Date: 21 May 2025

Northamptonshire Acquired Brain Injury Forum

Venue: Shoosmiths, 5 The Lakes, Northmapton NN4 7SH

Website: www.ukabif.org.uk

Event Notes:

The Northamptonshire Acquired Brain Injury Forum are pleased be holding their annual conference entitled Making Sense(s) after Brain Injury.

9.15 Arrival, Registration and Coffee

9.45 Introduction to the day – Dr Keith Jenkins, Chair of Northamptonshire Acquired Brain Injury Forum

9.50 Touch and sensation after brain injury – Jon Graham, Physiotherapist, Physio Function

10.25 Lived experience – TBC

10.45 Smell and taste after brain injury – Helen Rhodes, engagement and education officer, Fifth Sense

11.20 Coffee/Tea and meeting the services/networking

11.50 Seeing with a brain injury – Neuro-Ophthalmologist TBC

12.30 LUNCH and visiting the exhibitors

1.15 Lived experience – TBC

1.40 Hearing and communication after brain injury – Megan Bingham, Speech & Language Therapist and Case Manager, Keystone Case Management

2.30 Sensory integration after brain injury – Sarah Hayes, Lead Occupational Therapist, Neuropsychiatry Division, St Andrew’s Healthcare

3.20 Closing Remarks and Questions

3.30 Close