The Society for Research in Rehabilitation
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Non SRR MeetingsThe following list details of other forthcoming meetings and conferences of interest.  Winter 2011/2012 Falls: Prevention, Prediction and Detection – The Role of Engineering The seminar will take place at 1 Birdcage Walk, London on 21 February 2012 www.imeche.org/events/s1677 The Engineering in Medicine and Health Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is pleased to announce the ‘Falls: Prevention, Prediction and Detection – The Role of Engineering’ seminar 2012 9th World Congress on Brain Injury which will be held March 21-25, 2012, in Edinburgh at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland (Provisional Programme) The IBIA International Planning Committee and Local Planning Committee would like to invite you to attend the Ninth World Congress on Brain Injury, to be held in March 21-25, 2012, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is a picturesque historic city, dominated by its famous castle with many fine hotels, restaurants, museums and traditional pubs! IBIA received over 950 abstracts for the Congress and has assembled a faculty of internationally recognized speakers. Make your plans now to attend this important biennial event! Please NOTE that SRR MEMBERS can register for the conference at the reduced IBIA members rate Intensity of therapy after stroke concensus meeting 26th March 2012 Royal College of Physicians 11 St Andrews Place Regent's Park London NW1 4LE (Provisional Programme) Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party/ Stroke Research Network (ICSWP/SRN) Guided by an expert panel of speakers, the meeting will stimulate collaboration and initiation of research to improve the evidence base for therapy intervention after stroke. Registrations will open from 1 February 2012 3rd UK Paediatric Neuropsychology Symposium: Early Brain-Behaviour Relationships & Prognostic Indicators http://www.ucl.ac.uk/neuropsych/InternationalSymposia 23-27 April (Provisional Programme) Dates: 23- 27 April 2012 (& web access until 4 June 2012) Due to the increased interest in submitting posters since the announcement of the Baby Brains Around the World Project the conference journal has agreed to delay the submission deadline. The new submission deadline is 17 February 2012 & accordingly the new early bird deadline has been extended to 23 February 2012.  Spring 2012 Robotics for Neurorehabilitation Conference Building 45, University of Southampton, Highfield, so17 1bj To register your attendance please see the attached poster for details or visit our web page at http://www.multidisciplinary.soton.ac.uk/events/2012/03/robotics-neurorehabilitation/ (Provisional Programme) Hosted by The University of Southampton And The COST European Network on Monday March 19th 2012. The keynote speakers will be Professor Paolo Bonato, Professor Jules Dewald and Dr Sara Demain VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LONG TERM NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS Evidence & Expert Opinion Informing Clinical Practice Tues 17th April, The Lighthouse, Glasgow City Centre (Provisional Programme) PURPOSE OF THE EVENT To hear the latest research evidence in vocational rehabilitation for people with LTNC To consider service developments needed to best meet the work needs of people with sudden onset and progressive neurological conditions To explore some of the contentious issues around delivering health based vocational rehabilitation for people with long term neurological Conditions To gain confidence in going into the workplace and liaising with employers To understand the new Equality Act in relation to work for people with LTNC and know who to contact for advice about legal issues To explore work solutions for complex cases using case study examples WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Health and social care professionals working in community rehabilitation Professionals delivering vocational rehabilitation interventions to people with LTNC in any setting.
International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society 27-29 April 2012 The Muirhead Building, University of Birmingham, UK Second announcement and first call for abstracts: 5th October 2011 Deadline for submission of abstracts: 23rd December 2011 (Provisional Programme) 3rd Annual Conference UK and Ireland Chapter International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society
WCNR Conference Melbourne, Australia; 16-19 May 2012 (Provisional Programme) The 7th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation will be a major event in Melbourne from 16-19 May 2012. The Congress will be held in conjunction with the 35th Annual Brain Impairment Congress for the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment and the 20th ASM of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (RACP). Over 1500 delegates are expected to attend. 
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