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Senior Dysphagia Specialist Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Hospital Avenue, Nedlands WA 6009 email: Claire.Langdon@health.wa.gov.au

Planning for Speech Pathology Australia National Conference in Adelaide from 17 – 21 May 2009 is well underway. In fact the online Conference registration is now available at www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au. The Conference theme is Aspire A dvancing S peech P athology I nnovation, R esearch and E xcellence. We are delighted that Travis Threats PhD Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Saint Louis University and Laura Justice PhD a clinical speech-language pathologist and applied researcher in early childhood language and literacy development, communication disorders, and educational interventions and Professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University have agreed to be the keynote speakers for the Conference and Associate Professor Janet Baker Coordinator of the Graduate Entry Master of Speech Pathology program at Flinders University in SA has accepted the invitation to present the Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture. You can read more about their presentations together with the full Conference program at www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au Attendees will have the opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences with colleagues in the speech pathology field, during the Conference and at the social functions.

If you have any questions please email conference@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au. The 2009 Conference Planning Committee looks forward to seeing you in Adelaide.

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