About | 09.11.2026 | By Teresa Quail

BATOD Conference 2027

Join us at the one-day conference event.

Theme: Shared Spaces: Different Roles, Joint Goals- Collaborative Practice in Deaf Education

Date: Saturday 24th April

Doors open at 8am for registration and refreshers, with opening presentation commencing at 9am. The event closes at 4pm.

Location: Heathlands School for Deaf Children, Heathlands Drive, St Albans, AL3 5AY

Conference language: English (interpretation will be provided into British Sign Language)

 

Keynote presenters:

Dr Martina Curtin

Dr Martina Curtin is a postdoctoral clinical academic. She works as a Research Fellow and as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) and the Clinical Lead for deaf children and young people at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. She also holds a Lecturer position at City St George’s, University of London

Call for contributions opens soon

Agenda for the conference will be shared in Spring 2027.

 

Local accommodation options:

Heathlands school is located a 10-15 minute walk from the centre of St Albans.  There are various accommodation options in the centre of the city, including

 

Travel details:

This link provides the venue location.  Heathlands is a 20 minute walk from St Albans City Train Station and close to both the M1 and M25 and main London airports.

 

Thank you to our 2026 Conference sponsors

Sponsor/exhibitor pack for the 2027 Conference is available via this link. Contact us via [email protected] for the booking link and more details