Association for Dental Education in Europe

Learning together to improve oral health and quality of life

FEHDD Summer Session

Tuesday, 19th August 2025 - 13:30 to 16:30
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Timezone: 

Dublin (IST, UTC+1)

Duration: 

180 minutes

Venue: 

Tangent Auditorium TCDBS

Session type: 
Type 2: Organised, planned and delivered by a subgroup, special interest group, community of practice of ADEE
Leadership for the Future: Designing a Leadership Programme for Senior Leaders in European Dental Education
Session synopsis: 
Leadership for the Future: Designing a Leadership Programme for Senior Leaders in European Dental Education

This in-person session invites current European dental school deans, heads of departments, and accompanying senior leaders from their institutions to contribute to the development of a leadership programme for aspiring dental leaders. Working in small groups, participants will use the FEHDD competency framework to explore its implications for developing future dental leaders. The workshop will include a structured self-assessment using the FEHDD competences and activities to identify critical themes, topics, and delivery methods with the aim of co-designing the elements of the programme’s content and structure. The session is designed to be collaborative, engaging, and insightful, resulting in both collective input and personal reflection. Participants will leave having provided guidance to ADEE about the direction of the programme as well as having gained insights into their own leadership development needs.

Chair: 

Corrado Paganelli

Dean
The Dental School, University of Brescia, Italy

Irina Laura Chivu-Garip

Head of Scientific Affairs Europe
Colgate Palmolive Europe Sàrl
Speakers: 

Richard W. Valachovic

Clinical Professor and Executive Director
New York University College of Dentistry Center for Oral Health Policy & Management

Karl Haden

President
Academy for Advancing Leadership

Barry A. Quinn

Vice Dean for Scholarship & Staff Development | Chair in Restorative Dentistry and Dental Education
University of Liverpool, School of Dentistry, UK
Learning Outcomes: 
  • Describe current and emerging challenges and opportunities facing European heads of departments and deans of dental schools
  • Collaboratively identify critical themes, topics, and formats for an ADEE leadership programme
  • Experience a sample reflective leadership assessment aligned with the competences framework
  • Contribute to the structure, sequencing, and delivery methods for the proposed three-phase programme

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