AUSTRALIAN SPEAK EASY ASSOCIATION
SYDNEY CONFERENCE 2019
The Vibe Hotel
100 Bayswater Road, Rushcutters Bay NSW 2011
20 – 22 SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2019
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Opening – ASEA National President – Vikesh Anand
9:15 – 9:30 Welcome NSW State President – Peter Greville
9:30 – 10:15 Professor Paul Sowman – “From Brain to Speech: What Causes Stuttering”
10:15 – 11:00 Professor Ann Packman – “Let’s Talk About Cause”
11:00 – 11:25 Morning Tea
11:25 – 12:10 Dr Susan Block – “The Road to Fluency: Navigating the Roadblocks”
12:10 – 12:45 Bruce Rowe – “There is Hope”
12:45 – 1:35 Lunch
1:35 – 2:20 Professor Ashley Craig – “Developing Resilience: What Protects me from the Adversity of Stuttering”
2:20 – 3:05 Paul West – “A Road to Fluency, One Stutterer’s Perspective”
3:05 – 3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:30 – 4:15 Peter Dhu – “What Lies Beyond the Road to Fluency? – The Road to Ruin or The Road to Riches”
4:15 – 4:45 Carolynn Murtagh – “I Used to Stutter”
4:45 – 5:00 Open mike
6.30 – 9.00 Cocktail Party
SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
9:00 – 9:30 Lauren McDonnell – “Through Impediment Comes Empowerment”
9:30 – 10:15 Professor Janet Beilby – “Facts: Fluency + Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Stuttering
10:15 – 11:00 Associate Professor Sally Hewat – “Educating Future Professionals to Support People who Stutter”
11:00 – 11:25 Morning Tea
11:25 – 12:05 Smooth Speech Toast Masters – “What SSTM Can do for You”
12:05 – 12:40 Dr Bernard Glennon – “The Road to Fluency – and Lack of Funding”
12:40 – 1:35 Lunch
1:35 – 2:35 Dr Michelle Donaghy – “Stuttering at School: The in Between Years”
2:35 – 3:05 Tom Deblaere – “My Road to Fluency, a Personal Journey”
3:05 – 3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:30 – 4:15 Professor Ross Menzies – “Stoicism and Stuttering: Expanding Contemporary Psychological Approaches to Dysfluent Speech”
4:15 – 4:45 AGM
4:45 – 5:00 Open mike
6.30 – 9.30 Gala Dinner
SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
9:00 – 9:25 Amanda Lyons – “Embracing Change – Knowledge, Treatment and Education”
9:25 – 10:05 Annette McCaul – “Mater Intensive Programs, Paediatric, Teenage and Adult, Adaptations and Outcomes”
10:05 – 10:30 Vikesh Anand – “Acceptance: Not the Final Chapter”
10:30 – 10:55 Morning Tea
10:55 -11:30 Harsha Kulasekaran – “Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)”
11:30 – 12:15 Denis Wright – “Managing Career, Clubs, Family and Speech”
12:15 – 12:30 Open mike
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