3PB Barristers sponsors law firm Royds Withy King’s brain injury “Ahead Together” UK conference
19th June 2019
3PB Barristers’ Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence teams are delighted to sponsor law firm Royds Withy King’s “Ahead Together” 2019 national conference, taking place at the iconic Rhodes House in Oxford on 12 September 2019. This inaugural conference will focus on family and professional relationships support after acquired brain injury.
This conference is for professional attendees, who will benefit from linking the latest clinical and research evidence with the personal accounts of families affected by brain injury.
Confirmed speakers include internationally recognised experts in the field and family members of brain injury survivors such as:
- Professor Jeffrey Kreutzer (PhD, ABPP, FACRM Rosa Schwarz Cifu Professor and Associate Chairman Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University; Director, Virginia Commonwealth TBI Model System)
- Dr Audrey Daisley – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist UK
- Dr Giles Yeates – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Couples Therapist, UK
- Dr Mark Holloway – Brain injury social worker UK
- Maggie Sargent – Brain Injury Case Manager and Co-ordinator of Silverlining
- Tracy Norris-Evans – Partner Royds Withy King and Head of Personal Injury UK
- Nicola Hughes – Chair of Headway Darlington and wife of brain injury survivor
- Nicky Wake – CEO Don’t Panic Projects and wife of brain injury survivor
- Rob Kuschel – Brain Injury Case Manager and brother of brain injury survivor
- Cerys Hughes – Child of a brain injury survivor
- John Keen – Parent of a brain injury survivor
The day promises to provide a wealth of learning and wisdom in understanding family needs after brain injury.
See below for more information on the conference and to book your Early Bird place
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