invited speakers

Dr Willy Dayan

DDS, DIP. ORTHO

Dr Dayan received his DDS in 1986 and his diploma in Orthodontics in 1991 both from the University of Toronto.

In addition to his private practice in orthodontics, Dr Dayan is also a clinical instructor of Orthodontics. His teaching expertise lies in areas of: Invisalign Aligner Biomechanics, Esthetic Adult Orthodontic Techniques, and Rehabilitative Orthodontics in preparation for Cosmetic Reconstructive Dentistry, Patient Interviews and Treatment Presentation Skills. He has been a guest lecturer at multiple conventions and meetings worldwide and continues to guest lecture at the Department of Orthodontics in Universities worldwide.

Dr Dayan became an Invisalign provider in the fall of 1999, has treated over 4000 of his own cases and coached over 25,000 ClinChecks on his coaching site. Dr Dayan is a registered speaker for Invisalign and currently teaches orthodontists internationally how to achieve excellent results in the most challenging cases.

Dr Dayan also coaches many clinicians about their own Orthodontic cases, helping them to customize their own orthodontic and ClinCheck treatment plans for their individual patients, through his website: YourOrthoCoach.com

Prof PadHRAIG Fleming

BDent Sc. (Hons.), MSc., PhD, MFDS RCS, MFD RCS, FDS RCS, MOrth. (RCS), FDS (Orth.) RCS, FHEA

Padhraig Fleming is currently Professor, Consultant and DClinDent Program Lead in Orthodontics at the Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. Padhraig graduated from Dentistry at Trinity College Dublin with a Gold Medal and First Class Honours before undertaking postgraduate and Consultant training in Orthodontics at the Royal London. He was awarded an MSc with Distinction in 2007, the Membership in Orthodontics and British Orthodontic Society Medal in 2008, FDS (Orth.) from the Royal College of Surgeons in 2010 and his PhD in 2013.

He is an Associate Editor of American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, the British Dental Journal, the Journal of Dentistry, Orthodontics and Craniofacial research and Progress in Orthodontics and is on the editorial board of numerous other journals. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers and has received research awards from the British Orthodontic Society and the B.F. and Helen E. Dewel Award from the American Association of Orthodontists in 2011. He has co-authored two orthodontic textbooks: 'Clinical Cases in Orthodontics' and 'Functional Appliances: Theory and Practice'. He is also an eminent and entertaining speaker.

Dr Simon Graf

Smile AG Belp, Switzerland
www.smile-ag.ch

Simon Graf has a specific interest in the translation of orthodontic procedures, specially of orthodontic appliances, in the digital world.

His interest is the virtual planning and direct 3d printing of orthodontic appliances with metal, direct printed aligners with shape memory and other emerging materials.

Of course, not only on teeth, but also on mini-implants (TAD), and integrating them in the digital workflow.

His goal is to bring the digital workflow and digital thinking to the orthodontist all over the world.

He is lecturing about these topics since 2016 worldwide.

Dr JUAN CARLOS PEREZ VARELA

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Dr. Juan Carlos Perez Varela is a distinguished professional with a comprehensive background in Dentistry, having earned his degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela. He further specialized in Orthodontics, obtaining a post-graduate degree from the University of Valencia. Dr. Perez Varela's commitment to excellence is underscored by his fellowship at the University of Ohio and his attainment of a Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery, solidifying his expertise in the field. He is a recognised authority in orthodontics, holding memberships in prestigious organizations such as the Spanish Board of Orthodontics, European Board of Orthodontics, and Ibero American Board of Orthodontics. Dr. Perez Varela is an active member of The Angle Society of Europe and serves as the President of the Spanish Society of Orthodontists (SEDO). His global influence extends as an Ambassador of the American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) and the World Implant Orthodontic Association (WIOA). Additionally, he has been honoured with the "Houston Award" from the European Orthodontic Society and the "Renato Africa APOS Trend Award" from the Asian Pacific Orthodontic Society, further highlighting his outstanding contributions to the field.

