Speak Out June 2021

What a journey this has been, little did we know that in 2019 when we volunteered to be on the 2020 Conference Planning Committee (CPC), we would still be here in 2021 and organising a virtual event. On behalf of the Darwin Conference Planning Committee (CPC) we would like to thank all those who participated and contributed in any way to our first virtual national conference. We thank our keynote and invited speakers who also continued on with us from 2020 to 2021; Professor Yvette Hyter, Professor Swathi Kiran, Associate Professor Sally Hewat and Melanie Mununggurr, who spoke about her perspective as a Djapu, autism mum. To all the presenters in the oral and workshop sessions, and to the many poster presenters, thank you for proceeding with your presentation in the virtual format. Plus our chairpersons who kept the sessions running smoothly. It was wonderful that the CPC was able to present a full conference, including some elements of the NT, and were encouraged by the number of people who registered to attend. As always, we appreciate the participation of the First virtual national conference success

sponsors and exhibitors and hope the delegates enjoyed the "online" way of making contact. We are also very grateful for the support and guidance provided by Pamela Richards and Colleen Moloney and with the smooth running of the conference. This is also reflected in the assistance provided by Ray German and his team from Manta Communications who worked with our presenters. Thank you to those who took the time to provide feedback via the conference survey. We look forward to analysing the feedback to reflect on this conference as well as inform the planning of future conferences. The August 2021 Issue of Speak Out will include the full "wrap up" of the 2021 Virtual National Conference: Local Contexts, Global Practice . We look forward to telling you more about it then. Bea Staley 2021 Conference Convenor Pamela Richards National Conference Manager

Save the date for the 32nd World Congress of the IALP Congress theme: Together Towards Tomorrow intervention with Multilingual Children – Evidence Based Practice • Technological Developments to Enhance Assessment and Treatment • Improving Quality of Service Provision www.ialpauckland2023.org The following three themes will permeate the programme: •

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