BATOD and BAEA joint conference
Technology in our hands: changing the world with deaf children and young people
Saturday 22 March 2025 – Call for contributions
The British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (BATOD) and the British Association of Educational Audiologists (BAEA), with support from BATOD South West and BAEA South, invite all interested parties (teachers, professionals, lecturers, researchers, developers and manufacturers of technical devices, service providers, service users, policy makers, students etc) to present their work.
Technology is central to the lives of deaf children and young people, offering tools for extending participation in education, work and leisure. This conference will allow those working in the field to share information and explore how deaf children’s future lives can be enhanced and extended by technology in its broadest terms.
Papers and presentations may consider areas such as:
1) innovations with technology hardware and software
2) Artificial intelligence
3) Apps for communication, participation and interaction
4) Gaming and online leisure or social activities
5) Technology for signed and spoken languages
6) Assistive listening technology
7) Accessibility for work and involvement in society
Abstracts for paper presentations (30 min), workshops/interactive presentations (60 min) and poster presentations are welcomed.
Submission guidelines
- All materials should be provided in English.
- Abstracts should be submitted in Word format. Videos may not be submitted.
- Word limit for abstracts is 250 words. Graphs, charts and tables should not be included.
- The abstract should be accompanied by an indication of the type of presentation (paper presentation, workshop/interactive presentation, poster) and full information about the author/presenter: first and last names, email address, affiliation (e.g. university, institute, school, company) and its postal address.
- For presentations on empirical studies, data collection and all analyses must be completed prior to submission.
- Abstracts cannot be modified once they have been submitted.
- There is no limit on the number of abstracts that may be submitted by one person or organisation.
- A maximum of four presenters may be listed per abstract.
- We are willing to consider submissions of material which has been presented elsewhere. Please ensure that the date and place of the previous presentation is clearly mentioned.
- If selected, you will also be required to submit a programme description of 50 words or fewer. This will be used in the conference programme and should accurately capture the subject of your presentation.
Deadline for submission
Abstracts must be submitted by 17:00 on 12th January 2025
Submission address
Please send your proposals to [email protected]
Criteria and process of selection
The congress programme committee will select the presenters according to the following criteria:
- relevance to the topic of the conference;
- contribution to evidence-based practice
- innovative content;
- clarity of the contribution.
All candidates will be informed about the results of the selection via email, no later than two months after the submission deadline.
All abstracts of the selected contributions will be made available on the BATOD and BAEA websites
Confirming the presentation in the final programme
- Everyone listed on the abstract submission is expected to attend the conference as a presenter.
- In order to attend, all presenters must register and pay for the conference.
- The presenters are responsible for all costs associated with their participation in the event.
Venue: The Deaf Academy, 1 Douglas Ave, Exmouth EX8 2AU
Conference languages: English (and live captions) and British Sign Language (please ensure requests made for live captions and BSL are selected in booking form).
Captioning provided by Caption Connect
Delegate fee
Friday evening workshops – £30 per delegate
Saturday conference
- Early bird (members) £120
- Early bird (non members) £150
- Standard (members) £150
- Standard (non-members) £200
Early bird closes on 31st December 2024.
Purchase your ticket via this Eventbrite link.
Friday 21st March 2025 (4-7pm)
Delegates will have the opportunity to attend a series of hands-on, interactive workshops, led by commercial suppliers and community partners who will be exhibiting at our conference.
The workshops will run for 45 minutes, each hour between 4pm and 7pm. Delegates will be able to pre-select their workshops prior to the event.
A soup and bread supper will be provided.
Saturday 22 March 2025 (all day)
The Saturday will follow a standard BATOD Conference format with opening and closing keynotes and a selection of workshops/presentations.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Delegates will have the opportunity to visit exhibitors and network with peers in the deaf education community.
Further information can be found on the BATOD conference website page.
For any further questions please contact us: [email protected]
Sponsor/exhibitor pack is available via this link. Contact us via [email protected] for the booking link and more details.
Thank you to our sponsors
