Provisional Scientific Program

Day 1

Postgraduate student workshop, “How to write a scientific paper for publication”.

Programme TBC.

Day 2

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS ARE

Time	Theme: Bioactive Glass/ Glass-ceramic Problems, Solutions and Innovations.
9.0	Welcome, Organization: Dr Mike Cattell
9.30	Bioactive glasses past, present and future. Prof. Robert Hill (Barts and the London, School of Dentistry, London, GB)
10.0	Bioactive glass innovations for use in toothpastes. Prof. Delia Brauer (Otto-Schott-Institute, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, D)
11.0	Use of bioactive materials to address Problems in implantology. Dr Shakeel Shahdad (Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Barts Health NHS Trust, GB)
11.30	Bioactive cements; solutions to a bone cement problem. Dr Natalia Karpukhina (Barts and the London, School of Dentistry, London, GB)
12.0	Apatite-wollstonite glass ceramics; effect of strontium substitution on the structure and on physical and biological properties. Prof. David Wood (School Of Dentistry, University of Leeds, GB)
1.30	Is there an issue with YTZP ceramics? Conference debate. Dr Gary Fleming (School of Dental Sciences, Trinity College, Dublin, Eire). Prof. Martin Rosentritt (Department of Prosthodontics, University Hospital Regensburg, D)
2.15	Design of leucite glass-ceramics using Appen factors. Dr Xiaohui Chen (School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, GB)
3.15	Evaluating crystallisation mechanisms in novel glass-cermaics using TEM. Dr Christian Patzig (Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM, D).
3.45	Innovations in Glass-Ceramic Technology for Dental Materials. Mr Marcel Schweiger (Director R&D Inorganic Chemistry, Ivoclar Vivadent, Liechtenstein)
4.15	Adhesive Cementation and The Strengthening Of All-Ceramic Dental Restorations. Prof. Owen Addison (Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham).
4.45	Mike Cattell: Closing remarks/Day 1

Conference Dinner: See other business for details.

Day 3

Time		Theme: Dental Composite/Polymers Problems, Solutions and Innovations.
8.45		Welcome, Organization
9.0		Complex Number Aspects of Resin-Monomers and Composites. Prof. David Watts (School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, GB)
9.30		Biomimetic flake glass composites. Dr. Saroash Shahid (Barts and the LondonSchool of Dentistry, London, GB)
10.0		The next wave of bulk-fill resin composites: designing deep cure with reduced translucency. Prof. Will Palin (School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham)
11.0		Characterisation of nano-mechanical properties of resin-composites. Prof. Nicoleta Ilie (DentalSchool of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, D).
11.30		Behaviour of fast curing resin composites: getting the formulation just right. Mr Luke Randolph (Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium).
12.0		Self-adhesive remineralising and antibacterial composites Prof. Anne Young (UCL Eastman Dental Institute, GB).
12.30		Aspect of bonding: Controlling collagen degradation in hybridised dentin/resin interfaces. Prof. Arzu Tezvergil-Mutluay (Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland).

Time		Theme: Material characterisation, Problems, Solutions and Innovations.
2.15		NMR and structure property relations in biomaterials. Dr Robert Law (Imperial College, UK).
2.45		FIB-SEM 3D tomography of biomaterials. Dr Urszula Stachewicz (AGHUniversity of Science and Technology, Poland).
3.15		Diffraction Tomography as it relates to dental hard tissues. Dr Samera Siddiqui (Aarhus University, Denmark).
3.45		Aerospace Materials. Dr David Tilbrook (Technical Fellow, R and D Leader, Aerospace Composites and Adhesives, Hexcel Corp.)
4.15		Poster award M. Cattell: Closing remarks/ look forward

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