Speak Out August 2016

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).

Top left Delegates enjoying the stands in the Exhibition Hall and the Conference Opening Address by The Hon. John Day MLA.

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

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