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Speak Out February 2013 13
Conference News
23– 26 June 2013
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Broadbeach QLD
Restaurant Night
The Restaurant Night is on the
Tuesday evening of the Conference
and has been a long tradition. This
year, to help facilitate the process and
have a clearer estimate of participant
numbers, we are asking members to
select their restaurant preference at
the time of registration. A variety of
restaurants with various cuisines have
been selected. At the Conference,
delegates will be asked to re-confirm
their attendance by morning tea
on Tuesday 25 June so restaurant
reservations can be finalised.
Call for Student Volunteers/
Assistants
Speech Pathology Australia is calling
for speech pathology students who
are members of the Association and
attending either Central Queensland,
Griffith, James Cook and Southern
Cross Universities in Queensland to
volunteer as staff assistants for the
SEA change: Synthesize, Evaluate,
Act!: Speech Pathology Australia
2013 National Conference.
You will need to be available from the
morning of Saturday 22 June through
until the evening of Wednesday 26
June 2013. In appreciation of your
commitment, your student Conference
registration fee will be waived. You must
be prepared to work hard, be flexible,
responsive to organisational requirements
and have some fun as well!!
If you are interested in this
opportunity, ensure you are a
current financial Speech Pathology
Australia member and email your
resumé to Pamela Richards, National
Conference Manager at conference@
no later than Thursday 28 March
2013.
Please include your area/s of
interest so if you are successful
Pamela can try to match you to
relevant sessions.
Call for Session Chairs
Experienced Conference session
chairs are invited to chair one or
more program sessions at the
2013 National Conference. You must
be a Speech Pathology Australia
member and planning to attend
the Conference to be eligible for
consideration. We have already
received a number of offers from
people willing to be session chairs –
thank you to all those people!
However there are still sessions
available so if you are interested in
assuming this valuable role, please
email Liz Ward, Scientific Program
Sub-committee Chair on liz.ward@
with your details and a
short list of your topics of interest,
no later than Friday 15 March 2013.
Accommodation
PR Conference Consultants is ready
to take your booking. Please visit
the Conference website and the
Accommodation link for the online
process.
Airport Transfers
Speech Pathology Australia has
organised airport transfers with
Airport Con-x-ion for the 2013
Conference attendees. Airport
Con- x-ion is offering a 10% discount
off the quoted fare. If you wish to avail
this offer and make an online booking,
please visit the Conference web site
and the Airport Transfers link for the
online process. The code for the
booking is SPA13NC.
Alison Smith
Conference Convenor 2013
Pamela Richards
National Conference Manager
Make sure you check the
next issue of Event e-News
for your opportunity to
win a pair of SEA change
promotional sunglasses and
go into the main draw to win
the ‘Meet a dolphin’ grand
prize at the Conference!