Plenary Session 3: Sustainability in Action

We bring ADEE 2025 and our 50^th annual meeting to a close with our final plenary focusing as we have for the past three years on the importance of sustainability in academic and clinical practice.

Commencing with a panel discussion chaired by Dr Brett Duane, Dublin Dental University Hospital, the session discusses how environmental sustainability has been incorporated into dental education, and operationalised within hospital strategy.

The aim is to demonstrate how the carbon footprint of a dental teaching hospital can be addressed, reflecting on

1. How education leads have changed curriculum, dental learners have experienced sustainability research /QI projects during their education or training, and
2. How sustainability is being embedded into strategy in dental hospitals. We hope the session generates ideas for how to further incorporate environmental sustainability into dental education. 

Delegates will have an opportunity to engage with the panel through Q&A.

We will close out the session with the presentation of:

• The ADEE / EDSA / Henry Schein Oral Health Professional Educators’ Practice Green and Social Excellence Awards 2025
• ADEE LEADER School visit and visitation panel recognition will also be made
• Our session close with Prof Gabor Gerber presenting Budapest as the host city for ADEE 2026