Meeting Dates - All meetings run from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Thursdays or 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Fridays unless otherwise noted.   Headline [SEDA] Season 2008/2009! PLEASE NOTE THAT MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE FIRST THURSDAYS OR FRIDAYS OF APRIL, MAY, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER EACH YEAR UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. _________________________________________________________________ [SEDA]'s first meeting of the 2007/2008 season will be held Friday, October 3rd, 2008 with Dr. Keith Progebin's lecture on "A Predictable Stepwise Approach to Treatment Planning: Implant Restorations from Simple to Complex". _________________________________________________________________ NON-MEMBERS ATTENDING [SEDA] LECTURES WILL BE CHARGED AT THE RATE OF $65.00 PER THURSDAY EVENING COURSE AND $90.00 PER FRIDAY ALL DAY COURSE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  NON-MEMBER STAFF ATTENDING [SEDA] LECTURES WILL BE CHARGED AT THE RATE OF $50.00 PER THURSDAY EVENING COURSE AND $60.00 PER FRIDAY ALL DAY COURSE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. NON-MEMBERS ATTENDING THIS SEASON'S SPECIAL MEETING WILL BE CHARGED $125.00 AND THEIR STAFF WILL BE CHARGED AT THE RATE OF $75.00 PER STAFF MEMBER. To learn more about Dr. Progebin's seminar, click here. For the schedules of previous [SEDA] seasons, click here. To see a photo gallery of cases done by our members, click here.   Dr. Robert Cowie LOOKING FORWARD Our second meeting of the 2008/2009 season on Friday, November 7th 2008 will feature Dr. Robert Cowie (Fellow - Academy of General Dentistry) “Preparations, Impressions and Temporaries: Materials and Techniques to Enhance Your Results".  Stay tuned to this space for more information on Dr. Cowie's upcoming lecture. Headline Esthetic Composite Bonding Replacement Headline Meetings Location and Directions All [SEDA] meetings are normally held at the Holiday Inn located at 300 Woodbury Avenue in Portsmouth, NH  03801. From the west, take Route 101 east to the interstate highway 95 exit onto interstate highway 95 north, then follow the next set of directions. From the south, take US interstate highway 95 north to exit 5 (Portsmouth Circle/Route 1 Bypass) to the Portsmouth traffic circle. Once on the circle take the second exit off of it (Route 1 Bypass NORTH). Almost immediately after you leave the Portsmouth traffic circle, you will see the PORTSMOUTH/WOODBURY AVE. exit on your right. Take this up the ramp, take a right at the end of the ramp and the Holiday Inn will be immediately on your right. From the north, take US interstate highway 95 south to exit 5 onto the Spaulding Turnpike for 0.2 miles and then take the Portsmouth Circle/Route 1 Bypass exit. At the end of the exit merge immediately over into the left hand lane and head into the Portsmouth traffic circle. Once on the circle take the third exit off of it (Route 1 Bypass NORTH). Almost immediately after you leave the Portsmouth traffic circle, you'll see the PORTSMOUTH/WOODBURY AVE. exit on your right. Take this up the ramp, take a right at the end of the ramp and the Holiday Inn will be immediately on your right. All Thursday evening meetings will include dinner, while Friday all day meetings will include breakfast and lunch. There is a cash bar Thursday evenings. Overnight accommodations are available at the Holiday Inn (603.431-8000).  SEDA meeting attendees get a 10% discount on room rates when identifying themselves as such.  The Bow Street Inn (603.431-7760), a bed and breakfast on the waterfront in Portsmouth's historic downtown district is also highly recommended. Click here for directions to and/or reservations at the Portsmouth, NH Holiday Inn. Click here for directions to and/or reservations at the Bow Street Inn of Portsmouth, NH. For more information about New Hampshire's beautiful and historic port city, click here. To arrange travel for a [SEDA] meeting and make plans to vacation in New Hampshire's beautiful seacoast playland, contact our travel agent, Carin Graves (800.332-6506).   If You Want To Present To Us If you would like to be one of our speakers, please contact us.  Also please be advised that since [SEDA] is funded primarily by member dues, we ask that our speakers either donate their honorariums or be sponsored by one of the several industry patrons with which we have a working relationship.  We will arrange such sponsorship at your request or, if you have a sponsor who might be willing to work with us, we will consider such collaborations on a case by case basis.  Each speaker's honorarium must be established at the time of scheduling (unless fully donated) and all sponsorship proceeds must be payable to [SEDA] unless other arrangements have been made in advance.  Speakers then collect their honoraria by invoicing [SEDA] after the meeting has taken place.  All sponsorship at any of our meetings is so announced at the beginning of each meeting.  While we do in some cases reimburse speakers for their travel expenses, all such travel plans must be arranged and paid for directly by [SEDA] in consultation with speakers or their authorized representatives.  All speakers will be required to sign a conflict of interest disclosure.   SPEAKERS:  COME TASTE THE SEDA EXPERIENCE!           At SEDA, we want our visiting speakers to enjoy their time with us.  We prefer that you fly in on the Thursday afternoon before the meeting so that we can show you around New Hampshire's scenic vacation play land and dine with you that evening at one of the seacoast's elegant restaurants, perhaps looking over Portsmouth harbor or the beautiful Piscataqua river.  