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| events © erveridis Vasilis/Shutterstock.com Mr Vanweersch, as manager of WALED, can you please tell us some things about the World Academy and its goals? WALED—the abbreviation of World Academy for Laser Education in Dentistry—is the alumni club of the Mastership/Fellowship and Master of Science pro- grammes in Lasers in Dentistry of Aachen Dental Laser Center (AALZ) at RWTH Aachen University, Ger- many. Membership of this association is exclusively limited to students, graduates and alumni of these programmes in the field of lasers in dentistry. With WALED, we have established a worldwide academic and educational network in dental laser therapy. With respect to our vision of lifelong learning we provide our members the unique possibility to upgrade their knowledge every year with the newest developments in basic and clinical research. Why did you select Thessaloniki for this 5th WALED Congress? One of our closest and longest academic co-work- ers, Dr Dimitris Strakas, is the Organising Chairman and the Chairman of the European Division of WFLD. Due to the fact that our WALED members are spread around the globe, we try every year to give our mem- bers the highest value for their participation in our congress, and this is why we decided to organize a joint congress of WALED and WFLD-ED. Furthermore, the city of Thessaloniki definitively is a highly attrac- tive motivation to participate in this congress, due to the unique location at the seaside, the touristic pos- sibilities, and the very nice weather during the con- About Prof. Gutknecht About Dr Strakas About Mr Vanweersch gress days in September. On top, the congress hotel selected by us, the five-star Makedonia Palace Hotel, will be one of the best locations ever for organising such a congress, providing the best-possible back- ground to the events we will offer our participants. It seems to be a universal truth for the dentists participating in your events that the programme and social events related to it are of the highest quality. What can a dentist expect when register- ing for the upcoming joined WALED/WFLD-ED Congress in Thessaloniki? In addition to the high quality of all presentations in the WALED Congress and the two very interesting congress days of WFLD-ED, we offer our participants a unique, all-inclusive package, which also includes our WALED Get-Together Party on 21 September, the welcome cocktail reception on Friday, 22 September and the Gala Dinner on Saturday, 23 September as well as all coffee and lunch breaks during all three congress days. When WALED members book before 1 June, they can enjoy all of this for an all-inclusive registration fee of 350 Euro. Thank you for the interview._ contact Dr Dimitris Strakas Chairman of WFLD-ED DDS, MSc. in Lasers in Dentistry, RWTH Aachen University PhD Department of Operative Dentistry Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Spiridi 28 38221 Volos, Greece Tel.: +30 24210 32525 www.wfld-thessaloniki2017.com 40 laser 2 2017