DR JULIA VON BREMEN

Dr von Bremen works as an orthodontist and senior consultant in the department of orthodontics, University of Giessen, Germany. She received her orthodontic education from 2000-2003 in a private practice and at the same university department under the chairmanships of Professor Hans Pancherz and Professor Sabine Ruf. Her major research interests include Class II treatment and orthodontic treatment possibilities of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis or obesity. Dr. von Bremen is an active member of the Angle Society of Europe (ASE) as well as a member of the European Orthodontic Society (EOS), the German Society of Orthodontists (DGKFO), and the German Dental Association (DGZMK). She has published numerous peer-reviewed papers and lectures both nationally and internationally.

BERNARD SALT AM

Bernard Salt is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading social commentators. 

He has written six popular best-selling books, hosted a TV show on SkyNEWS Business called “The Next Five Years” and hosted a top-rated podcast called “What Happens Next”

Bernard Salt is also one of Australia’s most in-demand corporate speakers. 

After a 20-year career as a Partner in a global advisory firm, Bernard founded The Demographics Group to provide advice to business on demographic, social and property trends.

He is best known to the wider community for his penchant for identifying new social behaviours including “the goat’s cheese curtain.”

Bernard has been a columnist with The Australian newspaper for more than 20 years.  His column in The Weekend Australian Magazine is highly regarded and widely read.

Bernard was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day honours for his services to the Australian people via demography.

And finally, Bernard is the person responsible for popularising the phrase “smashed avocado” … globally!

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Dr MIKE MAYHEW

Mike Mayhew, DDS, MS, received his dental education at the University of North Carolina with specialty degrees in pediatric dentistry and orthodontics. He is board certified in both specialties and operates a dual-specialty practice in Boone and North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Dr. Mayhew has lectured nationally and internationally on the Damon™ System, CAD-CAM digital orthodontics, indirect bonding, and office utilisation of CBCT. He is on the Sports Medicine Team at Appalachian State University, is an adjunctive clinical professor at the UNC School of Dentistry, has held leadership positions in organized dentistry, and serves as the director of the North Carolina/South Carolina Damon Study Club. He was inducted into the American College of Dentists in 2010 and the International College of Dentists in 2013.

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ADJ ASSOC PROFESSOR GERALDINE MOSES AM

BPharm DClinPharm Adv.Prac.Pharm

Dr Geraldine Moses is a consultant clinical pharmacist who provides the national drug information service for ADA members called Pharma-Advice. She also contributes monthly Pharma-Advice articles for the ADA News bulletin and New Zealand Dental Association’s News magazine. She continues to work part-time as a clinical pharmacist at the Mater Hospital South Brisbane and holds the position of Adjunct Associate Professor in the Schools of Pharmacy at the University of Queensland and QUT.  Geraldine also consults to organisations such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Qld Office of the Health Obudsman and the New Zealand Dental Association.

She has won several awards for her work including a Churchill Fellowship in 1999, Australian Pharmacist of the Year in 2002, ADAQ Medal of Merit in 2013, in May 2019 was recognised in the Australia Day awards as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her significant service to medicine and the community as a pharmacist.  

PROFESSOR Marie Cornelis

Marie A Cornelis received both her dental degree (1999) and her postgraduate specialist degree in orthodontics (2003) from the University of Louvain, in Brussels. In 2007, she was a Visiting Research scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She defended her PhD about miniplates as temporary skeletal anchorage in Brussels in 2008. In 2010, she finished a 2-year degree in lingual orthodontics at the Université Descartes (Paris). Between 2009 and 2014, she was Assistant Professor at the Department of Orthodontics of the University of Geneva. From 2014 to 2020, she was Associate Professor and Postgraduate Program Director of the Section of Orthodontics, Department of Dentistry, Aarhus University, and in 2015 she became Head of Section. At the same time, she maintained an active orthodontic practice in an interdisciplinary office in Geneva a few days per month. Marie was awarded the WJB Houston Oral Research Award of the European Orthodontic Society in 2008 and the Dewel award as a (co)author of the best clinical paper in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics in 2012 and in 2023. She is an Active Member of the Angle Society of Europe and a full member of the European Board of Orthodontists. In 2021, Marie became Professor and Head of Orthodontics at the Melbourne Dental School. Her research interests are focused on clinical orthodontics, mainly skeletal anchorage, digital workflows and stability/retention.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PAOLO M. CATTANEO

