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SDFDS 2008Invitation To The Military Dental Congress
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Stockholm, Sweden February 2008 Chiefs of Defence Dental Services The annual meeting of the FDI World Dental Federation will be held in Stockholm 24-27 September 2008. The FDI meeting is preceded by the Section Defence Forces Dental Services (SDFDS) meeting 22-23 September 2008 at the Swedish National Defence College (www.fhs.se) in Stockholm. The Swedish Armed Forces Dental Service is hosting the SDFDS meeting and Cdr U Rådestad, Director of Dental Services, will be the chief host and Secretary General. There will be an informal welcoming reception on the evening of 21 September and a hosted Host Nation Dinner (Welcome Dinner) Monday 22 September. The second day of Military Conferences will also include a visit (afternoon) to a military facility. An accompanying persons´ programme will be organised. The role and responsibilities of the SDFDS is among other things to provide a world forum for the exchange of ideas, innovations, concepts and experiences within the areas of Defence Forces Dental Services. The SDFDS meeting will be attended by Military Delegates from many countries throughout the world. Delegates are welcome to make presentations complying with the theme. Abstract and summary Forms (incl. Presentation Submission Guidelines) are available on the SDFDS web site. Abstracts must be sent to the Secretariat no later than 31 July, 2008 (see address below). Delegates are kindly requested to register their participation by using the SDFDS 2008 Registration Form and send it to the Secretariat by mail/electronic version or telefax. The deadline for registration is 31 July, however, it would be extremely helpful to the organizing committee if all Military Delegates planning to attend the SDFDS meeting confirmed their intention in advance by contacting Cdr U Rådestad by e-mail at urban.radestad@mil.se or telephone: +46 8 56281608. Please do not hesitate to contact the Secreteriat of the meeting for further information. Information on FDI 2008 will be available at www.fdiworldental.org Accommodation and international transports will be born by the Delegates themselves. Please note there are rooms blocked at the Mornington Hotel with discount specifically for the Military Delegates attending SDFDS. Any Delegate wishing to make reservations for these rooms should contact Mrs Christina Wiberg at Mornington Hotel tel +46 8 507 33 000, fax +46 8 507 33 038 or e-mail: christina.wiberg@mornington.se (reference G546310, SDFDS Military Meeting). The web site for the Mornington Hotel is www.mornington.se. Information about Stockholm and Sweden can be found on the following websites: www.stockholmtown.com and www.visitsweden.com Sweden is part of the Schengen Agreement. A valid passport entitles EU and North Americans citizens to a three-month stay in Sweden. Visas are not usually required but non-EU citizens are advised to check with the Embassy of Sweden. Participants needing a visa for entry to Sweden are strongly advised to make their application in their home country well in advance. There will be a registration/tuition fee of 250 SKR / 25 Euro for all Military Delegates attending SDFDS. It would be greatly appreciated if you could disseminate the contents of this letter throughout your organization in order to ensure that your country is suitably represented. Cdr U Rådestad Secretary General of the Organizing Committee SDFDS 2008 Director of Dental Service, Swedish Armed Forces Swedish Armed Forces HQ SE- 107 85 Stockholm, Sweden Telephone: +46 8 56281608 Fax: +46 8 788 83 10 E-mail:urban.radestad@mil.se www2.mil.se Secreteriat of the Organizing Committee: Point of contact: Dr. E Borg Military Conference Coordinator Tel: +46 31 692 856 Fax: +46 31 692 717 Adr: Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine (FömedC) ox 5155, SE-426 05 Västra Frölunda Sweden E-mail: eva.borg@mil.se www.fomedc.mil.se Please see Stockholm 2008 for more information. Download a MS Word version of the information on this page here |
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