Orlando Monteiro da Silva

Participation in the panel discussion “Sustainability of the Health Professionals Workforce: Incentives, Gaps and Values”, during the European Health Forum Gastein, in Austria (October 2008)

CED Board Meeting in Paris with Françoise Grossetête, MEP from the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats, and Jean-Claude Michel, president of the Confédération Nationale des Syndicats Dentaires (September 2008)

“High Quality Healthcare in Europe” roundtable, organized jointly by the Council of European Dentists (CED) and the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), took place on the premises of the European Parliament in Brussels (September 2008)

Meeting regarding dental education organized by the Association Dental Education in Europe, in Zagreb, Croatia (September 2008)

CED meeting with Health Commissioner, Andoula Vassiliou, in Brussels (July 2008)

Orlando Monteiro da Silva and the president of the European Economical and Social Committee (EESC), Dimitris Dimitriadis, met to discuss their points of view about the new Health Services Directive (April 2008)

Debate about the present and future of health legislation in European Union, University of Debrecen, Hungary (March 2008)

Portuguese EU Presidence - Conference on "Health Strategies in Europe" (July 2007)

Elected as President of the Council of European Dentists with approximately 70% of the votes (November 2006)

CED (formerly EU Dental Liaison Committee) Board and General Meeting together with the ERO - FDI Plenary Session held in Porto (May 2006)