The British Dental Association (BDA) and CloserStill Media have announced a major new collaboration that will see the first ‘British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show’ launched in May 2018.

The new collaboration of the BDA's British Dental Conference and Exhibition, and CloserStill Media's The Dentistry Show, will take place on 18-19 May 2018 at the Birmingham NEC.

The BDA Conference and Exhibition has been running for over 100 years and is the BDA's annual flagship event for its members and the wider dental team. The Dentistry Show will have been running for 11 years in 2018. The new event will now become the key date in all dental professionals’ diaries and will be free of charge and open to all.

BDA Chief Executive Peter Ward said: ‘We’re committed to offering our members and this profession the biggest and best event in the dental calendar. This collaboration with our friends at CloserStill Media will take our landmark event to the next level.

Alex Harden, Event Director of The Dentistry Show said: ‘This is an exciting investment for us all. Between us, the team now running The Dentistry Show and The BDA Conference have been responsible for running some of the UK's fastest growing events over the last two decades. Our combined experience, sector knowledge and significant commercial and marketing resources will be focussed on delivering for both exhibitors and the audiences for these powerful brands’.