THE 64th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ACADEMY OF APHASIA
The 64th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia will be hosted at the University of Liège, Belgium from Sunday, October 4 to Tuesday, October 6th, 2026. 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.
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, History, and Computational Modeling.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, research director at the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), and head of the Brain Connectivity and Behaviour group, University of Bordeaux, France.
Abstract submission deadline: June 1st, 2026! Abstract submission is now closed.
Applications for our Mentoring Program are now closed. 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). The grant also sponsors a state-of-the-art New Frontiers in Aphasia Research seminar. The grant also sponsors a state-of-the-art New Frontiers in Aphasia Research seminar. This year, the seminar will feature Prof. Marc Brysbaert, 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.
| Early bird (Ends August 14) | Regular (August 15-September 11) | Late registration (After Sept 11) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-Person | |||
| Faculty/clinician, AoA member | $450.00 | $550.00 | $600.00 |
| Faculty/clinician, non-member | $575.00 | $675.00 | $725.00 |
| Student/postdoc, AoA member | $225.00 | $275.00 | $325.00 |
| Student/postdoc, non-member | $350.00 | $400.00 | $450.00 |
| In-Person, Single Day | |||
| Faculty/clinician, AoA member | $225.00 | $250.00 | $300.00 |
| Faculty/clinician, non-member | $350.00 | $375.00 | $425.00 |
| Student/postdoc, AoA member | $75.00 | $100.00 | $150.00 |
| Student/postdoc, non-member | $200.00 | $225.00 | $275.00 |
| Virtual | |||
| Faculty/clinician, AoA member | $225.00 | $250.00 | $300.00 |
| Faculty/clinician, non-member | $350.00 | $375.00 | $425.00 |
| Student/postdoc, AoA member | $75.00 | $100.00 | $150.00 |
| Student/postdoc, non-member | $200.00 | $225.00 | $275.00 |
| LMIC* | |||
| Faculty/clinician | $40.00 | $65.00 | $115.00 |
| Student/postdoc | $20.00 | $45.00 | $95.00 |
