Supported by Colgate-Palmolive and Henry Schein

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The Senior Dental Leaders

Programme (SDL-8)

Sunday 9th – Friday 14th March 2014 , London, UKA strategic leadership programme for improving child oral health

Those in leadership positions or those who aspireto become effective dental public health leadersshould not be left alone to tackle the manychallenges – guidance and support are necessaryfor them to succeed and keep up the momentum.

The programme is designed to bring together, in aglobal network, individuals who wish to engage at alocal, federal or global level in bringing about lastingpositive change. Successful leaders will be available toshare their insights and all will have a chance to reflecton the demands of leadership.

As Koh and Jacobson recently stated (J Public Health2009, 31 (2) 199–201) “public health requires its leadersto stretch their minds and souls in almost unimaginableways. Public health has only recently begun to explorethe potential of formal leadership education and training.”

The Global Child Dental Fund (GCDFund) (www.gcdfund.org) is a registered charity committed

to leading this initiative. The charity builds upon theKing’s College London’s Global Child Dental HealthTaskforce project established in 2006 and whose mission is supported by the World Health Organization.GCDFund along with Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) and King’s College London (KCL),recognises effective leadership in dentistry as being the key to achieving its overall mission of improvingchild dental health for all children, and especially forthose underserved.

The Senior Dental Leaders programme in 2014(SDL-8) will focus on developing the dental workforce.

Following the popularity of the first seven years we arenow seeking nominations for an eighth cohort of participants for the next programme taking place inMarch 2014. The 2014 programme will be held at Royal Horseguards Hotel and One Whitehall Place,London, UK.

In September 2011 the Senior Dental Leaders programme was voted the best International Collaboration programme at King’s College London.

Background

Global challenges demand global leaders. If we are to meet the challenges and identify the opportunities that the next decade will bring to global oral health then we will need leaders who are expert in the theory and practice of strategic leadership.

Senior dental leaders need chances to critically re!ect on their roles now and in the future. Only then can they fully realise their capacity to create change.

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The programme was also shortlisted for the prestigious Times Higher Education Awards 2011 in the category of ‘Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development’.

The programme strengthenseach attendee’s ability to dealwith crises, and anticipate andplan for future demands.

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!e programme works as a catalyst for sustainable change by equipping local leaders to solve the challenges faced by their own countries and regions. Individuals, countries,and the international dental community as a whole all bene"t from the programme.

Bene"ts to individuals• Provision of knowledge and resources which

will enhance the participants high level leadership capabilities.

• Access to the experience of senior level policy,health and higher education professionals with substantial experience of delivering strategic change.

• !e opportunity to build long lasting networkswith colleagues facing similar challenges.

Bene"ts at a country level• If countries are to achieve the ambitious target

of eliminating dental cavities in their child

population within a generation, then we will needmajor system changes in the way dental servicesare provided and funded.

!is programme will support the senior dental leaderswho will be needed to deliver these changes. !ey willbe called to work with a number of stakeholders andoperate at a demanding pace. !ey will need to deployexcellent leadership and management skills to survivethe ongoing pressures and challenges they will be facedwith. !is course will help them to do so by providingthem with access to a strong evidence base and a globalnetwork, delivering leadership support, skills and techniques.

Bene"ts for the international dental community• Building the ability of strategic leaders to deal

with the global challenges facing the dental world.

• !e development of a cadre of leaders will shapethe future direction of oral health agendas on anational and international level, driving forwardprogressive agendas to eliminate preventable dental disease.

Programme aims and bene"ts

The programme’s core aim is to equip senior leaders with the skills theyneed to drive forward action towards a cavity free world.

The programme is aimed at key individuals who wish to develop strategicleadership and management skills to advance this agenda in their owncountries and contexts. It is creating an international network of leadersthat facilitates collaboration, exchanges of knowledge, and mutual support.

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“As a representative of Thailand, I found SDL-7to be a very instructive and rewarding experience. I look forward to using the knowl edge I developed to benefit

disadvantaged children in my country.”Associate Prof Thongnard Kumchai, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry

At SDL-7, twenty senior dental leaders from around the world told contrasting stories of oral healthissues and presented eye-opening statistics. But regardless of the different backgrounds, everyone shared the same goal: to improveaccess to oral healthcare for the world’s underservedchildren, and improve their well-being and happiness thereby.

