Our Voices, Our Stories: Speak Your Own Adventure

This year’s conference will be a multi-day, in-person event at the Lord Elgin hotel in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Friday

7:00PM - 10:00PM EDT

Meet and Greet

St. Laurent

Saturday

8:00AM - 9:00AM EDT

Breakfast

Pearson

9:00AM - 10:15AM EDT

Opening Session / Keynote

Pearson | Joze Piranian

10:15AM - 10:45AM EDT

Break

Upper Lobby

10:45AM - 11:45AM EDT

Be Brave: Adventures With a Stutter

St. Laurent | Gifton Duffy

Personal Story

Finding Empowerment Through Spoken Word Poetry: A Workshop for People Who Stutter

Quebec | Rodrigue Ndzana, Berenice Mengo

Interactive

Let's Break the Ice!

Laurier | Alexandra D'Agostino, Caroline Bredeson, Kyle Pratt, Rhea Bhalla

Interactive Children/Youth

11:45AM - 1:15AM EDT

Lunch

Upper Lobby / Pearson

1:15PM - 2:15PM EDT

Breaking the Ice: Embracing Authenticity in Dating

Pearson | Anna Nissen, David Marcotte

Panel

Freedom through music...because you don't stutter when you sing (& drum building)

St. Laurent | Maria Steller, Shirley Steller

Personal Story Interactive

A Reading of Poetry About Stuttering

Macdonald | Ryan Cowley

Topical

The "Voice": Speaking Through Sounds and Stories

Laurier | Kyle Pratt, Rhea Bhalla

Children/Youth

2:15PM - 2:45PM EDT

2:45PM - 3:45PM EDT

Parents' Roundtable

St. Laruent | Eeva Stierwalt

Women Who Stutter - Let's Talk

Macdonald | Lisa Wilder (Facilator)

The Journey of Acceptance

Quebec | Obim Okongwu

Topical

Let's draw comics!

Laurier | Daniele Rossi

Interactive Children/Youth

4:00PM - 5:00PM EDT

Tell People that I Stutter...? WHY???

Pearson | Tom Scharstein

Topical

Teens and Young Adults Speed Friending!

St. Laurent | Alexandra D'Agostino

Interactive

Meet the Authors

Macdonald | Carla Di Domenicantonio (Moderator)

Panel

Dare to challenge yourself

Quebec | Myriam Fauteux

Topical

Laughter Yoga

Laurier | Caroline Bredeson

Interactive Children/Youth

5:00PM - 6:00PM EDT

Open Mic

Quebec

Interactive

7:00PM - 11:00PM EDT

Banquet

Pearson

Sunday

8:00AM - 9:00AM EST

Breakfast

Pearson

9:00AM - 10:15AM EST

Welcome / Keynote

Pearson | Daniel Allen Cox

10:15AM - 10:45AM EST

10:45AM - 11:45AM EST

Stigma in Mental Health and Stuttering

Pearson | Gerald Maguire, MD, Ryan Cowley

Research

What Would You Ask? Young Adults Panel for Parents

St. Laurent | Alexandra D'Agostino (Moderator)

Panel

Strut Your Stutt Stutt

Quebec | Bhavna Bakshi

Youth Improv With Us!

Laurier | Sam Dunsiger

Interactive Children/Youth

11:45AM - 1:15PM EST

Lunch

Upper Lobby / Pearson

1:15PM - 2:15PM EST

Stuttering on the Job: Navigating Workplace Realities

Pearson | David Marcotte, Anna Nissen

Topical

The Journey from Fear to Acceptance

St. Laurent | Mary Wood

Topical

Draw Your Own Speaking Adventure

Macdonald | Daniele Rossi

Interactive

Challenging Stigma, Celebrating Diversity

Quebec | Genevieve Lamoureux, Dr. Joshua St. Pierre

Topical

Family Matters: Connecting Parents and Their Children

Laurier | Alexandra D'Agostino, Eeva Stierwalt

Children/Youth

2:15PM - 2:45PM EST

Break

Upper Lobby

2:45PM - 3:45PM EST

No Fixing Required: My Stutter is My Pride

Pearson | Ryan Cowley

Personal Story

Stuttering and Parenthood

St. Laurent | Carla Di Domenicantonio (Moderator)

Panel

Stuttering, medias and "fake news"

Macdonald | Audrey Bigras

Topical

Stuttering Jeopardy!

Laurier | Rhea Bhalla

Interactive Children/Youth

4:00PM - 5:00PM EST

Open Mic / Closing Remarks

Pearson

Interactive

Last updated: 2023-09-04