West Yorkshire Section: Mentorship, mindset and making your own luck

What to expect

The West Yorkshire Section looks forward to welcoming you to an inspiring talk from Callum Youngson MBE on how embracing new opportunities can lead to both personal and professional growth. He will demonstrate how openness to the unexpected can be beneficial.

Timings

18:30 Registration and hot buffet

19:15 Lecture - Callum Youngson MBE

20:45 End

Learning objectives

• Recognise the importance of mentorship in personal and professional development

• Identify how to be in a good position to embrace opportunities

• Discuss the role of ‘luck’ versus ‘work’ in a having a successful.

Development outcomes

B and D

Meet the speaker

Callum qualified from Dundee in 1982 and moved to Leeds where he eventually became Hon Consultant/Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry and Head of Conservative Dentistry.

He was appointed as Professor of Restorative Dentistry at Liverpool in 2004, where he was Dean from 2008 – 2018 before becoming the Associate ProVice Chancellor for Education in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.

Callum retired from clinical practice in 2021 after having had long term interests in failing restorative treatment, tooth wear, and complex oro-facial pain (and sometimes all of these together).

He has previously chaired Dental Schools Council and the Board of Dental Protection Ltd and was awarded an MBE in 2025 for services to Dental Education.

Callum became President of the BDA in May 2026.