Daily Program 2027

Tuesday Feb 23rd, 2027

Time	Event/Location
10:00 – Noon	Preconference Meeting Park Room - Mezzanine Level

Wednesday Feb 24th, 2027

Time	Event/Location
7:00 AM – 9:00 PM	Impromptu Meeting Room Superior Room – Mezzanine Level
7:30 – 8:45 AM	Operative Dentistry Executive Board Georgian Room – Mezzanine Level
9:00 – 11:55 AM	AOD Executive Council Georgian Room – Mezzanine Level
9:30 – 11:30 AM	ABOD Executive Council Florentine Room – Mezzanine Level
Noon – 2:00 PM	ABOD Luncheon/Annual Meeting Venetian Room – Mezzanine Level
2:00 – 3:00 PM	Scientific Session Committee Meeting Ontario Room – Mezzanine Level
2:00 – 4:00 PM	CAMBRA (No Meeting in 2026) Parkside Room – Mezzanine Level
1:00 - 5:00 PM	AAGFO Executive Council Astor Room - Mezzanine Level
1:00 - 5:00 PM	AOEA (Advanced Operative Educators Alliance) meeting Superior Room - Mezzanine Level
2:30 – 4:30 PM	Registration Marquette Room
3:00 – 4:00 PM	Communications and Membership Meeting Ontario Room – Mezzanine Level
3:00 – 5:00 PM	Strategic Planning Committee Meeting Florentine Room – Mezzanine Level
3:00 – 8:00 PM	Hospitality Suite Buckingham Suite – 9th Floor (Suite 950)
3:30 – 5:00 PM	Journal Reviewer Board Meeting Michigan Room – Mezzanine Level
4:00 - 5:00 PM	Clinical Presentation Committee Ontario Room - Mezzanine Level
4:00 – 6:00 PM	Founders Fund Trustees Meeting Parkside Room – Mezzanine Level
4:00 - 6:00 PM	Research Committee Meeting Hurron Room - Mezzanine Level
5:00 – 9:00 PM	ARVTSC Executive Council Georgian Room – Mezzanine Level

Thursday Feb 25th, 2027

Time	Event/Location

7:00 – 8:00 AM	Opening Session reception French Room – Lobby Level
7:00 AM – 4:30 PM	Registration Marquette Room
7:00 AM – 8:00 PM	Impromptu Meeting Room Superior Room – Mezzanine Level
8:00 AM – 9:30AM	The restorative Mindset - Interdisciplinary Treatment planning around teeth and implants Dr. Alvaro Blasi - Private Practice and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Augusta University Dental College of Georgia
9:30 AM - 10:00AM	BREAK - French Room - Lobby Level
10:00 AM – 11:00AM	A Rocky Relationship: Dentin & Restoration, and the Struggle to Stay Together Dr. Cristina Vidal - University of Iowa Cariology Lecture - Grand Ballroom
11:00 AM - 12:00PM	The Missing Link: How Academia, Research, and Practice Propel Dentistry Forward Dr. Marcelo Araujo Dean University of Buffalo Dental School Essay Program - Grand Ballroom
12:00 PM - 1:40PM	LUNCHEON: Hollenback Prize Gold Coast Room
1:40 PM - 3:00 PM	Anterior Direct Resin Composite Techniques: Overview and Demo Dr. Bob Margeas - Private Practitioner Iowa and Adjunct Professor University of IowEssay Program - Grand Ballroom
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	A New Era in Operative Dentistry with AI Dr. Margaret Scarlett President and CEO, Scarlett Consulting International CAPT. (ret.) and US Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Essay Program - Grand Ballroom
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Tucker Lecture of Excellence The Onlay: What Over 100 Years of Progress Has Taught Us Dr. Cristina D. Lopez – Private Practice Essay Program - Grand Ballroom
5:30 – 6:30 PM	CAMBRA and C.O.D.E. Meeting Parkside Room – Mezzanine Level
5:00 – 6:30 PM	Hospitality Suite Buckingham Suite – 9th Floor (Suite 950)
6:30 – 7:00 PM	Pre-Gala Cocktail Reception Drake Room – Lobby Level
7:00 – 9:00 PM	President’s Gala Reception Gold Coast Room – Lobby Level

Friday Feb 26th, 2027

Time	Event/Location
7:00 – 8:00 AM	Breakfast (Business Mtg begins at 7:40 AM) Gold Coast Room – Lobby Level
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM	Impromptu Meeting room Superior Room – Mezzanine Level
8:25 – 4:30 PM	Registration Marquette Room – Lobby Level
8:30 – 9:30 AM	Buonocore Memorial Lecture Clinical protocols for indirect adhesive posterior restorations. From indications to reliability of the partial restorations Dr. Federico Ferraris - Private Practice- Italy Essay Program - Grand Ballroom
9:30 - 10:30AM	James B. Summit Memorial Lecture Regenerating the Future: Stem Cells in Dental Pulp Therapye it Dr. Jacques Nör - Dean University of Michigan Essay Program - Grand Ballroom
10:30 - 11:00AM	BREAK - French Room - Lobby Level
11:00 - 12:00PM	Optimizing Adhesive Luting Protocols for Ceramic Restorations Dr. Patricia Pereira - University of Florida Essay Program - Grand Ballroom
Standby Clinician 2027	From Scan to Smile: Predictable Esthetic Ceramics with a Fully Digital Workflow Dr. Elizabeth Griffis - United States Navy, NMC San Diego
12:00 - 1:30 PM	LUNCHEON and Award of Excellence Gold Coast Room
1:40 – 4:40 PM	*Clinical Briefing Presentations* Gold Coast Room – Lobby Level The French room will host our corporate sponsors and exhibits from 7:00 AM—5:00 PM. Take some time to go see what is new and to thank our sponsors for their generosity and support.
4:30 – 6:30 PM	Hospitality Suite Buckingham Suite – 9th Floor - Buckingham Suite (Room 950)