37.1139, Confs: 64th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia (Belgium)

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Date: 18-Mar-2026
From: Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro [s.martinez.ferreiro at udc.es]
Subject: 64th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia


64th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia
Short Title: AoA2026

Date: 04-Oct-2026 - 06-Oct-2026
Location: Liège, Belgium
Meeting URL: https://academyofaphasia2026.vfairs.com/

Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics; Cognitive Science;
Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics

Submission Deadline: 25-May-2026

Academy of Aphasia 64th Annual Meeting
Liège, Belgium and Virtual (Hybrid)
Sunday, October 4th - Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
Abstract Submission Deadline: May 25th, 2026
The 64th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia will be hosted at
the University of Liège
(https://www.uliege.be/cms/c_8699436/fr/uliege), a beautiful public
research university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège,
Belgium. 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, and Computational
Modeling. 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 Sunday, October 4th at the Foyer Eugène
Isaÿe, located in the prestigious and historic home of the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège
(https://www.oprl.be/en/practical/practical-info/virtual-visit).
This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Michel Thiebaut de Schotten
(https://www.gin.cnrs.fr/en/about-us/research-staff/michel-thiebaut-de-schotten-phd/),
research director at the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific
Research), and head of the Brain Connectivity and Behaviour group,
University of Bordeaux, France. Dr. Thiebaut de Schotten is an
internationally recognized expert in neuropsychology and neuroimaging
for pioneering research on white matter anatomy, brain connectivity,
and disconnection syndromes in both healthy individuals and stroke
populations.
Now in its ninth year, the NIDCD-funded Academy of Aphasia conference
grant (R13 DC017375) will sponsor student and junior research fellows
to attend and present their work. 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 (check the website for details -
https://www2.academyofaphasia.org/mentoring-program-2/). The grant
also sponsors a state-of-the-artNew Frontiers in Aphasia Research
seminar. This year’s seminar will feature Dr. Marc Brysbaert
(https://research.ugent.be/web/person/marc-brysbaert-0/en), Professor
of Cognitive Psychology at Ghent University, whose influential
research on visual word recognition, bilingualism, and large-scale
lexical databases has significantly advanced our understanding of
language processing.
Abstract Guidelines:
Submission procedures. Abstracts (max. 500 words) must be submitted
through the vFairs platform
(https://academyofaphasia2026.vfairs.com/abstract/register). Account
creation is required to register and submit. An individual can submit
and participate in more than one abstract but can be listed as first
author on only one submission. Please note that if you are submitting
an abstract for a symposium, you need to submit individual abstracts
for each of the talks that are part of the symposium. If the submitter
serves as a symposium organizer without presenting one of the
symposium's individual talks, they may still submit a separate
platform or poster abstract as first author.
Presentation types. This includes papers (i.e., platform and poster
sessions) consisting of original research that has not yet been
published andsymposia (i.e., 3-4 platform sessions focusing on a
common theme) consisting of original or previously published research.
Platform session presenters will be required to attend and present
onsite (in Liège). Poster session presenters have the option to
present onsite (in Liège) or present in the online poster hall.
Templates. All abstracts should conform to a specified template format
(click link to download template for either platform/poster
presentations -
https://www2.academyofaphasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AoA2026_PlatformPosterTemplate-March13-2026.docx
- or symposia -
https://www2.academyofaphasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AoA2026_SymposiumTemplate_March13-2026.docx).
Please use the correct template to be considered for acceptance to the
conference program.
Notification of acceptance. The Program Committee will e-mail a
decision by July 31, 2026.
Visa information is available online
(https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/visa-policy/applying-schengen-visa_en).
Childcare support may be available on a limited basis, subject to
funding availability.
Program Committee: Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro & Rajani Sebastian
(Co-Chairs), Arpita Bose & Effy Ntemou (Co-Vice-Chairs), Dan Roberts,
Ran Li, Jee Eun Sung, and Nichol Castro.
Local Arrangements Committee: Steve Majerus (Local Chair), Martine
Poncelet, Solène Hameau, Marie-Pierre de Partz, and Sophie Gillet.



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