Last but certainly not least, we’re pleased to announce that Kristin Schaffer Mendez won the prize for best virtual poster, titled “A Speech-Language Pathologist Delivered Communication and Counseling Intervention for Primary Progressive
Aphasia: Mixed Methods Findings” 💻🤲⛅️🩵

The award for highly commended (in-person) poster presentation went to Mirjam Gauch for “More stable – stronger – firmer” – Effects of the biographic-narrative therapy ‘Cope PPA’ on the quality of life of people with PPA” 🫂📖💪💞

We would like to congratulate Marina Anwia for winning the award for best (in-person) poster presentation “Cognitive-linguistic skills in production of expository discourse: Insights from longitudinal changes and neural correlates in primary progressive aphasia” 🥇🤝🧠⏳

The award for highly commended presentation went to Arabella Bouzigues, for her fabulous insights in her talk, titled “Detecting presymptomatic speech and language changes in genetic
frontotemporal dementia with natural language processing” 📈🧠🧬

We would like to celebrate Stephanie Grasso for giving the best presentation on “Advancing assessment and intervention for primary progressive aphasia in bilingual and Spanish-speaking populations” 🥇👏 🗣️

We had an incredible line up of presenters for ICPPA (so we don’t envy the judges in making the decisions!). The following posts will shout out our prize winners for best presentation, best poster, and best virtual poster, as well as highly commended presentation, and poster! Drumroll please… 🥁

Hugely grateful to Dr Chris Hardy for accepting our invitation to talk this afternoon. It was a fascinating insight into his research into auditory cognition and lived experience. It sounded GREAT from here, Chris!👂🧠

Where would we be without @theaftd.bsky.social ? Thank you so much for sponsoring our conference (and Day 1 conference drinks 🥂). We feel honoured to have had the support of such an impactful organisation, whose values align with our own 🫂 Thank you, AFTD, for making ICPPA possible! 🙏

We are delighted to have Cathy Taylor-Rubin opening Day 2 of ICPPA 🗣️ She is sharing her insights into the last two decades in the field, as well as her aspirations for the future 💫

We are so grateful to our keynote speaker, Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini for giving such a wonderful talk to open the conference 🙏

Here we go…! Welcome to the first ever International Conference on Primary Progressive Aphasia! 🧠

An ICPPA production line…! Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow! 🤩

Hi all,

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Day 1 of our 1st ever ICPPA tomorrow - don’t forget to bring a coffee it’s a going to be an exciting day!

There are still a couple of in person places left Or u could attend virtually -from wherever you are!

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The International Conference on PPA is one week away! If you can't join us in London, tune in for the virtual meeting and hear the latest on interdisciplinary research and care for PPA.
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CALLING SLTs! 📣

If you work clinically with people with PPA & would be interested in taking part in a consensus group meeting to share your thoughts and priorities related to intervention dosage, please fill out this survey- I'd LOVE to hear from you!: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... 💻

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CALLING PPA RESEARCHERS! 📣

If you research PPA interventions & would be interested in taking part in a consensus group meeting to share your thoughts and priorities related to intervention dosage, please fill out this survey- I'd LOVE to hear from you!: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... 💻

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📢 We’ve extended the deadline for the @icppa.bsky.social conference call for papers to *22nd January*!

🥳 Looking forward reading all your wonderful submissions!

✍️ Submit your abstract here:

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We need you:

Calling all researchers who do work in the field of primary progressive aphasia!

The first ever Int Conf on PPA 16/17th July 2026 in 🇬🇧

Only 6 weeks until the call for papers closes: www.speechtherapyppa.com/icppa-confer...