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PLENARY SPEAKERS

Look at the amazing line up of keynote speakers and plenary panel discussions we have in store*:

*The programme may be subject to changes.

OUR STAMMERING TRIBE

Thursday 25th August

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Our Stammering Tribe plenary is kindly sponsored by YPO. YPO provides products and services to around 15,000 schools across the UK, ranging from pens and exercise books to energy and insurance service contracts.

On Thursday Hanan Hurwitz kicks off STAMMAFest Global 2022 talking about the community of people who stammer stretching around the globe. Many people who stammer, and their families, experience the effects of stigma related to stammering. This can make us feel unworthy, isolated, and perhaps even ‘defective’. Yet, when we come together, we can explore and properly understand stammering, resolving those unhelpful thoughts and beliefs.
Together we find our community, a place to openly discuss stammering. Together we find our tribe, a sense of family, belonging and support. Together we push back against the stigma, empowering ourselves and one another.

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BEAUTY IN STAMMERING

Friday 26th August

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Beauty in Stammering is kindly sponsored by Refinery who are one of the top 10 privately owned integrated marketing agencies.

Friday morning’s plenary session will be a fascinating discussion about stammering through the eyes of a panel of artists, writers and musicians.

Is there really beauty in stammering? Or is it just fools’ gold?

Come and listen, engage in the discussion, and see what you conclude at the end.

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WE WORK

Saturday 27th August

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We Work is kindly sponsored by the speech therapy app for stuttering, Stamurai.

Saturday’s plenary session is all about stammering at work. Leaders from professional stammering networks will discuss how they’ve connected with others across their sector and raised awareness of stammering at work.

Come and join the session to hear about some of the ways people who stammer are influencing employers, organisations and their colleagues for the better.

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CHANGING HOW THE WORLD SEES STAMMERING

Sunday 28th August

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Changing How the World Sees Stammering is kindly sponsored by City Lit. City Lit is the UK’s largest provider of courses for adults and has been providing support for adults who stammer or stutter for over 50 years.

We want to create a world where stammering is as established as wearing glasses. Where people can stammer openly without being judged. Where they don’t feel they have to hide their stammer to be accepted. Where they can access support should they want it. Where stammering is not mistaken for drunkenness, dishonesty, nervousness or weakness.

Join in the discussion and hear from speakers who are already pushing for change by challenging discrimination, lobbying those in power, and helping the public understand that stammering is simply the way some of us talk.

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