Speak Out Feb 2013

Conference News 23 – 26 June 2013 Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Broadbeach QLD

Program Update The CPC is pleased to announce that the SEA change: Synthesize, Evaluate, Act! program has been finalised. This was a particularly challenging process this year given the large number of high quality submissions that were received. Despite the SPSC and CPC trying many and varied program formats, there unfortunately was not enough space to include every submission into the overall program and theme. We acknowledge and thank those for the time and effort taken to submit their abstracts. We are very pleased with the program, and believe there will be an excellent range of high quality presentations under a number of topics that will be of interest to a wide cross section of the profession. The SPSC and CPC are particularly pleased to announce the inclusion of two workshops on the Sunday prior to the pre-registration and welcome. The first workshop, “You can be a Researcher too”, will appeal to anyone wanting to develop skills in identifying, analysing, applying and gathering evidence in everyday clinical practice. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to choose a research question and formulate an action plan for implementation in their workplace. The second workshop, “Intensity and Aphasia Rehabilitation”, being organised by staff from the CCRE in Aphasia Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland, will examine the theory and application of intensive aphasia rehabilitation to provide attendees with current insights into the “who, what, when and how” of intensive therapy.

Presenter Notification Each author who received notification in December 2012 that their abstract had been included in the Conference program were emailed the ‘official’ confirmation on 21 January 2013. If for some reason you have not received this email, please contact the National Conference Manager on conference@ speechpathologyaustralia.org.au Conference Program Flyer Included within this issue of Speak Out you will find a copy of the Conference Program Flyer. This is an overview of the Conference format and sessions. Registration for SEA change : Synthesize, Evaluate, Act! 2013 A reminder that the Online Conference brochure and registration will be available on the Conference website from Friday 8 March 2013 . Please ensure you have renewed your membership for 2013 to take advantage of the early bird registration rate. The early bird rate closes Tuesday 7 May 2013 . We ask that you read through the Conference program, select the sessions you wish to attend, and then proceed to the online registration process. This will ensure a faster process and less chance of being logged out.

Both workshops are optional extras to the Conference registration.

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