We are delighted to open up bookings for the BDIA’s one-day, non-residential Centenary Late Summer Conference and AGM at the Oxford Belfry Double Tree Hilton on Friday 22nd September 2023.

Our centenary year Conference theme will be ‘100 Years in….The dental landscape Today & Tomorrow’.

Our day filled with rich content will focus on where dentistry and the industry is now, and more importantly, where it is going in the future!, exploring the Economic, Corporate, Clinical, Professional, Sustainability and Laboratory Landscapes. We will be looking at the big issues including NHS vs. private activity and trends, developments in the corporate sector, dental economics – what the numbers show, trends in the laboratory sector, the prospects and impact of greater regulatory freedom and the growing impact of sustainability across the sector.

Event speakers include newly appointed Interim CDO - England, Jason Wong, Neil Carmichael (Executive Chair), Ruth Chesmore (Director of Operations) and Sandra White (Director of Clinical Affairs) of the Association of Dental Groups, BDA Chief Executive and BDA Senior Policy Adviser, Martin Woodrow and Tom King and dental economics guru Stephen Tidman. Denplan’s Louis Mackenzie will cover the growing importance of sustainability and regulatory expert, Phil Brown (ABHI Director, Regulatory), will look at the opportunities of international product regulatory equivalence. Renowned motivational, personal resilience and change management speaker John Hotowka to finish off the day!

Event Schedule

9.00 – 9.30am Coffee & Networking
9.30 - 10.15am BDIA 100th AGM
10.15 - 10.20am Short networking break to set up room
10.20 – 11.00am The Economic Landscape - What the numbers say! – A presentation and discussion with Stephen Tidman, Dental economist
11.00– 11.30am The Regulatory Landscape - The Freedom of Regulatory Equivalence – A Game changer? Phil Brown, ABHI
11.30 – 11.50am Tea/coffee & Networking
11.50 – 1.00pm The Corporate Landscape & discussion – featuring the Association of Dental Groups’ Neil Carmichael (Chair), Ruth Chesmore (Director of Operations) and Sandra White (Director of Clinical Affairs)
1.00- 1.50pm LUNCH
1.50 – 3.15pm The Profession, Sustainability & Lab Landscapes & discussion – including Martin Woodrow & Tom King (BDA), Louis Mackenzie (Denplan) and other guest speakers.
3.15 – 3.30pm Tea/coffee & Networking
3.30– 4.15pm A broader view of the Landscape & Group discussion - Jason Wong – Interim CDO England
4.15– 5.15pm Guest speaker - John Hotowka
5.15– 5.30pm Closing remarks

Pricing, discounts, cancellations and FAQs

With conference places at £100 (+ VAT) per single delegate, or bookings of 4 delegates and more at a special price of £80 (+ VAT) each for the day, and a great line up of speakers looking at critical issues impacting on your business, we would urge members to bring along as many team members as possible to benefit from the presentations, discussion and networking and make our Centenary Conference a day to remember, and a valuable learning opportunity

For any dietary requirements please specify this on your Eventbrite booking. For any other requirements please email darylmoore@bdia.org.uk.

Dress code

Business casual

Cancellations and charges

In the unfortunate event that you need to cancel after purchasing tickets to this year's Conference and AGM, please see below for our cancellation policy.

Between 8 weeks and 2 weeks prior to the event date a 25% refund of the total ticket price is available, minus a non-refundable £0.59 + 6.95% Eventbrite fee.

Between 2 weeks and 5 days prior to the event date a 10% refund of the total ticket price is available, minus a non-refundable £0.59 + 6.95% Eventbrite fee.

Less than 5 days priory to the event date - no refund.

For venue disabled access, please see here - https://www.theoxfordbelfry.co.uk/access-statement/

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BDIA Summer Conference & AGM 2023