RCSLT Conference 2025: 80 years and beyond
Date: 26-27 November, 9am-6pm
Location: Online
RCSLT Conference 2025: 80 years and beyond will be taking place online on 26-27 November 2025.
Delegates who have purchased a ticket can access the platform and all of the content at rcsltconference.co.uk (if logging in for the first time you will need to create a password) for six months after the event.
As our flagship event, which takes place every two years, RCSLT Conference brings together SLTs from the UK and around the world to connect across sectors, specialisms, career stages and locations. Delegates will have two days filled with opportunities for learning, professional development and networking.
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.
RCSLT Conference sponsors
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Also joining us as exhibitors are:
Please note: The views and opinions expressed by conference sponsors are their own and do not necessarily reflect or imply endorsement by the RCSLT.
Tickets
Ticket sales for the RCSLT Conference are now closed.
Delegates who have purchased a ticket can access the platform at rcsltconference.co.uk (if logging in for the first time you will need to create a password).
Ticket prices were frozen to match what they were two years ago to support members to be able to attend the packed two-day programme.
| RCSLT Members | Non-members | Discounted rate | |
*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.
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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Prize winners
We received over 150 poster and oral submissions and our reviewers had the tough job of scoring. The winners for highest scoring abstracts as listed below were announced at the conference.
The James Law Child Language Prize for the highest scoring abstracts by Early Career Researchers in the Child Language category was awarded to:
- Vani Gupta: ‘Personal Narrative Assessment in Childhood: A Systematic Review of Methods, Measures, and Implications for Inclusive Practice’
- Dr. Hannah Harvey: ‘”I don’t want to be this uptight, pushy person, continuously fighting for my child”: Parental Perspectives on Developmental Language Disorder’
This award was gifted to us to honour the legacy of Professor James Law. The recipients will receive up to £1500 to fund attendance at national or international conferences to support network building and further dissemination of their portfolio of work.
The highest scoring abstract was awarded to:
- Dr. Sam Burr: Maximising the Impact of Speech and Language Therapy for children with Speech Sound Disorder (MISLToe_SSD): Phase 2 – UK-wide pilot and feasibility testing
The highest scoring abstracts by early career researchers was awarded to:
- Maria Cairney: Sonospeech Cleft Pilot: Results from a pilot randomised control trial of ultrasound visual biofeedback versus standard intervention for children with cleft palate ± cleft lip (CP±L)
- Ellie Jenkins: Evaluating the impact of workforce diversification on the under-five’s neurodevelopmental assessment service: considering waiting times, duration of assessment and value
- Sarah Caughter: Learning from people with lived experience of cluttering: what people who clutter want from therapy
- Dr. Susan Guthrie: Feelgood mealtimes for inpatients, implementing the CHOICES approach
