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National Conference
Professor Anne Whitworth, the keynote presentations and
selected research papers will comprise the Conference
Proceedings to be published in the International Journal of
Speech-Language Pathology. The special issue is the third issue
each year. The papers from the 2016 Conference will appear in
2017 Volume 19 Issue 3; articles will appear early online before
that.
Pre-registration
Many delegates took the opportunity to register, enjoy a cocktail
and catch up with friends and colleagues while visiting the
exhibitor stands.
Welcome Reception Fraser’s Kings Park
Delegates who had entered the Aspects $100 gift voucher
competition went into the draw and the lucky winner was Megan
Storm. We hope she enjoyed the shopping.
Annual General Meeting
Congratulations to all the deserving award winners announced at
the AGM. It is always a wonderful occasion to share the amazing
achievements of our colleagues. To those recipients of awards,
our most sincere congratulations. To read more about the award
winners turn to page 5.
Special thanks also goes to our Conference sponsors: Guild
Insurance (Conference dinner and photo booth), and Nestlé
Health Science (lanyards).
The Exhibition Hall for this year’s Conference was again filled with
a range of novel, intriguing and high quality products and services.
Thank you to the many exhibitors for their ongoing support of our
National Conference – and for the wonderful prizes donated that
were drawn at the Conference Dinner. Congratulations to the
lucky winners. We would like to also congratulate Meter Australia
for winning The Best Exhibition Stand prize, which is one
complimentary exhibition stand at the 2017 National Conference
in Sydney.
This year’s Conference culminated in the ‘Riding the waves:
Beach Party’ themed Gala dinner at Crown Perth. Thank you
to everyone for embracing the theme and turning out in your
colourful and imaginative attire. Many of those at the dinner took
the opportunity to capture their style (with a few embellishments)
in the very popular photo booth which was kept very busy for
the entire night. The night was off to a sensational start with the
Variety Children’s Choir and their extraordinary performance,
complete with singing, dancing, ribbon twirling and more! The
dance floor didn’t take long to get started after that, and it was a
fantastic celebratory atmosphere.
To the talented Deborah Hersh who chaired the Scientific Planning
Committee and ensured such a high quality program, and the
other fabulous members of the conference planning committee,
Natalie O’Brien, Ashleigh Pascoe and Kathryn Ramsay, thank you
for your enthusiasm, commitment, work-ethic and humour, we
made an awesome team.
In addition a big thank you must go to the student volunteers;
Sarah Gardner, Lisa Goddard, Sarah-Jane Norris, Kylie Olsen,
Nickee Priestman, Anna Faulkner, Niall Taylor and Jeanette Wang
Top left Delegates enjoying the stands in the Exhibition Hall and
the Conference Opening Address by The Hon. John Day MLA.