Conference Programme

2024 Programme Overview

The BAA Conference Organising Committee is excited to share with you the draft programme for its 20^th Annual BAA Conference.

The conference, taking place in Telford on 21-22 November 2024, will feature keynote presentations, invited speakers, and free papers chosen from your submitted through abstracts. A third track will feature insightful updates from industry partners on technology, products and software.

Our conference programme is designed to ensure that you leave the event with insights that will help shape and inform your approach to clinical practice, research, and teaching.

This year’s event includes keynote speakers, renowned experts, and industry pioneers who will inspire and challenge delegates, with updates on quality improvement, engagement and service innovation, along with clinical practice and research.

As in previous years, we are delighted that our Official BAA Sponsors contribute to our programme with their own talks over the two days, details of which will be released in the Summer.

Here’s a summary of what to look forward to in this year’s programme:

• Dr Brent Edwards will present the Adrian Davis lecture. Dr Edwards is Director of the National Acoustic Laboratories, Australia – world leaders in hearing research. Dr Edwards will talk about Revolutionising Audiological Care Through Innovation in Clinical Tools and Treatment Strategies
• The Bamford lecture will focus on a new era in the treatment of genetic hearing loss – genomic therapies. Professor Manohar Bance, Professor of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, University of Cambridge, will present the lecture
• Other keynote speakers include Rebecca Bennett, Senior Research Audiologist at the National Acoustic Laboratories talking about Managing the social and emotional wellbeing impacts of hearing loss: Interventions and approaches that can be implemented to augment current clinical practise and a joint keynote from two main UK charities – NDCS and RNID. Dr Sam Lear and Crystal Rolfe are joining forces to offer practical help for our workplaces around Deaf Awareness
• Invited speakers leading thought-provoking parallel sessions, looking at all aspects of audiology across all sectors, from research to clinical practice
• Research posters and oral presentations, submitted by you and fellow audiology professionals from across the UK

With thanks to our Official Conference Sponsors