Hyewon Lee, Dental Health Consultant, United States Public Health Service

To be considered for participation in the programme, prospective candidates should:

• Have experience and a proven track record ofoperating successfully in a senior policy or otherleadership role

• Have the support of their Ministries of Health,Dental Association, Academic Institution or other employer

Preference will be given to those who are already in orwho are about to take up a senior leadership position.

To date the SDL programme has trained delegates from over 42 countries.

!e professional and cultural diversity of previous cohorts has signi"cantly enhanced the programme.It is intended that the next cohort will also be drawnfrom a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.

!e working language of all the sessions will be English, in which participants are expected to be pro"cient to at least TEFOL level 5. A pre-workshopquestionnaire will be used to gather relevant background information about the participants.

Who should attend?

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On completion participants will have:

• Honed their skill-sets for the most senior roles indental policy making.

• Gained insights into the global context for oral healthand identi"ed issues facing senior leaders in dentistry.

• Examined the process of formulating andimplementing strategies and used ‘scenario thinking’ to consider futures for oral health.

• Gained insights into the theory and practice ofstrategic leadership, disruptive innovation andchange management.

• Bene"tted from time for self re#ection on thecurrent and future role of senior dental leaders and the strategic leadership capabilities required for the future.

• Enjoyed access to an in#uential network ofcolleagues and contacts.

Course Directors

!e course will be directed by Professor RamanBedi, Professor R. Bruce Dono" and ProfessorDianne Rekow.

Professor Raman Bedi was Chief Dental O$cer for England from 2002-2005. In that time he led a major reformof dental regulation and the provision of dental services. Healso led the process facilitating water #uoridation in England.He was a Founding Board member of the LeadershipFoundation for Higher Education, a Children’s Societytrustee, and is presently the chairman of the GCDFund.

Professor R. Bruce Dono# is Dean of the Harvard Schoolof Dental Medicine and Walter C. Guralnick DistinguishedProfessor of Oral and Maxilofacial Surgery (OMFS). Dr.Dono% ’s career has centered on Harvard’s Faculty of Medicineand the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department ofOMFS. He has made major research contributions in OMFSwith interests in wound healing, bone gra& survival, sensorynerve repair and oral cancer. He is President of the Friendsof the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research,and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Dono% is also a fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science.

Professor Dianne Rekow Professor Dianne Rekow isDean of King’s College London Dental Institute andProfessor of Orthodontics. She trained in engineering anddentistry, and her academic career has included chairing

departments of orthodontics and of basic science. Beforejoining King’s, she was the Provost of the PolytechnicInstitute of New York University. Here, her researchteams made major contributions to understandingdamage initiation and propagation in layered brittle ceramics. Professor Rekow was also the Past Presidentof the International Association for Dental Research,and previously served in leadership capacities for theAmerican Association for Dental Research, the EdwardH. Angle Society for Orthodontists, and the AmericanSociety for Mechanical Engineers.

!e event will be facilitated by Dr Tom Kennie, a leadership development specialist who has experienceof designing and running similar programmes in relatedsectors. Tom has been for 10 years Programme Directorof the national Top Management Programme for seniorleaders in higher education in the UK.

In addition to the 'core team' other internationallyrecognised speakers include:

• Stanley M Bergman, Chairman & CEO, Henry Schein, Inc.

• Marsha Butler, Vice President, Global Oral Care -Colgate-Palmolive

• Chester Douglass, Professor Emeritus, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

• Nigel Pitts, Director - Dental Innovations andTranslation Centre at King's College London Dental Institute

• Tony Volpe, Trustee, Global Child Dental Fund

Outcomes

The programme will develop and enhance key strategic leadership competencies. It will also allow individuals to network with aninternational group of leaders working towards the same objectives.

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Programme timing and costs

The programme will take place in March 2014. An outline framework for the intensive 5 day core workshops can be found in the followingpages. The current timeplan for the application and selection of participants is as follows:

Month Actions30th November 2013

• Deadline for receipt of nominations.31st December 2013

• Con"rmation of places.

