Applications sought for International Speaker Development Programme

Ferney-Voltaire, France鈥擳he FDI World Dental Federation and Nobel Biocare are seeking applicants for their International Speaker Development Programme.

The purpose of the ISDP is to contribute to improving oral health by establishing a global network of young professional leaders in the field.

The ISDP will select six young oral health professionals, one from each of the United Nations regions, and provide them with presentation and leadership skills training in a blended learning environment, combining the traditional live setting and a virtual online environment.

Each applicant must:

• be an oral health professional, within 8 years post graduation;
• be currently active and have a proven track record and/or published research in his/her field of expertise;
• feel he or she has potential to be a future leader within the oral health profession;
• have not had international exposure at this stage of his/her career.

Applicants must submit a one-minute video recorded on mobile phone through which they define oral health; 100 words in a Microsoft Word document explaining why the FDI and Nobel Biocare have developed the International Speakers Development Programme; and 10 PowerPoint slides describing how the applicant would relate his/her specialty in oral health to general health, the global public health issues and the Millennium Development goals.

Applications must be received by April 30. For more details, visit www.oralhealthleaders.org or www.fdiworldental.org.