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30 laser 2 2016 15th International WFLD Congress—Preview International laser summit in Nagoya, Japan Author: Claudia Jahn, Germany From 17 to 19 July 2016, Nagoya is going to host the 15th International WFLD Congress with Hajime Yamamoto and Isao Ishikawa as honorary presidents and Kenji Yoshida as the Chair of the Organising Committee. This year’s theme is going to be “Light to brighten the future”—illustrating the society’s en- deavourtomoveawayfromtraditionallaserdentistry anddentalcare,towardsnewdevelopmentsbyincor- porating light into both diagnosis and treatment. Research and dental practice AsthesubmissionperiodhasalreadyendedinMay 2016, the congress organisers are now finalising the congress programme which is composed of invited lectures, symposiums, workshops, oral and poster sessionsaswellasexhibitionsandseminars.Interna- tional laser specialists from both engineering and medical fields, including dentistry, will assemble to deliverlecturesandpresentationsonthelatestscien- tificfindingsintheirfields:Thus,thepreliminarykey- note lectures include topics such as “Er:YAG Laser Supported Endodontic Retreatment” by Adam Stab- holz (Israel), Aldo Brugnera Junior (Brazil) and Am- brose Chan (Australia), “Low Level Laser Therapy in Esthetic Dentistry” by Carlos de Paula Eduardo (Brazil), Kenji Yoshida (Japan), Norbert Gutknecht (Germany)andSamirNammour(Belgium),and“Cur- rent Surgical and Therapeutic Uses with Future Pros- pects for CO2 Lasers in Oral and Maxillofacial” by Toni Zeinoun (Lebanon) and Umberto Romeo (Italy). The WFLD2016 organisers hope that the diverse pro- gramme will promote further advancement of aca- demic research and clinical applications, heralding “the beginning of a new development of medical de- vices and a new expansion of the industry in Japan”. High scientific standards Strict criteria and high standards were applied to reviewing the scientific abstracts. For example, all submissions with regard to research and studies on humanoranimalsubjectsmustabidebytheDeclara- tion of Helsinki of the World Medical Association, which provides guiding principles for experimental procedures. Furthermore, they must be approved by an IRB (institutional review board). In addition, the WFLD2016 Programme Committee has established Fig. 1: Nagoya, famous for its light illuminations, welcomes WFLD2016 with its theme „Light to brighten the future“. © vichie81/Shutterstock.com | events Fig. 1 22016