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12 Speak Out February 2013 Speech Pathology Australia
Conference News
23–26 June 2013
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Broadbeach QLD
Program Update
The CPC is pleased to announce
that the SEA change: Synthesize,
Evaluate, Act! program has been
finalised. This was a particularly
challenging process this year given
the large number of high quality
submissions that were received.
Despite the SPSC and CPC trying
many and varied program formats,
there unfortunately was not enough
space to include every submission into
the overall program and theme. We
acknowledge and thank those for the
time and effort taken to submit their
abstracts.
We are very pleased with the program,
and believe there will be an excellent
range of high quality presentations
under a number of topics that will be of
interest to a wide cross section of the
profession.
The SPSC and CPC are particularly
pleased to announce the inclusion of
two workshops on the Sunday prior to
the pre-registration and welcome.
The first workshop, “You can be a
Researcher too”, will appeal to anyone
wanting to develop skills in identifying,
analysing, applying and gathering
evidence in everyday clinical practice.
Participants will be provided with the
opportunity to choose a research
question and formulate an action plan
for implementation in their workplace.
The second workshop, “Intensity
and Aphasia Rehabilitation”, being
organised by staff from the CCRE in
Aphasia Rehabilitation, The University
of Queensland, will examine the theory
and application of intensive aphasia
rehabilitation to provide attendees with
current insights into the “who, what,
when and how” of intensive therapy.
Both workshops are optional extras to
the Conference registration.
Presenter Notification
Each author who received notification
in December 2012 that their
abstract had been included in
the Conference program were
emailed the ‘official’ confirmation
on 21 January 2013. If for some
reason you have not received this
email, please contact the National
Conference Manager on conference@
Conference Program Flyer
Included within this issue of Speak Out
you will find a copy of the Conference
Program Flyer. This is an overview of
the Conference format and sessions.
Registration for SEA change:
Synthesize, Evaluate, Act!
2013
A reminder that the Online Conference
brochure and registration will be
available on the Conference website
from Friday 8 March 2013.
Please ensure you have renewed
your membership for 2013 to take
advantage of the early bird registration
rate. The early bird rate closes
Tuesday 7 May 2013.
We ask that you read through the
Conference program, select the
sessions you wish to attend, and then
proceed to the online registration
process. This will ensure a faster
process and less chance of being
logged out.