Association for Dental Education in Europe

Learning together to improve oral health and quality of life

First Timer Drop In

Wednesday, 26th August 2026 - 09:00 to 10:30
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Timezone: 

UTC +1

Duration: 

90 Minute

Venue: 

EOK: Workshop room 1

Session type: 
Type 1: Organised, planned and delivered by the ADEE
Poster session
Session synopsis: 

First Time at ADEE, you are invited to drop in to this informal meet and greet wit the ADEE Board and staff to help you get the most out of your fisrt meeting 

Chair: 

Ivan Alajbeg

President Elect
Association for Dental Education
Speakers: 

Mohammed Al-Haroni

Cristina Manzanares

Professor of Human Anatomy and Embryology
University of Barcelona

Cristina graduated in Medicine in 1985 in the Autonomous University of Barcelona and then moved to Louvain (Belgium) where she obtained her PhD by the Catholic University of Louvain in 1988. Associated Professor of the newly founded Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Barcelona in 1989, she was promoted to Professor Titular of Human Anatomy and Embryology in 1992. Her main research interest lies in Bone biology, especially related to craniofacial development and osteointegration, and in the improvement of the teaching of Anatomy and Embryology in dental education.

Cristina was Secretary General as well as European Affairs Officer for ADEE.

Katleen Vandamme

Professor of Restorative Dentistry – Implant Prosthodontics
UCLouvain, Belgium

Katleen is professor of Restorative Dentistry of the Department of Oral Health Sciences at the UCLouvain Belgium, where she is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education and training in oral implantology. Her research interests include evidence-based dentistry,  mechanobiology in implant osseointegration, bone biology (in particular impaired bone conditions such as diabetes), skeletal tissue engineering, and teaching modalities and analytics. Katleen is president of BVOI/SBIO (Belgische Vereniging voor Orale Implantologie/Société Belge de l’Implantologie Orale), Education Delegate of the International Team for Implantology (ITI) BeLux. Katleen is a member of ADEE's regional council and is the chair of this year’s ADEE local organising committee.

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