Scientific Congresses

Report of the Berlin Congress, September 2006

Proceedings of previous congresses

History of the Scientific congresses

The main aim of CPLOL scientific congresses is to make possible the exchange of scientific and professional information, and to encourage research and european harmonisation within speech and language therapy-logopedics.

Evolution of CPLOL’s scientific congresses

The structure of the congresses has evolved along the years, at first just a few parallel sessions and plenery sessions to have at  the 5th scientific congress 17 parallel sessions in Edinburgh. The organisers realized very quickly that the delegates attending these conferences wanted to be confronted with a  large choice. This was taken into consideration and will be the leading aim for the Berlin congress.

The responsability of the scientific committee organising such conferences has grown larger over the years. In fact, this committee is responsable for choosing the theme of the congress, setting up the programm, sending out the call for papers and posters, selecting the ones for the scientific programm and promoting the conference at different levels.

As technology has moved on so fast, so has the conference organisation. The use of web publicity, email transfers and congress proceedings shows this clearly. The 2 last congress proceedings have been published on CD Rom only ! 

As for the selection of the country and location where the CPLOL congress will be held, this decision is taken by a majority vote at the General Assembly.

The publicity is the responsibility of each member association (journals, national websites,  special mailings  etc.)

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