The British Aphasiology Society International Conference - 16, 17 and 18 September 2024
This year the BAS conference will take place at De Montfort University in Leicester. It will be a hybrid conference, with options for in-person and online attendance. To attend registrants must be BAS members. Should you wish to become a BAS member please click here.
The conference explores three strands: aphasia theory, clinical practice and future directions.
The conference programme spans three full days and we are excited to announce that the seven keynote speakers who have agreed to present within the theory strand are:
16September
- Aura Kagan Executive Advisor: Strategy, Research and Education Aphasia Institute
- Professor Argue Hillis
17September
- Swathi Kiran, Associate Dean for Research
- Professor Chris Code
- Professor David Howard
18 September
- Professor Cathy Price
- Matt Lambon Ralph, Director of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
The practice strand of the conference offers clinicians the opportunity to talk about how they work with people with aphasia. The strand will focus on presenting rationales for intervention, describing therapy techniques and measuring impact. We are keen to encourage current clinicians to present their practice, with mentoring support available for presenters, if they would like it.
The final strand, future directions, will allow both researchers and clinicians to present their thoughts or research about what aspects of aphasia management might be relevant in the future and provide information to inform our future practice.
The costs of the conference are:
- Early Bird (deadline 28June): 1 day £80.00, 2 days £155.00 and 3 days £230.00
- Conference attendance (after early bird deadline): 1 day £100, 2 days £180.00 and 3 days £260.00
- Online or student attendance: 1 day £80.00, 2 days £155.00 and 3 days £230.00
Information on the BAS conference support fund can be found here.
Abstract submission
If you would like to submit an abstract for consideration as a poster and/or a verbal presentation, it should be no longer than 400 words and should contain:
For the practice strand - rationale, therapy techniques, outcomes
For the future directions strand - background information, methodology, results and discussion
For all abstract submissions, please submit a word document including a front sheet with your name, email address, place of work and whether you would like your abstract to be for consideration of a poster or a verbal presentation. A second sheet should then contain the title of your work and your abstract.
Abstracts should be submitted to eventsoffice@dmu.ac.uk by 30 May 2024.