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The ITI congratulates its President Dr. Stephen Chen on being appointed Member of the Order of Australia. He received this honor on Australia Day, January 26, in recognition of his significant service to dentistry, to dental education, and to professional groups.

The biggest ITI Congress this year will take place from April 25-27 in San Francisco and is ready to welcome participants under the umbrella theme “Evolution-Revolution-Solution”. Besides the terrific scientific program presented by an internationally renowned faculty, the Technology Pods, a rotating platform for clinicians to find out about the latest advances in dentistry today, are back by very popular demand!

The ITI will achieve a landmark in 2018 – it is anticipated that we will have 18,500 members worldwide by the end of the year, a record number for our association. Together with the 45,000 individuals who have registered on the ITI Online Academy, we now reach over 63,000 members and affiliates around the world.

At the beginning of the month, the ITI Section Turkey & Azerbaijan held its second Section meeting in Antalya Belek, Turkey. About 850 Members and Fellows came to attend the meeting. Lectures given by Joao Carames, Krzysztof Chmielewski, Hugo Maidera and Algirdas Puisys were the program highlights and much appreciated by the audience.

What a great reason for gathering together: last week, the ITI Section Chile celebrated its official inauguration in Santiago de Chile, the country’s capital. About 200 participants joined the scientific program, presented by the ITI Leadership Team Chile, and complemented by the lectures held by ITI President Stephen Chen and Luca Cordaro.

The ITI congratulates its former president Daniel Buser on being awarded the NYU Implant Dentistry Award. The award ceremony took place at the 29^th Annual NYU/ICOI Implant Symposium at the New York University.

Just a short while ago, the second ITI Congress Russia in Sochi came to a close. From October 12-13, dental professionals were invited to dive in a world where everything revolved around treatment planning, digital solutions in implant dentistry, esthetic rehabilitation and much more.

Last week, the fourth Middle East ITI Congress took place – this time in Dubai, the city of superlatives. With 500 attendees, amongst whom almost 50% were from the U.A.E., the event was the largest congress in the Middle East and provided its participants with a high-quality program and a wide range of stimulating lectures and discussions under the umbrella theme “The defining trends”.

Hot off the virtual press: The Proceedings of the Sixth ITI Consensus Conference are available free of charge as an Open Access supplement to Clinical Oral Implants Research. Whether your interests lie in surgery, prosthodontics, patient‐reported outcomes, complications/risk, digital technologies or a combination thereof, the proceedings offer the latest evidence-based clinical guidelines and recommendations.

Same procedure as every year and what a great evening! Last Friday, the ITI held its traditional reception for Fellows and Members during this year’s EAO congress in Vienna. The location, the famous Rathauskeller right in Vienna’s historical center, was very impressive and just the perfect spot for a nice get together.

Last weekend, the ITI Congress Greece & Cyprus took place in Athens and provided its participants under the umbrella theme “Points of Reference for Success” with a high-quality program and a wide range of stimulating lectures and discussions.

On October 5, 2018, the ITI Section South East Asia held its first ITI Education Day in Myanmar at the University of Dental Medicine, Yangon. The event attracted 200 participants, who eagerly listened to lectures given by the ITI South East Asian Leadership Team: Drs Alvin Yeo, Chatchai Kunavisarut and Yip Chi-Cheong.

With a “Focus on Treatment Planning” as the main theme, the ITI Congress Finland, held in Helsinki on September 21 and 22, managed to draw an audience of 320 participants. The rich scientific program took a particularly close look at analogue versus digital planning as well as factors of technical and surgical complications.

With the ITI World Symposium 2020 in Singapore just 20 months away, we are launching a search for the most talented young speakers to take the stage during this world class event. The focus this time is entirely on the patient and the scientific program is running under the title "Evidence and Trends for Patient-Centered Solutions: The Challenge of Choice".

To be published as an online open-access supplement to Clinical Oral Implants Research, the Proceedings represent the findings of the 3-day ITI Consensus Conference held in Amsterdam in April this year.

The ITI would like to congratulate Professor Tom Taylor on his 70^th birthday! Honorary Fellow, former ITI President and Committee Chair, Tom Taylor has always been a dedicated and active member of the implant dentistry and ITI communities.

Congratulations to our ITI Section China and its Leadership Team for a very successful 10 years as an active part of the ITI. To celebrate this success, the Chinese Section Leadership Team hosted a celebratory event in Beijing on August 13.

The ITI is very happy to announce the inauguration of two new Scholarship Centers. At the beginning of July, cooperation agreements were signed with the Peking University, School and Hospital of Stomatology in Beijing and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Dentistry in Shanghai, both in China.

Last weekend, 1,600 participants attended the ITI Congress Japan in Tokyo and made it a huge success. Under the umbrella theme “Tradition and Innovation” the scientific program focused on the development of the ITI and long-term scientific evidence as well as on shaping the future of implant dentistry by creating trends.

The ITI is back in Amsterdam and this time we have a stand at the EuroPerio9 meeting from June 20 to 23, 2018. Come by the EFP village for a visit and catch up on the latest from the ITI. And if you don't already happen to be a Member of the ITI – find out why you need to be part of our worldwide network of professionals and join us on the spot.