A provisional programme for the British Society for Oral and Dental Research's (BSODR's) 2017 Annual Meeting has been announced, with lectures from leaders in the field of dental research, cutting edge symposia and a variety of sessions and events.

The BSODR 2017 Annual Meeting is hosted by the University of Plymouth and will take place from 6-8 September.

The keynote lecture is to be delivered by Professor Jonathan Grant, Director of the Policy Institute at King's College London. His lecture, 'Assessing the impact of biomedical and health research', will look at why it is important to be able to assess the impact of biomedical and health research, and the different approaches for doing so. It will examine case studies from the UK Research Excellence Framework, including a sub analysis of those relating to dentistry, as well as reviewing other quantitative approaches. In conclusion, it will be argued that while research funding is effective in improving health, the same is not true for its efficiency in light of concerns about research waste.

The Annual Meeting will be a celebration of dental research, with oral sessions, poster sessions, and Colgate Prize and Unilever Poster Prize sessions.

The welcome reception will take place at the award-winning National Marine Aquarium and the conference dinner will be hosted at the historic Stonehouse Barracks, known as the 'spiritual home of the Royal Marines'.

Full details about the meeting are available at: www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/peninsula-school-of-dentistry/british-society-for-oral-and-dental-research-conference-2017.