That way we can tell you more about our dental community and the sophisticated group of professionals who inhabit it, so you'll have a feel for your audience before you lecture.  The next night we'll "debrief" you on that day's meeting over one more fine meal at another of our classic venues so that we can learn how to better serve our membership and our speakers.  Trust us, SEDA is a speaking engagement that you won't forget and will want to return to.  So, come taste the SEDA experience, you won't be sorry that you did!  What speakers who have presented to us in the past are saying:   Dr. Martin Goldstein               Dr. Bruce Small                 Dr. Michael DiTolla       "Diane and I enjoyed ourselves immensely this weekend...SEDA looks to be a great idea and is populated by a very nice group of professionals." "You have a great group, keep up the good work. I will recommend your group to other speakers I know." "Honestly - it was a great experience!"     Jo Ann Pulver (The Sapphire group)                 Dr. Edward McLaren       . . Dr. James McKee   "[SEDA] is a first class organization with a defined, 'world class' approach to continuing education. I would equate my experience with you to the renowned Hinman Meeting, known for their exquisite care of the speaker." "I had a wonderful time and your hospitality was outstanding. I would love to come back!" "Every aspect of the trip was an outstanding experience and I will highly recommend SEDA to anyone who is considering presenting to your program. The dinners were a real treat as well!" . . Dr. Rodrigo Escalante 1 1 1 1 Dr. John Cranham 1 1 1 1 1 1  Dr. Barry Freydberg "Very nice and solid group, with a very good organization." "I very much enjoyed my time at SEDA. I found the group energetic and passionate about the subject discussed. I hope I can return in the future!" "The audience was very receptive and ultra-pleasant. I would return any time!" . . . Dr. Mark Peck Dr. Ricardo Mitrani " As [far as being] a speaker is concerned, I was treated royally and every detail was addressed prior to coming. I look forward to coming out again." "During 2007 I lectured for numerous organizations, in many different countries. Unquestionably my experience with SEDA, especially with Barry and Lisa, was among the most memorable. I am most thankful and I really look forward to lecturing to your group again in the near future."       If You Want To Be A Sponsor If you wish to be one of our corporate sponsors and enjoy the promotional benefits of an association with [SEDA], please also contact us.  All industry support of [SEDA] meetings is announced as such at the beginning of each meeting.  Sponsors may support speakers, their travel expenses, venue costs or [SEDA]'s administrative and marketing budget.  All sponsorship commitments must be in writing and made by a representative of the sponsoring entity authorized to make such commitments, unless the funds in question have been negotiated by and will be paid directly to the speaker involved.  Any advertising considerations for individual patrons will be decided on a case by case basis.  All sponsors will be allowed a booth at any meeting in which they participate.  Scheduled speakers and course content are solely approved by [SEDA].   OUR SPONSORS [SEDA] would like to thank the following past and present sponsors of our programs: SDS Kerr Bangor Dental Lab L. D. Caulk East Flex Corporation Atlantis Components, Inc. Nobel Biocare Dentsply Professional 3M/ESPE Dentsply Prosthetics H & O Dental Lab Captek Benco Dental Ellman International Zenith Dental Heraeus Kulzer Proctor & Gamble Patterson Dental Astratech USA Biolase Den-Mat StereoImaging Corporation Sullivan Schein Dental SmileVision Coltene Whaledent Orascoptic Photomed Care Credit All Dental ProdX Bio-Research Associates DEKA Lasers Ultradent WHAT [SEDA] SPONSORS ARE SAYING "Again - may I say that you are more organized that anyone I've encountered setting up seminars." Chris Corsette, Marketing Director, Zenith Dental Products   "You have a great study club!  It was very nice to meet many of your members." Kim Neville, Territory Representative, Astratech USA "Yes, we are very interested in sponsoring one of your meetings.  That set-up sounds ideal for us. You have it very well organized." Lyn Toomey, Marketing Manager, Epic Wealth Strategies Headline REFUND POLICY Annual dues payments, individual meeting fees  and sponsorship paymments are non-refundable.  [SEDA] will make every reasonable attempt to inform sponsors, members and meeting attendees of any changes as early as possible before the meeting in question.  In case of meeting cancellation or speaker change for sponsors or individual meeting attendees (including any business entity, dentists, CDTs, industry representatives or auxiliaries), credit for the fee in question will be extended towards any subsequent meeting through the following season only.  Sponsorship funds are only transferable when they have been dedicated to a certain speaker who subsequently cancels and is replaced by another lecturer not approved by the original sponsor.  All other sponsorship funding (i.e., for venue costs, travel expenses, [SEDA]'s marketing and administrative budgets etc.) cannot be returned for any reason other than the cancellation of a particular meeting that is not rescheduled.  Alternate dates for cancelled meetings will be the following Thursday evening or Friday all day, corresponding to the day of the week on which the meeting was originally scheduled, unless otherwise noted.  Should a meeting be cancelled (e.g., due to inclement weather) after the scheduled speaker has arrived and that speaker be unable to attend the alternate date of the meeting, he or she will be paid for their travel expenses if such arrangements had been made in advance.