Dr. Ferguson is Professor of Orthodontics and Dean, European University College at Dubai Healthcare City, United Arab Emirates. He is formerly Professor and Chair of Orthodontics at Boston University and has held the positions of Executive Director, Center for Advanced Dental Education and Associate Dean for Dental Education, Saint Louis University, and Chair of Orthodontics and Director, Advanced Orthodontic Training Program, Marquette University. Dr. Ferguson is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) and past president of the EH Angle Society, Midwest Component. He served as a senior Fulbright scholar (a US national scholar award) at Alexandria University, Egypt, and has lectured extensively at university, regional, national and international forums. He received all of his professional dental degrees in the USA. Research interests include accelerated tooth movement. He has authored over 100 articles and abstracts for professional journals and publications as well as contributed chapters to several textbooks.

Professor Ziad N. Al-Dwairi works as Vice Dean and Director of Dental Teaching Clinics at Faculty of Dentistry/ Jordan University of Science and technology. He is Professor of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry at Jordan University of Science and Technology, holds PhD in Prosthodontics, Queens University/Belfast, UK in 2001, Fellowship of The International Academy of Dento Facial Esthetics (FIADFE) in 2012 and Fellowship of the International College of Dentists FICD/2015. He is the President of Jordanian Section of International Association for Dental Research. He is Jordan’s Representative at OSAP( Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures). He worked as vice president of the Restorative Dentistry Committee/ Jordan Medical Council and currently Member of the National Committee for contentious medical education/Jordan Medical Council and member of the advisory team of Dooox (https://www.dooox.de/Advisory-Team).He is a former member of University Council/Jordan University of Science and Technology and worked as Chairman of the Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry/Jordan University of Science and Technology and a Former Dean Assistant/ Faculty of Dentistry/ Jordan University of Science and Technology. He holds several International prizes and honors as follows: 1. The senior prize The Elida Gibbs Travel Award 2000 from the Irish Division of International Association for Dental Research (IADR) 2. The Procter and Gamble Research award 2000. Oral and Dental Research Trust, London 3. (BSSPD research Prize 2001). British Society for the study of Prosthetic Dentistry First Research Prize 4. Certificate of recognition from IADR and AADR 2002, Get a member Campaign 5. Member of the Advisory Group For Dental Ethics Manual, FDI He is currently involved in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in all field of Prosthodontics in addition to involvement in advanced programs for MFDS Trainees, High specialty trainees and Advanced clinical trainees in Prosthodontics. He supervised several MSc students as a main and a co advisor and as an examiner for more than 27 theses in all disciplines of Prosthodontics with more than 44 publications in high impact international journals. In addition he works as a reviewer for 31 International Peer reviewed Journals and on editorial board of 13 International Journals. He was a Member of the advisory group formed by FDI for publishing the Dental Ethics Manual in 2007 and carried out its translation into Arabic Language to be available to all Arabic natives.

Standards of clinical and laboratory procedures for construction of fixed and removable prostheses • Oral Infections related to removable prostheses • Infection Control • Esthetics Dentistry • Implant Dentistry • Restoration of Endodontically treated teeth • Periodontics-Restorative Dentistry Interface • Shortened Dental arch

Chairman and CEO at Rowpar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Scottsdale (2000-pres). Director and Professor, Center for the Study of Higher Education, Penn State U., 1989-2000. Head, Higher Education Administration, Iowa State U., 1980-1989. Worked with colleges, universities, non-profits, government agencies in 40 states and 26 countries. Author of 60+ articles, books and monographs on planning, development, evaluation, organizational & govt. policy.

Graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1987 cum laude and a Ph.D. at the University of Padua in Orthodontics in 1990, only exercises orthodontics and gnathology since 1991 in Albenga. Chairman of ICNOG, International College of Neuromuscular Orthodontics and Gnathology, and a member of the AAO, American Association of Orthodontics. And 'member of numerous associations and advisor of several international orthodontic conferences on "Neuromuscular Orthodontics."

Orthodontics

Dimitrios Tziafas is Professor of Endodontics and director of the Master of Science in Endodontics Program of European University College at Dubai, DHCC, UAE. He served as Head of the Department of Endodontology at the School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1999-2013) and Chairman of the Postgraduate Program of School of Dentistry, Thessaloniki, Greece (2007-2013). Dr Tziafas worked as a visiting researcher in the Institute Biologie Medicale, Faculte de Medecine, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, and served as the National Representative of Greece in European Committee research networks. He was a board member of the IADR/Continental European Division and served as the President of IADR – Continental European Division (2006-2008). He is member of Research Committee of European Society of Endodontology. He has published eight invited reviews in internationally-recognized biomedical and dental journals, over 50 peer-reviewed research papers, and textbooks chapters or monographs relating to pulp biology, while he has been Guest Editor of the Journal Advances in Dental Research, Volume 15, 2001, on Dentin repair and regeneration.

Dr. Tziafas’ research interests include biology of dentin-pulp complex and regeneration and pathogenesis of pulp inflammation.

Dr. Yoshiro Fujii has completed his PhD from Aich Gakuin University and been running Shin Kobe Dental Clinic as a manager. He has published more than 13 papers in international academic journals and has been serving as editorial board member of three international academic journals. Special session speaker and organizing committee member of 5th International Conference and Exhibition on Metabolomics.

Occlusal treatment, Electromagnetic Waves

Les Kalman is an assistant professor in restorative dentistry and Chair of the DOCS program at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. The Dental Outreach Community Service (DOCS) program is a component of the senior dental curriculum that provides free dentistry to those with no other economic means. Kalman’s research focus includes medical devices & technologies relevant to clinical dentistry, with the intent of short-term industry translation. He has developed and translated what is now the Max Align, available through Whip Mix. He is also the founder and President of Research Driven, a corporation that manages intellectual property related to medical device technology. Kalman has authored articles ranging from pediatric impression to immediate implant surgery in Canadian and International journals. He is a member of the ITI, AO, AAID and the ICOI. He has been recognized as an Academic Associate Fellow (AAID), Fellow, Master and Diplomate (ICOI) and will be receiving the Schulich Alumni of Distinction Award in October. In his spare time, Kalman enjoys photography as an accredited MotoGP photojournalist.

Jylan F. ELGuindy After graduating from Cairo University, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, ranking the 5th of class 1989 out of 380 students , Dr. Jylan was awarded to be a resident in Fixed Prosthodontics department, accomplished the master degree ( 1995) then achieved her Doctor Degree in 2000 . Eventually, she posted the following positions "Lecturer, Associate Professor, and finally Professor of Fixed Prosthodontics since 2012. Dr.Jylan is dedicated to continuous education programs , attended at Harvard School of Dental Medicine Continuing Education Course 2013 Boston, MA. Professor Jylan is the course director for the Esthetic course and Master degree program of Fixed Prosthodontics. She posted as a vice dean for postgraduate affairs at 6th October university (2014-2016). She is a current member of; Central committee of master degree protocols, Student Affair Committee, Infection Control Committee, and Member of international Association of Dental Research IADR. She was selected as a poster session chair in IADR 2010 in Washington D.C. Dr.Jylan is the co-director of quality assurance unit of the faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, an accredited reviewer in the National Association of the Quality Assurance and accreditation of Arab republic of Egypt. She was elected as a member in the higher committee of the Egyptian Dental Syndicate 2016. Dr. jylan is totally convinced to continuously support the dental students, she is the leader of the Egyptian Association of Dental students and the Cairo Scientific Association Of Dental Students. International publications of Dr. Jylan are still her remarkable goals.