening, the Induction Ceremony took place in the Reardon
Smith Theatre of the National Museum of Cardiff and was followed
by a Black Tie Dinner at Cardiff City Hall, an impressive
building with landscaped gardens and tree lined avenues.
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