CCN2012 roundup

On behalf of the CCN2012 committee, I would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to the 254 people who attended our conference last week, and who made it such a resounding success.

Positive feedback has been coming in from around the country and overseas, and the consensus seems to be that it was a stimulating, inspiring, diverse program that managed to deliver a lot of practical information that was also evidence-based. One CCN conference veteran even said that it was "invigorating, in a way that other conferences have been."

The only criticisms have been that there was almost too much to choose from, that the information was almost overwhelming in its scope and variety, and that it was possibly half a day too long. We understand completely - now you know how hard it was for us to organise the conference schedule - we wanted to attend nearly everything! In terms of criticisms, these are good ones, and ones we had ourselves :)

We wanted to have a conference that covered a broad spectrum of scientific and practice issues for neuropsychologists, and for others who work with our patients. The market research of the CCN helped us to identify issues that were of interest and relevant to our members,  and we tailored the call for submissions accordingly. We were overwhelmed by the quality and variety of submissions received, and our very full conference program was the result of this evidence-based approach to conference planning.

We are in the process of obtaining powerpoint slides from the presenters, which will be uploaded to our CCN website, along with audios from the sessions. This will hopefully provide many hours of CPD opportunities in the coming months.

Thanks, once again, to the presenters who filled our program with such quality. Without your submissions and investment of time and energy, we wouldn't have had our program. We are indebted to you for making it an exhilarating and inspiring conference. Thanks also to our reviewers, volunteers, session chairs, and members who so freely gave their time and enthusiasm to an inclusive and progressive conference.

We now hand over the reins of this blog to the CCN2013 committee, who are preparing for our 19th conference in Brisbane next year, a conference that will celebrate 30 years of the CCN in Australia. The team is preparing a program that is rich in practical, scientific, professional, and social activities, which we hope will be even more successful than CCN2012.

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Over and out
Fiona Bardenhagen