RCSLT Conference 2025

26 November 20259.30am

Overview

Save the date – RCSLT Conference 2025 will be taking place online on 26-27 November 2025. 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. 

Planning for the Conference has begun and once again it will be packed with presentations, keynote speeches and workshops covering a wide range of topics, as well as giving you the chance to come together and network with your peers and build on your continuing professional development (CPD). 

We are now seeking submissions for abstracts which will help shape the content of the event. If you have work you would like to present on research, quality improvement, audit or service evaluation, please take a look at the abstract submission process and guidelines. The deadline to submit your abstract is 16 May 2025. 

Conference is the chance for our members 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. 

Further information about Conference, including when to book, will be shared as the programme develops. 

Themes

As in previous years, RCSLT Conference 2025 will be based around themes that are in line with our organisations strategic vision. These are: 

  • Equity, Diversity and Belonging (EDB) – promoting greater equity, diversity and belonging, and embedding anti-racism within the profession and in service provision  
  • Co-production – embedding co-production with service users and their families and carers  
  • Innovation and excellence in research and clinical practice – building the speech and language therapy evidence base and delivery of best practice in collaboration with service users  
  • Workforce development – supporting growth and development of the speech and language therapy workforce  
  • Profile and opportunity – championing the value and impact of speech and language therapy within society  
  • Member engagement – empowering members to lead the profession. 

All abstract submissions and presentations at conference will support one or more of these themes.  

Abstract submission guidance

Abstract submissions are now open until 16 May 2025. The submission categories for this year’s conference are:  

  • Research (speech and language therapy research contributing new knowledge)   
  • Quality improvement/audit/service evaluation  

Full guidance for submitting an extract can be found here. 

Chicago style referencing guidelines can be found here.

All submissions must be sent electronically via the Ex Ordo platform.  Please submit your abstracts by 16 May 2025.    

Submit your extract

Using the Ex Ordo platform 

  • To submit an abstract, you will need to create an account by first entering your email address; Ex Ordo will then prompt you to create login details, which will allow you to create, save and edit your submission(s) until 16 May 2025.   
  • Please note that due to known security flaws, Ex Ordo do not support Internet Explorer 9 or 10. This means if you use either of these browsers, you won’t be able to access Ex Ordo. Please upgrade your browser to Internet Explorer 11, or use an alternative browser e.g. Chrome, Safari, Firefox etc.  

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 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.  

To be eligible for the prize you must be an early career researcher* and submit a research abstract on the topic of child language. The prize will be awarded to the highest scoring abstract as identified by blind peer-reviewers. 

*This means anyone leading independent research but excludes anyone who is more than 8 years post-PhD (not inclusive of career breaks e.g. sabbatical, maternity leave).