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Academy of Aphasia

THE 63rd ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ACADEMY OF APHASIA

26-28 OCTOBER, 2025 – SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

Central Region

July 16, 2020

9:30 am – 2:00 pm (Central Time zone)

East Region

July 23, 2020

9:30 am – 2:00 pm (Eastern Time Zone)
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The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia will be hosted at the Horton Grand Hotel, a beautifully reconstructed historic landmark in the vibrant Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San Diego, California. We encourage onsite attendance – required for platform presenters – although we also offer the option to participate online via an interactive hybrid platform. The conference reception and welcome party will be held Monday October 27th during a twilight cruise on San Diego Bay. The Academy welcomes submissions of experimental, clinical, theoretical, and historical research from any field that contributes to the study of aphasia, including Speech-Language Pathology, Psychology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, History, and Computational Modeling.

This year’s keynote speaker will be Victor Ferreira Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Ferreira is a renowned expert in the field of language processing and cognitive neuroscience, with groundbreaking research on the lexical and syntactic mechanisms involved in language production, learning, and communication.

The deadline for submitting an abstract has been extended to May 27, 2025. Deadlines are also extended until 5/27 for applications to our Mentoring Program! We have doubled our conference support this year in response to the current challenges facing our scientific community. Now in its eighth year, the NIDCD-funded Academy of Aphasia conference grant (R13 DC017375) will sponsor 40 awards of $1,000 USD, with the aim of supporting student and junior researcher fellows who wish to attend and present their work at the conference. Selected fellows will also receive focused mentoring and training from expert faculty at the meeting. Both U.S. and international students submitting a first-author abstract are eligible to apply; please contact Swathi Kiran (kirans@bu.edu) or Heather Dial (hrdial@central.uh.edu) with inquiries.

The grant also sponsors a state-of-the-art New Frontiers in Aphasia Research seminar. This year, behavioral and cognitive neurologist Dr. Zachary Miller, Associate Professor of Neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center and Weill Institute for Neurosciences, will present on risk factors for neurodegenerative disease.

Registration rates for 2025

July 31 – September 10, 2025 September 11, 2025 – September 30, 2025 After September 30, 2025
In-Person
Faculty/clinician, AoA member $450.00 $550.00 $600.00
Faculty/clinician, non-member $575.00 $675.00 $725.00
Student/postdoc, AoA member $225.00 $275.00 $325.00
Student/postdoc, non-member $350.00 $400.00 $450.00
In-Person, Single Day
Faculty/clinician, AoA member $225.00 $250.00 $300.00
Faculty/clinician, non-member $350.00 $375.00 $425.00
Student/postdoc, AoA member $75.00 $100.00 $150.00
Student/postdoc, non-member $200.00 $225.00 $275.00
Virtual
Faculty/clinician, AoA member $225.00 $250.00 $300.00
Faculty/clinician, non-member $350.00 $375.00 $425.00
Student/postdoc, AoA member $75.00 $100.00 $150.00
Student/postdoc, non-member $200.00 $225.00 $275.00
LMIC*
Faculty/clinician $40.00 $65.00 $115.00
Student/postdoc $20.00 $45.00 $95.00

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  9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

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  10:00 AM - 10:05

Welcome Address

Michell Martin

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  10:10 AM – 10:40

HPI Keynote

Fred Proia

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Printing & Personal Systems Group (PPS), HP Canada

  10:45 AM - 11:00

HPE/Aruba Keynote

Corey Copping

National Account Manager Distribution

Cindy Beange

Business Development Executive, SMB, Aruba Canada

Adesso Keynote

Charles Wong

VP Sales and Marketing, Adesso Technology Inc

  11:05 AM - 11:20

Xerox Keynote

Karl Boissonneault

Vice President, Canadian Channel Operations, Xerox Canada

Western Digital Keynote

Charles Hulet, Manager of Sales

  11:25 AM - 11:40

Lenovo Keynote

Paul Liakos

Data Platform Specialist, Lenovo Canada

  11:45 AM - 11:50

Closing Remarks & House Keeping

Russ Brown

Vice President of Commercial Sales

  12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Frequently Asked Questions


1 How do I become a member of the Academy of Aphasia?

We have streamlined this process so you can easily join during registration! If you’re not able to attend the conference this year, you can also join on our website.

2 How do I register?

Registration is now open! Click here to register. Registration is available for either in-person or online attendance. If you are presenting during a platform session or an in-person poster presentation session, you must register to attend in-person.

3 What is the cancellation policy?

There is no cancellation penalty to switch from in-person to online registration prior to Monday September 29, 2025 (5pm EDT). Requests should be emailed to academyofaphasia12@gmail.com. Refunds will be issued for the difference between the paid amount and the online registration rate in effect on the date the request is made, less any fees charged by Stripe. We will be unable to accommodate any changes or refunds requested after Monday September 29, 2025 to cover the Academy’s contractual obligations to the conference and reception venues. Online/virtual registrations permit 30-day access to recorded talks and the online poster hall and are nonrefundable. Online/virtual attendance is available for all registrants of any type.

