RCSLT Conference 2025: 80 years and beyond
Date: 26-27 November, 9am-6pm
Location: Online
Book your ticket now and join us online on 26-27 November for RCSLT Conference 2025: 80 years and beyond, two days filled with opportunities for learning, professional development and networking.
The RCSLT Conference is our flagship event, which takes place every two years to bring together SLTs from the UK and around the world to connect across sectors, specialisms, career stages and locations.
This year we are celebrating 80 years of the RCSLT, which means this is the perfect time to recognise and celebrate the speech and language therapy profession as well as share learning, innovation and the latest in SLT practice.
Explore our two-day programme filled with inspiring content, from clinically focused research and early career insights to system-level thinking and strategic discussions.
RCSLT Conference 2025 is the chance for you to:
- learn from and share research, evidence and practice with the SLT community
- hear about and engage with the latest priority work from the RCSLT
- connect with what is happening in the wider healthcare, social care, and education systems and how it relates to speech and language therapy
- celebrate the speech and language therapy profession and foster a sense of belonging
- network with SLT colleagues from across the UK at all stages of their careers.
We have also developed some social media graphics to help you to share information about the conference via your networks. Use #RCSLTConf2025 to help spread the word. If you have any questions, please email rsvp@rcslt.org.
The RCSLT Conference is sponsored by splose:
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Also joining us as exhibitors are:
Tickets
Tickets for the RCSLT Conference are available now.
Ticket prices have been frozen to match what they were two years ago, something we hope will support members to be able to attend the packed two-day programme. We’ve extended our great value early bird rate to 31 October so take advantage and book now.
| RCSLT Members | Non-members | Discounted rate | |
| Standard ticket | £55 | £75 | £5, £10, £15, £20 |
*All prices listed are inclusive of VAT.
For group bookings over £100 you are able to pay by invoice. Follow our short step-by-step guide to paying by invoice for a smooth booking process.
To make the event as accessible as possible for those usually eligible for discounted tickets, we’ve introduced a new flexible “pay what you can” option, with a suggested contribution between £5 and £20. If you are able to contribute at the higher end of this range, your support will help us to continue offering inclusive opportunities and delivering high-quality events for the wider SLT community.
The discounted “pay what you can” rate is available to:
- Students
- Newly qualified practitioners
- Those returning to practise within the last 12 months
- Retired members
- Support workers / SLT assistants
- Abstract reviewers
- Conference planning group (advisory group / programme planning)
- Clinical advisors
Conference Programme
We’re excited to share the full programme for RCSLT Conference 2025: 80 Years and Beyond, taking place online on 26–27 November.
The Conference brings together professionals from across the speech and language therapy community for a programme that reflects the breadth and depth of the profession. Alongside our core scientific programme, delegates will hear from five inspiring keynote speakers and explore specially curated impact and innovation sessions, covering everything from clinical research and early career insights to system-level thinking and strategic discussions.
View the RCSLT 2025 Conference programme
Programme highlights
Keynote speakers
Our keynote line-up features leading voices sharing fresh perspectives on the profession:
- James Benson, CEO, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust – insights for future leaders
- William Roberts, Chief Executive, Royal Society for Public Health – tackling inequalities and shaping public health
- Jois Stansfield, Emeritus Professor and PhD student – celebrating 80 years of the profession through archives and oral histories
- Professor Beverley Harden, Deputy Chief Allied Health Professions Officer for England – career development and innovation
- Dr Radha Modgil, NHS GP and Author – the power of everyday language on wellbeing
Impact and Innovation sessions
These sessions explore emerging priorities and creative approaches across the profession, including:
- Innovation in practice – service redesign, job planning, and advanced practice pathways
- Emerging discussions – SEND reform, screen time and early language support for every child
- People and careers – wellbeing, professional development and equity, diversity and belonging
- Shaping the profession – AI, co-production and updates in politics
Scientific programme
The scientific programme features 24 sessions, 62 presentations, and 70 posters, covering a wide range of clinical and practical areas shaping the future of speech and language therapy.
The Conference is a unique opportunity to connect with colleagues, share ideas and best practice, and celebrate the impact of our work.
Don’t miss out, secure your Early Bird ticket by 31 October, from just £40 for members or £5-20 for students, NQPs, support workers, and retired members. Book your ticket now to learn, connect, and be inspired!
The 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists will be held virtually on Wednesday 26 November 2025, commencing at 12.45pm.
This year’s AGM will take place during the RCSLT Conference 2025 and all registered delegates will be able to access the AGM from within the platform, you do not need to register separately. If you are not able or planning to attend Conference, you can register to attend the AGM only by visiting the conference registration page and selecting “Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025” in the category dropdown of the registration. This ticket will give you access to the AGM, but you will not have access to any other parts of the Conference programme.
The AGM agenda, minutes of the 2024 AGM, Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025, along with other supporting paperwork and a proxy voting form are available on our website.
All members are welcome to register to attend this AGM but only Full Members are eligible to vote.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is an excellent opportunity for RCSLT members to see what is going on behind the scenes at the RCSLT and to have a say on important decisions being made. We hope attendees will take advantage of attending the AGM as part of the exciting agenda of RCSLT Conference 2025.
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Abstract and session submissions
This year we had a fantastic set of submissions from across the speech and language therapy community. Through the abstract submission process we received over 150 oral and poster submissions in the categories of research and quality improvement, audit and service evaluation, with the highest scoring forming part of our scientific programme and Conference posters.
We also asked the wider speech and language therapy community to submit session ideas to help us shape the new impact and innovation element of our programme for RCSLT Conference 2025. We were looking for impact-driven initiatives as well as current and future issues for the profession. We received almost 50 submissions and have chosen a small selection to take forward.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us to shape this year’s exciting Conference programme.
James Law Child Language Conference Prize
To honour the legacy of Professor James Law, the RCSLT has been gifted a prize to be awarded to the highest scoring abstract (as identified by blind peer-reviewers) submitted to the RCSLT conference by an early career researcher in the child language category. The prize will be used to fund travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs for national or international conference attendance and aims to support network building and further dissemination of the author’s portfolio of work.
We will announce the winner during Conference 2025.
