Events & Reunions
Events Dental Alumni Weekend 2013 Date: 1-2 March 2013 Venue: Specialist afternoon sessions
at Guy’s Campus; Annual Dental Dinner at the Hilton Hotel, Tower Bridge; Clinical Day and Dental Alumni Association AGM at New Hunt’s House, Guy’s Campus Details: Dental Alumni Weekend brings together professional development and social networking opportunities for alumni, staff, students and friends. Friday will feature continuing professional development sessions for our specialist sections, open to alumni. The Annual Dental Dinner will honour the reunion years of 1988, 1978 and 1963, as well as the 2013 Alumnus of the Year and recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards. Clinical Day will follow on Saturday, featuring Professor Avijit Banerjee giving the Herbert Memorial Lecture and Professor Tara Renton delivering the Rod Cawson Lecture. The full programme can be found in the Dental Alumni Weekend brochure or online at www.alumni.kcl. ac.uk/dental2013. The weekend’s organising body is the Committee of the Dental Alumni Association. All alumni are warmly invited to attend the association’s AGM held at noon, 2 March, in Lecture Theatre 2, New Hunt’s House. For more information about the AGM, contact Nigel Fisher, c/o Alumni Office, Ground Floor, Strand Bridge House, 138-142 Strand, London, WC2R 1HH, or email nigel.fisher@kcl.ac.uk Alumni Weekend 2013 Date: 7-9 June 2013 Venue: Multiple locations Details: King’s 10th annual Alumni
Weekend will feature a range of lectures, tours and entertainment open to alumni from all graduation years, schools and merged institutions. This year’s theme is King’s: your global passport, so come back to campus for an exciting series of internationally themed events. For more information, please visit www.alumni.kcl.ac.uk/events
or contact the Alumni Office at alumoff@kcl.ac.uk Badcock Dental Circle Septodont Lecture Date: 24 October 2013 Venue: Guy’s Campus Details: Dr Salvatore Ruggiero, a
prominent oral maxillofacial surgeon from New York, will deliver the 2013 Badcock Dental Circle Septodont Lecture. For more information about the lecture, please contact Professor Tara Renton at tara.renton@kcl.ac.uk
Reunions Annual Dental Dinner reunions Date: 1 March 2013 Venue: Tower Hilton Hotel Details: Tickets for the dinner
are £50 per person. To book for any of the reunions listed below, please contact reunions@kcl.ac.uk or call on +44 (0)20 7848 7438; be sure to note the reunion you will attend. Guy’s, Class of 1988, led by Alison Pernollet, on 1 March as part of the Annual Dental Dinner Guy’s, Class of 1978, coordinated by Eric Whaites, on 1 March as part of the Annual Dental Dinner KCSMD, Class of 1963, led by
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Mark your calendar: Dental Alumni Weekend 2013 is scheduled for 1-2 March
Alan Forbes, Marco Alcalay and Brian Lee, on 1 March as part of the Annual Dental Dinner Guy’s, Class of 1962-3, led by Peter Gedge and Mike Ribeiro, 12.30 on 2 March, Henriette Raphael Suite, Guy’s Campus; £30 per person. For more information about reunions, visit www.alumni.kcl. ac.uk/events, email reunions@kcl. ac.uk or call on +44 (0)20 7848 7438 to learn more.
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Calling all 2014 reunion leaders!
If you graduated in a year ending in a 4 or a 9, then 2014 is a special anniversary year for you. Now is the time to start planning your reunion celebration during Dental Alumni Weekend, scheduled for the first weekend of March 2014. The dinner provides the perfect setting to gather with classmates and reminisce about your student days. The Alumni Office will send a ‘save the date’ notice to your classmates in October on your behalf, followed by an official invitation in next year’s InDent. Your role will be to rally your classmates for the reunion to ensure that your group wins the coveted prize of the largest reunion. Interested? Contact reunions@kcl.ac.uk or call on +44 (0)20 7848 7438.
InDent editorial team Louise King, Publications & Information Officer, Dental Institute, louise.king@kcl.ac.uk | Amanda Calberry, Communications Co-ordinator, amanda.calberry@kcl.ac.uk | James Bressor, Deputy Head, Print & Editorial, james.bressor@kcl.ac.uk Designed by Esterson Associates Tel +44 (0)20 7684 6500 | Cover image by Suki Dhanda
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