The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia will be hosted at the Horton Grand Hotel in sunny San Diego, California, from Sunday, October 26 to Tuesday, October, 28th, 2025.
The conference reception will be held Monday October 27th on a cruise on San Diego Bay, followed by a welcome party.
 
This year’s keynote lecture will be given by Dr. Victor Ferreira, Professor of Psychology at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Ferreira is a renowned expert in the field of language processing and cognitive neuroscience with groundbreaking research on the lexical and syntactic mechanisms involved in language production, learning, and communication.
 
Abstract submission will open in Spring 2025. Abstracts should be submitted via the vFairs platform by May 20, 2025 at midnight (last time zone on Earth).
 
Abstract guidelines
Submission procedures. Abstracts (max. 500 words) must be submitted through the vFairs platform (link to follow). You will need to create an account to register with the platform. An individual can submit and participate in more than one abstract, but be listed as first author on only one submission.
 
Presentation types
This includes papers (i.e., platform and poster sessions) consisting of original research that has not yet been published and symposia (i.e., 3-4 platform sessions focusing on a common theme) consisting of original or previously published research. Platform session presenters will be required to attend and present onsite (in San Diego)Poster session presenters have the option to present onsite (in San Diego) or present in the online poster hall.
 
Templates 
All abstracts should conform to a specified template format (either for platform/poster or symposia). Please use the correct template to be considered for acceptance to the conference program.
 
Notification of acceptance
The Program Committee will e-mail a decision by July 31, 2025.

Program Committee: Aneta Kielar & Elena Barbieri (Co-Chairs), Rajani Sebastian, Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro (Vice-Chairs), Arpita Bose, Dan Roberts, Effy Ntemou, and Ran Li. 
Local Arrangements Committee: Stephanie Riès (Local Chair), Tracy Love, JoAnn Silkes, and Henrike Blumenfeld.