Date: 08 May 2025

Ahead Together Families after Brain Injury: Reclaiming Hope

Venue: Rhodes House, South Parks Road. Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3RG United Kingdom

Website: www.ukabif.org.uk

Event Notes:

What is the role of hope in the family experience after brain injury?

This question is at the heart of the next Ahead Together Conference. Family members and brain injury professionals will once again share the stage to bring you moving and inspiring narratives, the latest research, and practical resources.

Join us in May 2025 as we navigate the complexities of hope, and reflect on whether it is an overlooked asset in transforming families’ lives after brain injury.

Ahead Together 2025 speakers

Our line-up of speakers includes our regular experts who will bring fresh insights and new facets of their knowledge of the ABI field, as well as some new faces.

Our speakers:

  • Tracy Norris-Evans – Head of Injury, RWK Goodman
  • Dr Audrey Daisley – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Connect Neuropsychology and OUHNHSFT
  • Dr Rachel Clarke – NHS Palliative Care Doctor and Sunday Times Bestselling Author
  • Dr Cliodhna Carroll – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Specialist Paediatric Psychologist
  • Vicki Gilman – Chair of BABICM and Managing Director, Social Return Case Management
  • Dr Alan Gray – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Dawn Greenaway – Mother of a brain injury survivor
  • Chloe Hayward – Executive Director of UKABIF
  • Dr Mark Holloway – Senior Brain Injury Case Manager and Expert Witness
  • Nicola Hughes – Business consultant & wife of a ABI survivor
  • John Keen – Father of a brain injury survivor
  • Dr John Ling – Nurse Consultant, King’s College Hospital Brain Injury Team
  • Dr Gaby Parker – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Royal Free London NHS Trust & Allied Neuro Therapy Ltd
  • Dr Penny Trayner – Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychologist, DJ and radio presenter
  • Lisa Turan – Chief Executive Officer, Child Brain Injury Trust

Who should attend?

The conference is aimed at professionals in the field of acquired brain injury, including:

  • clinical neuropsychologists
  • clinical psychologists
  • clinical and health psychologists
  • counsellors and psychological therapists working in brain injury settings
  • doctors in neurorehabilitation
  • neurology and neurorehabilitation nurses
  • case managers
  • social workers
  • occupational therapists
  • speech and language therapists
  • academics
  • brain injury professionals within charitable organisations
  • rehabilitation nurses