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Special thanks also goes to our Conference sponsors: Guild Insurance (conference dinner and photo booth), and Nestlé Health Science (lanyards).

Manager. The Conference Planning Committee really appreciated Pam’s support every step of the way, and thoroughly enjoyed her involvement with the team. The CPC would also like to thank Colleen Moloney, an event management student from Victoria University, who worked with Pam leading up to and during the conference; she was a great asset and did a fantastic job. In addition a big thank you must go to the student volunteers; Rhiannon Bettie, Olivia Clark, Vanessa Chan, Marina Ghabriel, Elizabeth Grose, Isabella Johnston, Alison Kershaw, Bianca Lyons, Claire Offord, and Madeleine Wykes who worked alongside Pam at the conference registration desk, assisted the session chairs and ensured that delegates found their intended sessions. Without you the conference would not run as smoothly, so we really appreciate all your time and effort. A special thanks also to Maxine Feldman and Queenie Hung for assisting us on the Friday prior to the conference accepting the deliveries. Delegate feedback survey Thank you to the 214 members who took the time to complete and submit their survey. Congratulations to Annette Gallagher from Queensland, who was the lucky winner of the complimentary Conference registration to the 2018 National Conference in Adelaide. All feedback has been carefully collated and will form the basis of a detailed report to the Board in August. There will also be direct feedback to the 2018 Adelaide CPC to assist them in their planning processes. Finally, on behalf of the Conference Planning Committee we would like to thank all delegates for attending WiFI in Sydney. Delegates produced a vibrant, positive, and engaging atmosphere that made for an enjoyable and memorable event. Harmony Turnbull 2017 Conference Convenor Pamela Richards Conference Manager

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 Precise for winning The Best Exhibition Stand prize, which is a complimentary exhibition stand at the 2018 National Conference in Adelaide. This year’s Conference culminated in the VIVID themed Gala dinner at ICC Sydney. Thank you to everyone for embracing the theme and turning out in their 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 dance floor didn’t take long to get started thanks to the wonderful music by Twology, and it was a fantastic celebratory atmosphere. To the talented Andy Smidt who was chair at the Scientific Program (and ensured such a high quality program) and the other fabulous members of the Conference Planning Committee, Amy Freeman-Sanderson, Cathie Matthews, Celine Pascual and Kate Smith, thank you for your enthusiasm, commitment, work-ethic and humour, we made an awesome team. I would like to extend a very big thank-you to the Board of Speech Pathology Australia and National Office staff for their ongoing support and advice during the conference planning period. Also a special thanks to Pamela Richards, National Conference

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