Paolo M. Cattaneo is an Associate Professor of Research at the Melbourne Dental School, the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria - Australia, and is Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. His research interests focus on dental biomechanics, 3D imaging in orthodontics, and analysis of dento-alveolar structures and their interaction with external mechanical stimuli studied using in-vitro, in-vivo, and in-silico models. At present, he is actively involved in projects dealing with clinical outcome analysis in 3D. He has authored over 100 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters.

Paolo M. Cattaneo received his MSc. in Bio-Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, and his PhD. in Dentistry from Aarhus University, Denmark. He successfully completed The Leadership Development Programme for Head of Departments at the Copenhagen Business School – Executive, Copenhagen, Denmark.

DR TONY WEIR

Married to Sharon, with 3 grown-up children. Sharon and I have run more than 30 ultramarathons together and enjoy high-altitude trekking in Nepal, Africa, and South America. I have a BDSc (Hons) Queensland 1983 and MDS Ortho Adelaide 1991

I have been researching aligners via university appointments for the past 5 years. I have collected a large database of cases (15,000 plus) from 15 experienced orthodontists in Australia, New Zealand and the United States to enable independent research into the efficacy of aligners, which is my primary research interest. I was 2021 Milton Sims Visiting Professor, University of Adelaide and in 2022 I was awarded the P Raymond Begg Research Award, Australian Society of Orthodontists.

DR Vicki vlaskalic

BDSc, DDS; MDSc.

Dr Vlaskalic attended the University of Melbourne where she received both her Bachelor of Dental Science and Master of Dental Science degrees. In 1994, she was awarded an ASOFRE research scholarship and spent 2 years at UCLA, with a further 6 years as Assistant Professor and Director of Predoctoral Orthodontics at the University of the Pacific, San Francisco. In 1997, Dr Vlaskalic became co-investigator in the feasibility of the Invisalign appliance, and published the original article in 2000. During her 6 years at Pacific, Dr Vlaskalic obtained her California Dental License (DDS), was instrumental in the introduction of the system throughout the USA, APAC and the Middle East and received various teaching and research awards, including 3 from the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation. Dr Vlaskalic has presented abstracts and papers at prestigious meetings such as the IADR , AAO, WFO and is published in refereed journals. Since returning to Melbourne, she works in orthodontic specialty practice, is a clinical instructor at the University of Melbourne and continues lecturing and consulting world-wide.

DR nour eldin tarraf

BDS(Hons), MDSc(Hons), PhD,  MOrth RCSEd, MRACDS (Ortho)

Nour finished his BDS at Cairo University with Honors in 2001 followed by an orthodontic residency at Cairo University.  He then moved to Sydney where he completed his Masters degree in Orthodontics at the University of Sydney in 2008 with Honors.  He works in private practice in Chatswood, Sydney and is involved in research and teaching at the University of Sydney. Nour has a special interest in invisible orthodontic techniques such as lingual orthodontics and Invisalign. He is the  past president of the Australasian Society Of Lingual Orthodontics.  He is also the first and only Australian to become a Titular member of the European Society of Lingual Orthodontics and an Active member of  the World Society of Lingual Orthodontics. 

Among his special interests are the use of digital technology in orthodontics, early orthodontics and growth modification treatment and he recently completed a PhD on the application of skeletal anchorage in maxillary growth modification for growing children. He has lectured nationally and internationally and has number of scientific publications.

