Welcome from the IALP Past President and IALP 2023 Chairs

Welcome from IALP 2022 Co-Chairs

Welcome from the IALP 2023 Co-Chairs of the Local Organising Committee

The New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association, together with the New Zealand Audiological Society, wish to entice you to New Zealand – the ‘Land of the Long White Cloud’ for the 2023 IALP Congress. New Zealand, also called Aotearoa, offers a unique experience that will inspire and exhilarate whilst you connect with your colleagues from around the world.

Haere, haere, haere (welcome, welcome, welcome) to our home.

As a small island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand is one of the most gorgeous countries on earth, with a lot of history, culture, and attractions to experience. New Zealand is known for its stunning national parks, dynamic Māori culture, incredible hiking trails, and world-class skiing and surfing. Home to around 5 million people located in the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand is famous for its indigenous Maori culture and its picturesque landscape. We pride ourselves on our ability to collaborate and innovate – this congress will be a true celebration of this.

Being the first country to grant women the vote in 1893, a country which has a living treaty signed between the Māori tribes of New Zealand and the Sovereign (te tiriti o Waitangi, 1840), and a country which claims Ernest Rutherford, Jean Batten and Sir Edmund Hillary as its children – New Zealanders have innovation and inspiration running through their blood.

Hosting the IALP Congress in Auckland, New Zealand enables us to: share our educational and clinical innovations, inspire others through sharing our cultural journey and celebrate the fabulous work that speech-language therapists, phoniatricians and audiologists over the world are doing every day.

Come and join us in Auckland, New Zealand for the 32nd IALP Congress in 2023, and we promise an unforgettable experience.

Na to rourou, na taku rourou, ka ora ai te manuhiri.
With your basket of knowledge and with my basket of knowledge, the people will prosper

No reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Philippa Friary and Karen Pullar
Co-chairs of the IALP 32^nd Congress Local Organising Committee

Welcome from the Past President of IALP

Pamela Enderby

Welcome from the Past President of IALP

As Past President of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP), it is my pleasure to welcome you to the website of the 32nd World Congress of the IALP.

Why should you go to an international conference?

Amongst the many reasons are:

Keeping informed
Meeting individuals from different countries in the same area of work as you– but possibly doing things differently.
Learning more about your topic area
Discussing and debating issues of importance
Influencing colleagues
Making new friends
Developing clinical and research skills
Reviewing your own practice

At each IALP Congress that I have attended I have been overwhelmed by the opportunities to learn from colleagues working in similar areas but in different systems. I come away refreshed and invigorated and feel that attendance has improved my clinical and research practice. They are sociable and welcoming events where I have met individuals who have become lifelong colleagues and friends.

2023 sounds as if it’s a long way off! But it will come quickly!

With the overall theme of Looking Forward you will not be surprised to see that the following 3 themes will permeate the programme:

Intervention with Multilingual Children – Evidence Based Practice
Technological Developments to Enhance Assessment and Treatment
Improving Quality of Service Provision

I suggest that you put this in your forward diary– think about whether you are going to submit an abstract and consider how you can get financial support to attend.

Why not think of adding on a week or 2 so that you can have a holiday while you are in New Zealand!

I look forward to seeing you there!

Pam Enderby OBE, PhD, DSc, MSc, FRCSLT President IALP