Motor Speech Conference

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Save the Date! The next Conference on Motor Speech will be Feb 17-20, 2022 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Important Dates:
Call for Papers: May 2021 
Papers Dues: Sept 14, 2021
First Authors Notified: Dec 7, 2021
Early Bird Registration: Jan 26, 2022
Signal Analytics for Motor Speech (SAMS) Preconference Workshop: Feb 16, 2022
Conference: Feb 17-20, 2022

Notifications were e-mailed to the primary author on December 7. However, we have received some reports that not everyone received these notification e-mails. If you are a primary author and have not received a notification, please check your spam folder for e-mail from Microsoft CMT (email@msr-cmt.org). If you still do not see the notification, please e-mail the conference chairs (emaas@temple.edu; kuruvillam@health.missouri.edu) to check the status of your submission.

***Call for Papers is closed. Click here to view the Call for Papers document. Click here to login to the submission site.***

Hotel Information: 

Hyatt Place Charleston - Historic District
560 King St
Charleston, SC 29403
1-843-414-4900

The hotel block is now closed for reservations. Please click here to make your reservation. PLEASE NOTE: Our block closed end of day 1/28. The hotel is full on Friday and Saturday nights, so you will only be able to book Tuesday through Thursday nights and will need to find accomodation elsewhere for the weekend. Unfortunately, there is a large citywide event that weekend, so it may be difficult to find rooms close to the Hyatt.

Invited Speakers: We are delighted to announce that we will have 3 keynote talks and 1 invited panel discussion.

• Conference Keynote: Plasticity and Motor Learning: Implications for Speech Movement Disorders and Rehabilitation
  • Scott Frey will discuss his work on neuroplasticity and motor planning and control. https://freylab.missouri.edu
  • Gabriele Wulf will focus on factors that enhance motor learning and the integration of many of these factors into the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning. http://gwulf.faculty.unlv.edu
  • Both speakers will extend findings from their work to speech production and rehabilitation.
• SAMS Keynote: Advanced Signal Analytics and Motor Speech Production
  • Thomas F. Quatieri will provide an overview of his work on auditory signal processing and neuro-biophysical modeling with application to detection and monitoring of neurological, neurotraumatic, and cognitive stress conditions. https://www.ll.mit.edu/biographies/thomas-f-quatieri
• Invited Panel: Typical Speech Development and Pediatric Motor Speech Disorders: How Each Can Inform the Other
  • Melissa Redford will address: How does (or can) current research on typical speech motor development inform understanding and assessment of pediatric motor speech disorders? https://spl.uoregon.edu/
  • Theresa Schölderle will address: How does (or can) current research on pediatric motor speech disorders inform our understanding of typical speech motor development? https://www.en.phonetik.uni muenchen.de/people/staff/schoelderle theresa/index.html

Registration is now open. Please click here to register. 

We understand the concerns you may have regarding an in-person event and hope the following precautions will reassure you.

1. Large conference room with room to spread out.
2. Masks required at the event.
3. Hyatt will clean during breaks.
4. Several stations set up for breaks to minimize lines/crowds.
5. Vaccination is required. Please bring proof of vaccination.

We will continue to monitor the situation. Should things get worse such that we need to cancel, registration fees will be fully refunded. Your early registration (and hotel reservation) helps us to plan.

Poster panels are 4'x8' (horizontal boards). Please plan your poster to fit. Oral presentations are 12 minutes with 8 minutes for discussion/questions. Practicing your talk will minimize the likelihood that the final minutes of your presentation will be cut off. A computer and projector will be available. Please bring your presentations on USB flash stick.

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The 2022 online program with abstracts is now available here. The program is also available on Whova.

The 2020 program is available here. You can also find it in the archives (click the button at the bottom of this section). 

Carrie Stratman
Program Coordinator
Conference on Motor Speech
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
motorspeech@madonna.org                                  This course is offered for up to 2.4 ASHA CEUs (various levels, Professional area).

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