Congresses

History of the congresses

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

Evolution of CPLOL’s congresses

Year	Structure	New
1992	Plenary sessions
1994	Keynote speakers and parallel sessions	Parallel sessions were introduced, selection of papers by scientific committee
1997	Keynote speakers and parallel sessions	A theme is selected for the congress, selection criteria for papers is set up
2000	Plenary sessions	No parallel sessions, due to space restriction
2003	3 keynote speakers and 17 parallel sessions	Large amount of papers submitted Large amount of posters presented
2006	Keynote speakers and parallel sessions
2009	Keynote speakers and parallel sessions

The structure of the congresses has evolved along the years, at first just a few parallel sessions and plenary sessions to have at the 5th 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 responsibility of the committee organising such conferences has grown larger over the years. In fact, this committee is responsible for choosing the theme of the congress, setting up the program, sending out the call for papers and posters, selecting the ones for the program 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.)

Year	Venue	Theme	Contents	Proceedings
1992	Athens	The Challenge of 1992. Current trends in the Science of Speech and Language Pathology in Europe	Program	Published in book form ISBN 960 7019 54 7
1994	Antwerp		Program (only in French)	Published in book form ISBN 960 344 063 9
1997	Lisbon	Is Speech and Language Therapy effective ?	Program	Click here
2000	Paris	Quality and Efficacy in Speech and Language Therapy	Click here	Published on CD-Rom
2003	Edinburgh	Evidence-based practice	Program	Published on CD-Rom
2006	Berlin	A multilingual and multicultural Europe - A challenge for speech and language therapists	Program	Published on CD-Rom	Congress Report
2009	Ljubljana	Speech-language therapy in Europe: Sharing good clinical practice	Program	Published on www.cplol.eu	Congress Report