4 Where is the in-person conference?

The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia will be hosted at the Horton Grand Hotel in sunny San Diego, California, from Sunday, October 26 to Tuesday, October, 28th, 2025. The local organizing committee are Dr. Stephanie Riès (Local Chair), Dr. Tracy Love, Dr. JoAnn Silkes, and Dr. Henrike Blumenfeld.

The 2025 Academy of Aphasia Program Committee: Aneta Kielar (co-chair), Elena Barbieri (co-chair), Rajani Sebastian (co-vice chair), Silvia Martínez Ferreiro (co-vice chair), Dan Roberts, Arpita Bose, Effy Ntemou, Ran Li

The conference reception will be held Monday October 27th on a cruise on San Diego Bay, followed by a welcome party.

5 Will the platform sessions/symposiums be recorded and available to be viewed after they have occurred?

The short answer is 'yes', Once you have registered and logged in, clicking on "Talks" will take you to our interactive conference schedule where you can find sessions taking place over all three days of the conference. This page features live streams of presentations taking place onsite in San Diego, USA. Within this page, you can toggle between the various days’ agendas and even add certain sessions to your own agenda! The countdown clock on the right side of the listing shows you exactly how long until your session will begin. Once the session is live, a ‘Join’ button will pop up and you’ll be able to enter into the virtual session. Sessions will also be hosted on-demand for 30 days following the conference, so if you miss any talks virtually or in-person, you can always revisit them on your own time.

5 How can I book a hotel room?

The Welcome to San Diego document hosted on the conference website, under “Hotel, Travel, Locale” tab. The document has been prepared for you by the local arrangements committee, provides a wealth of information on accommodations in San Diego, California. The document can be accessed directly from the conference website. Contact your selected accommodations host directly, to book your reservation.Reserve your room at the Horton Grand Hotel. For discounted room rate click here or call Direct: (619) 374-6018. The availability is limited.

5 I’m presenting… what do I have to do?

You will find complete Presenter instructions on the conference website. The presenting author must be registered for the conference by Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Any presentation whose designated presenter is not registered for the conference by September 30 will be removed from the program on October 2, 2025. Saturday, October 4, 2025,is the deadline for uploads of poster-related materials into the hybrid conference platform, for all proposals accepted for poster presentation. Friday, October 17, 2025, is the deadline for submission of presentation slides for all platform presentations. Designated poster presenters and platform presenters will deliver the live presentation of your research during the time-synchronized presentation session specified for you within the conference program (Sunday, October 26 to Tuesday, October, 28th, 2025).

5 Can I request a certificate of conference participation?

Conference participants may request a certificate of conference participation, which they may use subsequently to pursue application for continuing education units (CEUs) or continuing professional development (CPD) with their respective professional organizations. For requests you can contact Mejrima Cosic at academyofaphasia12@gmail.com.

5 Is childcare provided during the in-person conference?

Academy may assist with arrangement of childcare for a cost. Please indicate if you would like assistance arranging childcare during registration.

5 I have accessibility needs for attending the conference. Who should I communicate with?

Please email the Program Committee as soon as possible at ademyofaphasia.program@gmail.com.

5 I still have questions… who should I email?

If you have technical questions, please email the dedicated vFairs support team at academyofaphasia2025@getvfairs.io. If you have program questions, please email the Program Committee at academyofaphasia.program@gmail.com or academyofaphasia12@gmail.com.

5 Is there any welcome reception?

The conference reception will be held Monday October 27th at 6:30 p.m. on a cruise on San Diego Bay.

5 Is there an Annual Membership/Business Meeting?

The Annual Membership/Business Meeting will be held on Sunday October 26th at 6:00 pm in San Diego at the Horton Grand Hotel. It is open to all conference attendees and all Academy members. Conference attendees may access the meeting via the conference website. All members with current dues will receive an email with a Zoom link in advance of the meeting. All votes will be held electronically.

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Conference registration will open by mid-August 2024. In the meantime, if you would like to receive a courtesy list of local childcare providers that you may solicit at your own expense, please contact academyofaphasia.program@gmail.com. In 2024, we will provide a $100 registration credit for people who choose to find childcare options during the conference. Proof of receipt of childcare services will be required.

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Registered conference participants will have access to all conference resources via this link. Conference registration will open by August 1, 2024.

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The full conference program will be posted to the conference landing page in August 2024.

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The program committee will review abstract submissions and send notification of acceptance status by 18 July 2024. Presentation instructions will be posted in this location in July 2024, for each author whose abstract submission has been accepted for presentation.

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Reserve your room at the Horton Grand Hotel. For discounted room rate click here or call Direct: (619) 374-6018. The availability is limited.