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Professor Swathi Kiran’s keynote address Understanding, facilitating and predicting aphasia recovery and after rehabilitation will take place Wednesday morning. Her seminar is on Optimising the intensity of aphasia therapy and her masterclass is titled Understanding the neurobiological factors

the current exhibitors. Fun Stuff Educational & Therapeutic Resources, Guild Insurance, IJSLP/JCPSLP, Mundipharma, NT Health, Pearson Clinical Assessment, Pro-Ed Australia, Psychological Assessments Australia, Reading Doctor, Rip Rap Books – Cumquatmay, SARRAH, Silvereye Learning Resources, Speech Pathology Australia, speechBITE, Speech Therapy in Cambodia & Vietnam, Taylor & Francis Publishing, The Hanen Centre and Wise Words Australia. Accommodation Discounted rooms have been blocked booked by OzAccom for delegates at various hotels within close walking distance to the Darwin Convention Centre. Please visit the conference website and the accommodation link to make your booking. Car parking at the DCC The Darwin Convention Centre has 233 parking spaces available underneath the centre, including seven disabled spaces. • Basement parking is limited to cars only as the car park has a ceiling height of 2.3 metres. • The cost of basement car parking is $5.00 per car, per day or part thereof. (correct at the time of printing) • Additional parking is also available in the Waterfront Precinct within walking distance of the centre. • The car park has a ticketless parking system which uses number plate recognition technology to manage parking. A benefit of this technology is that it allows users to skip the pay station queues and go straight to the exit boom gate with their credit card. Cash payments need to be made at the pay station where the vehicle’s registration will need to be entered. From the airport terminal there are transport options to the city centre: Taxi - There is a designated taxi rank located outside of the terminal. Depending upon traffic, prices could range from approximately $26 to $35 one way to the city centre. Uber - has a designated driver-partner waiting area and pick-up zone at Darwin Airport. Follow the signage for the pre-booked, ride-booking pick-up lane. Shuttle bus – Darwin city airport shuttle offers a one-way price of $24. Click this link https://www.darwincityairportshuttleservice. com.au/index.php/online-booking for further details. Other shuttle services are also available. Well-being activities The CPC is including well-being activities within the conference program. Work-life balance is a concept that describes the ideal of splitting one’s time and energy between work and other important aspects of your life. Achieving work-life balance is a daily challenge. To view all the Conference information please visit www. speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/spaconf2020. On behalf of the CPC, we wish you a safe and happy festive season and look forward to bringing you more conference news in 2020. Bea Staley 2020 Conference Convenor Pamela Richards National Conference Manager

influencing language recovery. Professor Kiran will talk broadly about brain plasticity, language rehabilitation and her innovative online therapy program Constant Therapy. Please visit our 2020 national conference website for more detailed profiles of our keynote and invited speakers and their abstracts, together with all other areas relevant to the conference. Registration brochure and conference registration form We are currently working through the information needed for inclusion within the online registration brochure and conference registration form. The conference flyer will be included in the February 2020 Speak Out, which will have an overview of the program format. Early bird online registration will commence on Wednesday 12 February 2020 . Welcome Reception Sunday 24 May 2020: Mindil Market For 2020 pre-registration at the DCC will commence at 4.15pm until 5.30pm. This early start is to ensure delegates enjoy the ‘sunset’ experience at Mindil Market. Coaches will depart the DCC at 5.30pm and return from Mindil Market at 7.30pm and 8.00pm. This will give delegates time to walk around Mindil Market and visit the many stalls before returning to their hotels. Delegates who want to stay at the market longer can make their own return arrangements. If you purchase anything at the stalls, we recommend that you have cash with you as only stalls with “high-end” merchandise offer credit card payments. Darwin’s largest market

Mindil Beach Sunset Market is a modern-day market in the heart of the tropics, located on the iconic strip overlooking Mindil Beach. The market features some 200 stalls and supports over 200 small businesses, provides employment for more than 1000 locals and contributes more than $15 million to the Northern Territory economy

annually. It also enjoys strong ties with local community groups and supporters who are actively involved in developing the markets. Delegates will enjoy finger food and drinks in our own private party space with beach access while we watch the sun sink into the ocean. Win one of three Mindil money prizes. 1 x

$100 and 2 x $50 Each month we will include a question in Conference eNews and the correct entries will go into the draw which will be held on the Sunday night of the conference during the

Welcome Reception. Make sure you keep a look out for it. To be eligible to win, you must be in attendance when the ‘lucky’ names are drawn. Sponsorship and exhibition The Sponsorship and Exhibition Invitation is now available from our website. Please visit www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/ spaconf2020 for full details. The CPC would like to thank Guild Insurance for sponsoring the conference dinner and photo booth and introduces to you

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