President's address

On behalf of Slovenian Association of Logopedists it is my great pleasure and honour to invite you to the 7th CPLOL congress, which will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia in May 2009.

We extend a very warm welcome to a congress of highest scientific quality, which will give us a chance to share experiences of important every day questions in speech and language therapy, its research, clinical practice and education of new generation. Collaboration of different countries on these issues has become very important as well as interesting from the professional point of view.

Slovenia is a small country but, being at the hub of traffic routes from east to west and north to south, it has always played larger role in European events, than its size would suggest. The Mediterranean coast of Primorska, Alpine resorts of Gorenjska, lovely hills and primeval forests of Dolenjska, vineyards of Goriška Brda and the far – reaching plains of Prekmurje are just some examples of regional diversity one can encounter here. All these and other regions of Slovenia are accessible from Ljubljana within two hours of driving and it offers excellent opportunity to explore on your own the incredible variety of Slovenia scenery and national heritage.

Ljubljana has a picturesque historical part, composed of an architectural heritage spanning from Roman Emona to modern Ljubljana, which is also a university city. The roots of University go back to the seventeenth century with Academia Operosurum, the fourth oldest Academy of Sciences in Europe. And Ljubljana’s congress tradition began in 1821, when the three emperors of Holy Alliance met here to discus the post Napoleonic fate of Europe. These traditions have been brought together in the Cultural and Congress Centre Cankarjev dom, which will be the venue of our meeting.


We are pleased to host this congress and we will make every effort to make 7th CPLOL congress a memorable event. Together we will all face new challenges imposed by sharing good clinical practice in Europe.


I look forward to greeting you in Ljubljana

Nada Žemva
President of Slovenian Association of Logopedists - SAL