In he’s free time Nour like to spend time with his daughters Hana and Maryam. He loves sport and after years of doing triathlon has taken up the new challenge of Nordic biathlon in the winter. 

DR ANNALENE WESTON

BDS MHL FACD FPFA FICD

Dr Annalene Weston is the Senior Dentolegal Consultant for Dental Protection Australia.  A practising dentist, Annalene completed her undergraduate dental degree and vocational training in the UK and worked in NHS and private dentistry before immigrating to Australia. She has worked across three Australian states, in both private and public dentistry, and gained her Masters in Health Law at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Law in 2008.

Annalene was awarded a Fellowship to the American College of Dentistry in 2016 and a Fellowship to the Pierre Fauchard Academy in 2019 in recognition of her strong work in ethics and collegiate support. She became a Fellow of the International College of Dentistry in 2020. In addition to her role as a Dentolegal Consultant, Annalene works part-time in a suburban dental practice

DR MARK MOORE

Plastic & Craniofacial Surgeon – Head of Cleft and Craniofacial SA

Dr Mark Moore arrived in Adelaide, South Australia in January 1987 to start his role as a Craniofacial Fellow, where he trained with Dr David David and Dr Jim Trott in the previously named South Australian Craniofacial Unit (SACFU). Thirty years later, Mark is still in Adelaide and is now the Head of the Cleft and Craniofacial SA (C&CSA) (formally the Australian Craniofacial Unit).

Born in Timaru, New Zealand, Mark moved to Christchurch where he grew up and attended school. In 1974, Mark was awarded a university scholarship and commenced medical training at the University of Otago and then completed a MB,ChB at the Christchurch Clinical School of the University of Otago Medical School in 1980.

Following this Mark received the Sir Thaddeus McNaughton prize for the top final year student in surgery. Mark then commenced training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Burwood Plastic Surgery Unit in Christchurch, which was founded by Sir William Manchester.

Mark passed his final plastic surgical examination in late 1986, before venturing to Adelaide where his final year of training was completed as a Craniofacial Fellow in 1987. He then spent his second year as a Senior Registrar in Plastic Surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), before commencing as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH), Adelaide and Lyell McEwin Health Service the following year.

In 1988, Mark was awarded his FRACS qualification (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) and was appointed as a Consultant CF Surgeon at SACFU in 1990. Mark continued as a Senior Visiting Craniofacial Surgeon in the renamed Cleft and Craniofacial SA (C&CSA) until 2001. Mark was then appointed Head of Paediatric Plastic Surgery at Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) until 2008, when he returned to the Cleft and Craniofacial SA (C&CSA) and was appointed Head of Unit in 2017.

Mark is a founding member of the Asia-Pacific Craniofacial Association and the Australia and New Zealand Society of Craniofacial Surgery and is full active member of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery since 1999.

ANNIE HARVEY

Motivational Keynote Speaker, Annie Harvey, shares her 2½ personal experiences of ‘burnout’ during careers in marketing, education and as a carer. She provides practical, evidenced-based tools developed during her years of research and working with clients in the area of mental and emotional wellbeing, with a particular interest in helping those in caring professions manage empathy fatigue.  Annie is also able to upack the missing part of resilience and burnout that nobody really talks about but in an upbeat and entertaining way.

Annie’s simple yet powerful message of taking some time to be STILL and to experience the joy in life was taken to the next level at TEDx Adelaide in 2017. Her current project, and passion, is reducing intergenerational anxiety by bringing kindergartens and aged care residents together using laughter therapy.

In her #1 Amazon bestselling book The Little Book of STILL, Annie provides simple daily strategies that add micro moments to our day without needing to make time to meditate. She has also taught hundreds of people the superpower of mindfulness + meditation.

As a speaker, Annie is often referred to as the ‘pattern interrupt’. Her enthusiasm is infectious, providing groups with a natural ‘mood lift’, leaving everyone calmer and energized at the start, middle or end of any event.