Program
- 26 - 28 SEPTEMBER 2024
- Mantra Mooloolaba Beach
PROGRAM
Thursday 26 September: Postgraduate Day
Thursday 26 September / 5:30pm: President’s Cocktail Party
Friday 27 September 2024
8:30am
Opening welcome
Digital Dentistry: What is it and how does it do it?
9:00am
An introduction to AI for Clinicians: Understanding the strengths and weaknesses
Professor Andy Keeling
9:45am
Novel methods for early disease detection in children using intraoral scanners
Bree Jones
10:25am
Platinum Sponsor Address
OPTIMA
10:30am
Morning tea
Digital Dentistry: Clinical implications
11:00am
Clinical applications of AI: The promise and the reality
Professor Andy Keeling
11:45am
What are you looking at?
Dr Vanessa Cho
12:30pm
Lunch
1:15pm
AAPD Colgate Recent Graduate Speaker Award – presentations
2:15pm
AAPD General Meeting
3:00pm
Afternoon tea
Health Inequalities
3:15pm
Health Equity in Action: Unleashing the power of implementation science and co-design
Professor Dianne Shanley
4:15pm
Exploring global and local oral health inequalities through a clinical lens
Dr Jilen Patel
6:30pm
Conference Dinner
Saturday 28 September 2024
8.45am
Tea, coffee and Berocca
9:15am
A week in the life of a postgraduate
9:30am
IADR Research Competition
10:30am
Morning tea
11:00am
Digital Dentistry: The future and the ethics
11:15am​
To ChatGPT or Not To ChatGPT: everything you always wanted to know about large language models but were afraid to ask
Professor Nigel Curtis
12:00pm
Ethical considerations and the future
Professor Andy Keeling
12:30pm
Clinicians leading the charge: Why a data-driven culture is essential for the AI age
Dr Michelle Mun
1:00pm
Panel with all speakers to explore future opportunities and challenges
1:15pm
Conference Close
Program overview
The conference offers a rich program, covering diverse topics within paediatric dentistry. Here’s a glance at some of the speakers and their topics from our program.
An introduction to AI for Clinicians: understanding the strengths and weaknesses
- Professor Andy Keeling
Digital dentistry has enjoyed exponential growth this century. Recent advances in machine learning have only added to the pace of development. This series of talks will start with an overview of how machine learning works. The goal is to equip the clinician with sufficient understanding of these nascent computing techniques, to be able to critically appraise the new applications in Dentistry, with which they will doubtless be bombarded. Next we will explore the current uses of AI in clinical dentistry, and where they are helping (and also accidentally hindering) our restorative treatments. Finally, the ethical considerations for the future will be presented and discussed, noting that when considering AI, the future tends to arrive with alarming rapidity!
Novel methods for early disease detection in children using intraoral scanners
- Ms Bree Jones
Intraoral scanning and automated disease detection methods promise reliable and precise diagnostics and enhanced patient communication tools. In this session, we will discuss the clinical validation of these technologies in paediatrics. We will focus on developing the knowledge and skills for clinicians to understand their biases and limitations to be able to use them safely, ethically, and responsibly.
What are you looking at?
- Dr Vanessa Cho
In this presentation Dr Cho will discuss the use of eye tracking technology in paediatric dentistry; it’s applications, what’s been done, what is to be done and how this affects your learning and practice.
Health Equity in Action: Unleashing the power of implementation science and co-design
- Professor Dianne Shanley
- Dr Marjad Page
This talk will showcase a compelling example of how community co-design and implementation science drove real world change and tackled the problem of limited access to healthcare in the remote First Nations communities of Northwest Queensland. We’ll explore practical strategies to dismantle barriers such as limited resources, stakeholder engagement and systemic challenges. Together, we can create tangible solutions that pave the way for a more equitable and inclusive healthcare landscape.
Exploring global and local oral health inequalities through a clinical lens
- Dr Jilen Patel
This presentation will showcase examples of global and local oral health inequalities and present some of the innovative strategies used to address these disparities through a clinician’s perspective.
To ChatGPT or Not To ChatGPT: everything you always wanted to know about large language models but were afraid to ask
- Professor Nigel Curtis
This presentation will dive into the fascinating world of ChatGPT. Learn about the revolutionary potential of large language models in shaping the future of academia, research, and healthcare (‘The Good’), while also considering their inherent limitations and challenges (‘The Bad’). The session will also address the role of ChatGPT in disseminating or perpetuating disinformation (‘The Ugly’). Whether you’re an AI novice or a seasoned expert, this session promises to offer valuable, multidimensional insights into this transformative technology. And yes, of course, the paragraph above was indeed written with the help of ChatGPT!
Clinicians leading the charge: Why a data-driven culture is essential for the AI age
- Dr Michelle Mun
Digital and AI technologies promise to revolutionise healthcare. How can we realise the benefits for our patients, practices, and the population, without losing our identities as clinicians? Beyond service delivery, dental practitioners must now understand the power of digital data to inform clinical decisions, enhance patient care, and contribute to system-wide improvements. We will discuss how a developing a strong data culture in dentistry is not only possible, but necessary for clinician-led digital transformation, and for refining dentistry’s role as an integral part of whole person-centred care.
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