Scientific Conference March 2009
Important dates:
- 1st December 2008 - Final day for Minor Grant applications
- 31st January 2009 - Early Bird booking fee ends
Latest news:
- The RCSLT Scientific Conference programme has now been announced. Book early and save money.
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE
17-18 March 2009
All lead authors have now been notified of the presentation and poster guidelines. If you have not received yours, please contact Digna Bankovska on 020 7378 3633
Put the 2009 RCSLT Scientific Conference in your diary
Book your place today for the UK's premier professional forum for the speech and language therapy profession and save money. The theme of Partners in progress: spreading the word is sharing ways to improve working with communication and swallowing problems through clinical development and research.
The 2009 RCSLT Scientific Conference will provide an interactive forum for practitioners, researchers and educationalists from speech and language therapy and related disciplines.
Here, you will be able to advance your knowledge and practice; hear about new innovations and research; and network with colleagues in related fields.
The Conference will be an important continuing professional development (CPD) experience for many delegates, coming as it does 6 months before the Health Professions Council begins its first regulatory CPD audit of 2.5% of the SLT profession in September 2009.
The programmeThe Conference programme has now been announced, featuring a packed two days of oral and poster presentations, with four keynote speakers, plenary sessions, workshops and symposia. Topics cover the whole range of child and adult clinical specialisms, innovation and development; partnership working; diversity; and the latest speech and language therapy research. Full details can be found below:
Scientific Conference presentation programmeScientific Conference poster programmePlease note, both of the above are subject to change
Grant
assistance - deadline for minor grants: 1st December 2008
The RCSLT is pleased to announce that it is offering financial assistance in the form of minor grants to assist attendance at the 2009 Scientific Conference. If you would like to apply for a minor grant, please follow the usual guidelines, and ensure that the RCSLT has received your application by 5pm on Monday 1st December 2008. You will be notified as to whether or not you have been successful in your application by mid-December 2008.
Further information about minor grants for the RCSLT Scientific Conference 2009.
The
Penny Harrison Memorial Fund - money donated by the family of SLT Penny
Harrison, who died in 2006 - will also provide financial help to 100 RCSLT
members (students, newly qualified practitioners and assistant
practitioners).
Please note the Penny Harrison Memorial Fund grants will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
Further information about the Penny Harrison Memorial Fund and application procedure.
Book early: save money
The
RCSLT is offering great value with its early bird booking fees. Full details
can be found below:
| Fees - early bird | One day | Two days |
| RCSLT member Early Bird Period Expires 31 January 2009 | £127 + VAT (£149.23) | £255 + VAT (£299.63) |
| Non-member Early Bird Period Expires 31 January 2009 | £152 + VAT (£178.60) | £280 + VAT (£329) |
| Fees - non early bird | One day | Two days |
| RCSLT member | £152 + VAT (£178.60) | £280 + VAT (£329) |
| Non-member | £177 + VAT (£207.98) | £305 + VAT (£358.38) |
Please note the above fees do not include accommodation costs. More details about accommodation for the RCSLT Scientific Conference 2009.
If you would
like to book a place, please download the 
booking form and send it to Digna
Bankovska.
If you would like to sponsor or exhibit at this event, please contact Sarah Smithers, Events and Marketing Manager, or Digna Bankovska, Marketing and Communications Officer.