Cost!e cost of the course will be USD $10,000. !e cost will include all course fees, materials as well as hotel accommodations and subsistence from Sunday 9thuntil Friday 14th March. Any early arrival or extensionto delegate stays, outside the programme dates, will not be covered and each delegate will have to book this separately. Travel within London as part of the programme will be met from the course fees but

participants will be expected to fund travel to/fromtheir respective countries to London and anyairport/rail transfers on the start and end dates.

!ere are a number of sponsored places for the programme and inquiries should be sent to Professor Bedi at: raman.bedi@kcl.ac.uk

Conclusion!is is a unique programme which o%ers participantsthe chance to consolidate and expand their advancedleadership skills, and to develop new methods to improve the quality of policy making on return to their home location. Over time, it is building a global network of senior leaders who are shaping the future of oral health care around the world.

• To gain insights into the global context for oralhealth and to discuss issues facing senior leaders in dentistry.

• To examine the process of formulating to theworkforce challenges of the future through the use of disruptive innovation and scenario thinking astools to help consider possible futures.

• To gain insights into the theory and practice ofstrategic leadership, team development, e%ectivecollaborative working innovation and changemanagement.

• To provide time for self re#ection on the current and future role of senior dental leaders and thestrategic leadership capabilities required to build the dental workforce for the future.

Sunday 9th – Friday 14th March 2014Royal Horse Guards Hotel and One Whitehall Place, 2 Whitehall Court, Whitehall, London SW1A 2EJ

A STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME FOR IMPROVING CHILD ORAL HEALTH

The Senior Dental Leaders

Programme (SDL-8)

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Sunday 9th March Monday 10th MarchThe Global Context and the Leadershipof StrategyWelcome and Orientation

19:00 Welcome to the Programme Welcome to the Programme Professor Raman Bedi, Chair of the GCDFund Professor Bruce Dono!, Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine,Programme DirectorProfessor Dianne Rekow, Dean of King’s College London Dental Institute and Professor of Orthodontics

19:15 Drinks and Networking (Hotel)

19:45 Dinner (Hotel)

08:00 Breakfast

09:00 WelcomeProfessor Dianne Rekow

09:10 Introduction to the Day, Personal Introductions& Overview of the SDL-8 Programme Dr Tom Kennie, Programme Facilitator

The Global Context for Children’s Oral Health and the origins of the SDL programme Professor Raman Bedi

The Leadership of Strategy Dr Tom Kennie

11:00 Break

11:15 The Leadership of Strategy (cont.)Dr Tom Kennie

Facilitated Group Discussion

12:30 Lunch (Hotel)

13:45 Case Study 1: Workforce Development Professors Bruce Dono! and Chester Douglass, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

15:00 Break

15:15 Short Personal & Professional Perspectives from Delegates

16:00 Free time

19:00 Drinks Reception (Hotel)

20:00 Dinner (Hotel)

Delegates arrive on Sunday 9th March, 2014

!e Global Child Dental Fund is a UK registered charity. It was established to support the Global Child Dental Health Taskforce which was founded in 2006 by King’s College London. We are dedicated to signi"cantly improving the dental health of children worldwidethrough the elimination of dental cavities in children.!e focus of the charity is to develop strategic leadership and work with the most disadvantaged children.We strive to continually enhance partnerships, developleadership skills and provide resources for improvingthe dental health of disadvantaged children. We believethat local leaders working on a local agenda can bringabout the necessary sustainable changes in oral healthfor children.

GCDFund Board Members include:

Professor Raman Bedi, ChairmanDr Marion Bergman, TrusteeDr Tony Volpe, TrusteeRichard Price, Trustee

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Tuesday 11th March Wednesday 12 MarchScenario Planning and PublicHealth Innovations

Team Leadership and ChangeManagement

08:00 Breakfast

09:00 Horizon Scanning and Scenario Planning Dr Tom Kennie

• Short, medium and long term drivers of change

• The process of scenario planning

• How might the dental workforce develop in the next 10 years or so

• The critical role of innovation

• Illustrative examples in practice

10:30 Break

10:50 Case Study 2: Mid-level providers – developing their scope of practiceProfessors Bruce Dono! and Chester Douglass, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

