| 52nd
Annual Meeting, Cardiff, Wales, June 2007
A Report
of the very successful 52nd Annual Meeting of the European
Section held in Cardiff, Wales, in June 2007 under the Presidency
of Dr. Phillip Dowell is available on 2007
Annual Meeting page.
The European Section is very
grateful to Dr. Dowell and his Organizing Committee for running
such an outstanding meeting.
Change
of Officers and New Election Results
President Phillip Dowell passed
the gavel of the Presidency on to
Dr. Aris-Petros Tripodakis , the Treasurer Dr. Rudy Landman and the Editor Dr. Cecil
Linehan both stepped down.
On behalf of the Board of Regents
Past President Joe Lemasney praised and thanked Dr. Linehan
for her fine work for the Section. He felt she and we could
be proud of her work that has been mentioned many times as
an example for the College at Large. President Dr. Phillip
Dowell, supported by the Board, thanked Dr. Landman for his
fine and accurate work as Treasurer.
New Regents appointed
during the last year as follows: Benelux: Dr. Walter van Driel
(Netherlands) and Portugal: Dr. Gil Alves Alcoforado.
New Vice Regents:
Benelux: Dr. Patrick Adriaens (Belgium) France: Dr. Jean Louis Portugal Italy: Dr. Mauro Labanca, Latvia Dr. Egita
Senekola and Ireland: Dr. Frank Shields (former Regent).
Dr. Argyrios Pissiotis Regent from Greece and Cyprus has been
appointed Deputy Secretary General. It is anticipated that
in 2009 when the current Secretary General and section Vice
President
Dr. Frans Kroon, becomes President, Dr Pissiotis
with the approval of the Board of Regents, will become the
next Secretary General.
Dr. Peter Brandstätter Regent
from Austria was elected and will take on the role of Vice
President of the section following the Annual meeting this
summer in Athens.
International Council Meeting in Mexico City November
1-2, 2007
From the European Section
the International Council meeting was attended by the three
Councilmen: Drs. Joe Lemasney, Peter Kotschy and Frans Kroon as well as by the IPP-ICD-Europe: Dr. Phillip Dowell.
The meeting was held in the Nikko Hotel in Mexico
City, well located and in three minutes walking distance of
the building in which the Mexican Section had organized a
reception-gathering on the Thursday night and the Induction
of new Fellows, followed by a Gala dinner on the Friday night.
The council meeting was well prepared and efficiently
led by the President Don Johnson.
The full report is available in the members
only section.
Eastern
European Affairs
With
the induction in Cardiff of seven new fellows from Eastern
Europe the Section now has a total of fourteen fellows from
Eastern Europe and continues its aim, albeit slowly, of extending
fellowship to more dentists in the East of the continent.
Dr. Paul Becker reported on the Section’s
participation in Continuing Dental Education at the Medical
Academy of Sciences of Odessa and concluded his report by
thanking the Board of Regents for their support.
Philip Dear
Foundation Report
There has been steady progress this year in
the Ukraine.
The Section supported two speakers at their
successful Congress in Odessa: Dr. Jan van Hoeve (Netherlands),
presently European Section Treasurer gave a Master Class on
Periodontology, and Dr. Lisa Papagiannoulis of Greece, currently
President of the International Association of Pediatric Dentists.
She spoke in three segments, covering the topics of early childhood caries, novel techniques in interproximal caries detection, temporary stabilization of the occlusion, and pulpotomies, comparing the use of various techniques.
We have hopes for an association with the 'Long
Distance Education' services pioneered by FICD Dr Pat Reynolds.
A request for financial assistance for undergraduate
education at the School in Odessa was denied. This decision
followed a long discussion at the Board of Regents in Cardiff
where it was decided not to get involved in undergraduate
education.
The Grant Application for a sterilization unit
from Dr. Paul Becker for $1900 was approved. Some additional
requests for assistance have been received and are being evaluated.
District
Meetings
The following Districts held meetings since the last SG Report;
Austria, Germany, Greece, the Benelux Countries, (Belgium,
Luxembourg, Netherlands), England-Scotland-Wales, Ireland,
Austria, Italy and Switzerland. Israel-Malta District Student
Award continues with the Student Award program.
Communications
The website was updated on a regular basis. The ICDigest was
sent to all Fellows in the European Section and International
Councillors in April 2007; the 2008 edition is anticipated
early in 2008
E-Newsletters - also sent to all European Fellows and Councillors,
in October 2006 and May 2007.
The new ICD Eurogram was sent August and November 2007
Board
of Regents meetings in Cardiff and Rome
The Board of Regents which includes the officers, past
presidents and
editors (may/can attend, but are not entitled
to vote), district regents
and vice regents, international councillors and committee
chairs held two busy meetings during the year 2007. The first
took place in conjunction with the annual meeting in Cardiff-
where ICD Officers at large President Dr. Don Johnson
and Editor Jack Hinterman participated. While
the winter meeting usually alternates between London and Paris,
the winter meeting in December was held in Rome Italy at the
invitation of our president Dr. Aris Petros Tripodakis
who practices part time in Rome.
The Board of Regents meeting is the biannual gathering of
the section’s leadership where important decisions are
made affecting the section and its fellows. Additionally,
discussions are held on issues of importance to the section
as well as the receipt of reports from committee chairs and
officers. Minutes of the meeting are available in the member’s
only section on the website
Forthcoming
Annual Meetings
53rd Annual Meeting June 11th -15th 2008 - Athens, Greece
under the Presidency of Dr. Aris-Petros Tripodakis,
former Regent for Greece and Cyprus.
54th Annual Meeting June 25th - 27th 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal
under the Presidency of Dr. Antonio Tavares, former Regent
for Portugal. Initial information is now available on the
Portuguese country page.
55th Annual Meeting June 15th - 19th June 2010
Maastricht, The Netherlands, under the Presidency of Dr. Frans
Kroon, former Regent for the Benelux and Secretary-General
of the European Section.
In this period the following Fellows passed away:
Dr. D.F. Veldkamp, The Netherlands
Dr. John Zamet and Dr. Kevin Gargan. The UK
Dr. Heners and Dr. Schreiber. Germany
Dr. Jadwiga Lieb Skowron, Austria
Dr. Gerry Meehan. Ireland
Dr. Frans Kroon
Secretary General, ICD Europe
Bloemendaal, Netherlands
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