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Speak Out
October 2013
Speech Pathology Australia
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T
he 2014 Conference Planning Committee (CPC)
is pleased to announce their second keynote
speaker:
Dr Susan Langmore, Ph.D,
CCC-SLP, BRS-S
Susan is Professor of
Otolaryngology at Boston University
Medical Center and Speech
Language and Hearing Sciences
at Boston University, where she
teaches dysphagia, motor speech
disorders, and mentors masters
and doctoral students. She is
Director of Speech Language Pathology Services at Boston
Medical Center where she also maintains an active clinic
caseload.
Dr Langmore is most widely known for developing the FEES
procedure to evaluate dysphagia. She lectures throughout
the US and internationally. Susan has maintained an active
research program for several years. She is a fellow of ASHA
and was given the Honours of the Association in 2012.
To view Dr Langmore’s abstracts for her presentations,
please visit the
Conference
webpage.
Call for Papers
The closing date has passed and the reviewers are busy
grading each abstract. The CPC would like to thank everyone
who submitted an abstract and every effort will be made to
include as many as possible into the Conference program.
Welcome Reception: Eureka 89 Skydeck
The 2014 National
Conference Welcome
Reception on Sunday
night will be held at Eureka
89. One of the features
of the evening will be the
opportunity for
four
lucky
delegates to go out onto
the ‘Observation Deck’,
an experience not for the
fainthearted.
In each issue of
Event
e-News
leading up to the
Conference, we will include
a question and 100 lucky
members who answer it
correctly will go into the
draw to win this prize.
The four names will be
drawn on the Sunday
evening at Pre-registration in the exhibition area. Good luck!
Sponsorship & Exhibition
The Sponsorship & Exhibition Invitation is now available
and members are asked to advise the National Conference
Manager of details of organisations they consider would
benefit themselves and members from participating. Please
visit the
2014 National Conference
webpage for full details.
The CPC is pleased to announce the following companies
have already taken stands at the Conference: Flavour
Creations, Multimedia Speech Pathology, Nestlé Health
Science, Olympus, Pearson Clinical Assessment, Pelican
Talk & Love and Reilly, Pro-Ed Australia, Safe Swallowing,
Trisco Foods – T/A Precise Thick-N, Teleflex Medical
Australia, Wise Words Australia and Zyteq. Precise Thick-N
is sponsoring the Conference Lanyards and Olympus is
sponsoring the online Program and Registration Brochure.
Accommodation
SPA has appointed PR Conference Consultants to manage
the accommodation requirements for the 2014 Conference
delegates. Details regarding the accommodation options are
available from the
Conference
webpage.
Due to the various airlines, discounted fares and private
company arrangements, Speech Pathology Australia has
decided to allow Conference delegates to make their own
travel arrangements and pre/post Conference tours.
Diane Jacobs
2014 Conference Convenor
Pamela Richards
National Conference Manager
2014 National Conference News
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Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne, Australia