• Future trends

• Case study application of scenario planning

• Implications

12:30 Lunch (Hotel)

13:30 Short Personal & Professional Perspectives from Delegates

15:30 End of Session

15:45 Free time

18:45 Leave Hotel

19:00 Dinner (The Athenaeum Club, 107 Pall Mall, London)

08:00 Breakfast

09:00 Leading Strategic Change and Innovation Dr Tom Kennie and Professor Raman Bedi

Team Leadership Styles and Preferences• Feedback of the self-insight questionnaire

• Implications for oneself and for your senior team

10:30 Break

10:50 Leading Strategic Change and Innovation (continued) Dr Tom Kennie and Professor Raman Bedi

• Frameworks for leading change and innovation

• Dealing with resistance to change

• Principles of e!ective change management

11:50 ‘Making a Di#erence’ – Developing Your Strategy and Team Professor Raman Bedi and Dr Tom Kennie

• Understanding the stakeholders and partners

• Developing your strategic plan

• Resolving your leadership challenges

• Developing your team

• Dealing with the implementation challenges

• Priorities for action

• Developing your style of leadership

• Dealing with resistance

13:00 Lunch (Hotel)

14:00 Short Personal & Professional Perspectives from Delegates

15:45 End of Session

17:30 Leave Hotel

18:00 Pre-theatre Dinner (location TBA)

19:30 Social Event – West End Theatre (TBA)

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Thursday 13 MarchPublic Private Partnerships and Leadership

Friday 14th MarchBringing it all together

07:45 Breakfast

08:30 Travel to King’s College London, Waterloo Campus

09:15 Welcome to King’s Dental Institute and LonDecProfessor Dianne Rekow and Dr Bill Sharpling, Director of the London Dental Education Centre (LonDEC)

09:30 Challenges of a Dental School Dean –Case study of King’s College LondonProfessor Dianne Rekow

10:10 Challenges facing dentistry – past, present and futureProfessor Nairn Wilson

10:50 Break

11:00 Developing Professional Skills – Case Study of LonDEC Dr Bill Sharpling

11:30 Tour of LonDEC

12:30 End and Return to Hotel

13:00 Lunch (Hotel)

14:00 Welcome to the Colgate-Palmolive Seminar Chair: Dr Marsha Butler, Colgate Palmolive

Global caries perspective, Dr Tony Volpe ,GCDFund Trustee

Professor Nigel Pitts, King’s College London

15:45 Closing Remarks Professor Bruce Dono!

18:00 Leave Hotel

19:00 Henry Schein Gala Dinner

08:00 Breakfast

09:00 Henry Schein, Inc. Seminar Mr Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman & Chief Executive O"cer, Henry Schein, Inc

10:30 Break

11:00 Next Steps, Re!ections and Personal Action PlanningProfessor Raman Bedi, Professor Bruce Dono! and Dr Tom Kennie

12:15 Closing RemarksProfessor Raman Bedi

12:30 Lunch (Hotel)

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Supported by Colgate-Palmolive and Henry Schein

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Main Sponsors

The Tony Volpe Award

We are grateful to Colgate-Palmolive and Henry Schein, Inc. for their support of this programme. Colgate-Palmolive and Henry Schein will fund a numberof the programme delegates at SDL-8.

Senior Dental LeadersRooms 329-331, 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RLTel: 020 7848 2204 email: raman.bedi@kcl.ac.uk

Left to right: Professor Raman Bedi, Dr Ashwin Jawdekar,Dr Tony Volpe and Mr Stanley M Bergman

!e Global Child Dental Fund is proud to support this exciting award, which is available to 2 individuals to attend SDL-8 in 2014.  !e awards meet both the registration and travel costs for the programme.

In 2013 Dr Ashwin Jawdekar received the awardfor SDL-7. He travelled from Mumbai, India, toBoston to experience the broad learning and networking opportunities o#ered by the programme.  

He commented: “I was extremely happy to receive the Tony Volpe Award as it went a long way to enabling me to attend SDL-7. I am now extremely optimistic about making useof the strategic skills and con!dence acquiredthrough the programme in my future work.”

Please see the GCDFund website for details on eligibility and how to apply for this award.

www.gcdfund.org