The 2027 ICPLA Conference will be in June 2027 at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. More Information to Follow Soon 

Key Dates:

Abstract Submission open 19th October 2026 and closes 14th of January 2027. 

Conference: Monday the 14th of June to Wednesday the 16th of June, 2027. 

ICPLA holds a biennial Symposium in different countries to allow members to meet and present research papers. The meetings typically last three days and include oral presentations, poster presentations, an ICPLA business meeting, and plenty of opportunity for informal discussions.

Past ICPLA Meetings

2025 Patras, Greece

2023 Salzburg, Austria

2021 Glasgow, Scotland

2018 St Julians, Malta

2016 Halifax, Canada

2014 Stockholm, Sweden 

2012 Cork, Republic of Ireland

2010 Oslo, Norway

2008 Istanbul, Türkiye

2006 Dubrovnik, Croatia

2004 Lafayette, USA

2002 Hong Kong, China

2000 Edinburgh, Scotland

1999 Montreal, Canada

1997 Nijmegen, The Netherlands

1996 Munich, Germany

1994 New Orleans, USA

1993 Helsinki, Finland

1992 London, England

1991 Cardiff, Wales

NICOLE Müller and Martin Ball Prizes for Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster

In association with Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics two bi-annual prizes for “Best Oral Presentation” and “Best Poster” are awarded at the ICPLA conferences. The prizes, introduced in 2021, honour the longstanding editors of the journal, Nicole Müller and Martin Ball. Sponsored by Taylor and Francis, the awards is given out every two years at the ICPLA conference, starting at ICPLA 2021.

Two prizes introduced in 2021:

Winner of the Nicole Müller and Martin Ball Prize for Best Oral Presentation:

Eddy C.H. Wong

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Tone Perception and Production in Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A small scale study.

Co-Authors: Kathy Lee and Michael Tong

Winner of the Nicole Müller and Martin Ball Prize for Best Poster:

Stephanie Hearnshaw

The University of Sydney

“I said shoe, not shoe!” The complex relationship between speech perception, speech production, vocabulary, and age.

Co-authors: Elise Baker, Natalie Munro, Jan Edwards and Karla McGregor