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14 I I events_ Nobel Biocare Global Symposium implants 3_2016 Hans Geiselhöringer (Photo/Provided by Nobel Biocare) _FromJune23to26,NobelBiocarehelditsglobal symposium in New York City. The company held the event, which had a high-class educational program, at the at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan. As the official media partner of the event, Dental Tribune InternationalhadtheopportunitytomeetwithHans Geiselhöringer,presidentofNobelBiocareandDen- tal Imaging, at the symposium for a short interview. Dental Tribune International: Has the global symposium met your expectations? Hans Geiselhöringer: We are extremely happy with the symposium because it has exceeded our expectations in every sense, regarding the record number of participants, the motivation of our team and customers to engage in discussions, as well as the quality of the speakers and their presentations. Wehavealwayshadhighstandardsatourmeetings, but I must say that I was really thrilled by the way innovation was presented not only by our company but also by the clinicians and experts themselves. In addition, I found the NEXT GEN forum in par- ticular incredible, as it gave us confirmation that we are on the right track to doing more for the younger generation of implantologists. I was positively sur- prised to see how enthusiastic and open our young clinicians are to working hard with us to move this project forward. Overall, we have seen at this symposium that the future is bright, and I strongly disagree with some critical voices that suggest that there will no longer be real innovations in implantology. In my opinion, the journey of innovating the clinical workflow has just begun. With regard to training of the next genera- tion of dentists, what role can or should Nobel Biocare play in implant education? Education is key. We believe that it is very impor- tant that clinicians start the thought process for the clinical workflow early. We have some programs in place already and will promote these programs to help and support universities in the education of young dentists in implantology. For example, we support academic institutions and dental students through the provision of NobelClinician Software licenses for implant planning and patient commu- nication. How has the acquisition, which occurred at the end of 2014, by the dental platform of the Danaher Corporation affected Nobel Biocare’s business? Wehaveseenonlypositiveeffects.Thetransition intothedentalplatformhasgivenusnewopportuni- ties to develop resources for innovation, marketing and sales that we would not have had without this partnership. Collaboration with other brands within the plat- formhasgrantedaccesstoexpertisethatisallowing us to lead innovation in dentistry. We are learning from our colleagues and have gained tools that are helping us to refine our processes and accelerate results. ThenewhomeofNobelBiocareisaverygoodone. The next big occasion in the dental event schedule is the International Dental Show in March next year. Are there even more innova- tions to come from Nobel Biocare? Icannotdiscloseanythingyet.However,Icantell youalreadythattherewillbesignificantinnovations presented. The potential that we are going to bring to the market will be of the same magnitude as that experienced at the symposium over the past few days. Nobel Biocare will accelerate its delivery of significant and meaningful innovations, each de- veloped with the well-being of the patient in mind._ ‘The journey of innovating the clinical workflow has just begun’ Authors_ Fred Michmershuizen, Dental Tribune America, and Claudia Duschek, Dental Tribune International