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interview I with the dental faculty in developing a master’s pro- gramme, which is being launched this year, specific to the situation in Egypt, which will require a sub- stantial amount of paper work. _So much work and travel certainly needs some balance.Whatdoyoudoinyourleisuretime? In addition to having to balance my activities be- tween the DGZI and my practice, I have a family with three children aged between 13 and 18. Every sum- mer, I go to Spain with my family, where we relax do- ing all kinds of activities, such as water sports. Fur- thermore, I try to avoid the health problems that a dentist develops during the course of his or her pro- fessionallifethroughpoorposturebyswimmingreg- ularly.Itrytokeepactiveduringmyfreetimewithvar- ious activities in the garden and restoration of half- timbered houses. _WheredoyouseethefutureofDGZIinrelationto otherimplantologyassociations? I foresee the DGZI in the future being among the top of the largest professional associations. To achievethisplace,theDGZIboardwouldhavetocon- tinue pursuing personal contact with our members, which is not something other scientific associations (which might be more university oriented) have suc- ceeded in doing well. Inthefuture,wewillfocusontheconcernsandin- terests of colleagues of the younger generation, for exampleintheyoungstudygroups.Positivedevelop- ments in the Hamburg and Cologne groups have al- ready been seen. A leader of one of the study groups has already been accepted to the extended DGZI board. We have also been addressing our young col- leagues’needsbymeansofamoremodernapproach, for instance our new e-learning curriculum. During thepastthirtyyears,theDGZIhasevolvedimmensely from the simple practitioner association it was in the beginning. We have a great mixture of science-based connectionstouniversitiesandcontactswithpracti- tioners. For example, our president, Prof. Dr Herbert Deppe (Clinic and Policlinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Technische Universitaet Munich hos- pital),isauniversityprofessorhimselfandthefirstas- sessoroftheDGZIboard.Prof.K.-O.Henkelisasenior physician and medical director of oral and maxillofa- cial surgery and plastic surgery in the government military hospital in Hamburg. Several scientific proj- ects have been initiated in recent years, including studies on socket and alveolar ridge preservation, heat generation while drilling, a finite element study oncurrenttopics,suchasthe“All-on-4®”concept,by DrPauloMaló,andathree-yearstudybyProf.Werner Goetz from the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Bonn about the integration of bone re- placement materials._ Dr Vollmer, thank your for taking your time for these interesting information. Fig. 6_Dr Vollmer and his wife Dr Martina Vollmer at the 44th DGZI annual congress. Fig. 7_Japanese participants at the GBOI exam in 2007. Fig. 8_Congress in Orlando: (from left) John Minichetti (President AAID), Dr. Mazen Tamimi (DGZI representative Jordan and Middle East) and Dr Rolf Vollmer with his children Nikolaus, Bernadette and Leonard. I 43implants1_2015