Ahead Together presents: Transforming insight into ACTION for families living with brain injury
About the 2027 Ahead Together conference
For decades, research has documented the impact of acquired brain injury on families.
Learning from our previous Ahead Together events, our 2027 conference will focus on what to do with that knowledge.
Throughout the conference, leading brain injury professionals and family members will speak side-by-side to showcase interventions that work, innovations that have been developed inside everyday services, and changes that can be achieved without new funding – only new thinking.
Our 2027 Ahead Together 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, family members sharing their individual experiences of brain injury, and a host of other leading professionals from across the brain injury community.
Your hosts
- Tracy Norris-Evans – Partner, Head of Injury Division at RWK Goodman
- Dr Audrey Daisley – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at Daisley Neuropsychology
Keynote speaker
- Lemn Sissay – Poet, Memoirist, Playwright, Curator and Broadcaster
Session chairs
- Dr Mark Holloway – Senior Brain Injury Case Manager and Expert Witness at Head First
- Memoona Ahmed – Poet, Trainee Clinical Psychologist and sibling to a brain injury survivor
- Rob Kuschel – Director and Advanced Practitioner Case Manager at Mill Bay Case Management and Occupational Therapy, and sibling to a brain injury survivor
Guest speakers confirmed so far
- Shahid Khan (AKA Naughty Boy) – DJ, Record Producer, Music Programmer and Songwriter with lived experience of a family member with a brain injury
- Phill Gill – Managing Director at PLG
- Dr Shabnam Berry-Khan – Director of PsychWorks Associates, HCPC Clinical Psychologist and Case Manager
- Dr Nicholas Behn – NIHR Senior Research Fellow, City St Georges, University of London
- Dr Phil Butler – Independent Social Worker at Cognitive Connections
- Sam Galvin – Brain Injury Support Worker and Team Leader at Community Case Management
- Tricia Grout – Partner at RWK Goodman
- Bernadette Hurley – Founder & Executive Director at Moss-Rose Cottage and mother of a daughter with brain injury
- Keeley Lengthorn – Family Partner and Head of Public Law Children, London at RWK Goodman
Key conference details.
When
Thursday 6 May 2027
Time
09:00 – 17:00
(The conference will conclude with a drinks reception for all in-person guests at 17:00.)
Venue
The conference will take place at Rhodes House in central Oxford (Google Maps)
Ticket information
Price
Both in-person and virtual tickets are priced at £175 +VAT (This price is inclusive of all Eventbrite fees).
Purchasing tickets
Spaces at this event are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis. Both in-person and virtual tickets can only be purchased through our Eventbrite page linked below.
Post conference webinar
Included as part of your ticket to the 2027 Ahead Together conference, all guests will be invited to take part in the Ahead Together Post Conference Webinar, via Zoom at 10am on Thursday 7 October 2027.
Hosted by Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Gaby Parker, Ahead Together Founders Tracy Norris-Evans and Dr Audrey Daisley will share their key takeaways from the conference. Highlighting how speakers and guests have started to implement changes and transform insight into action.
Discounts
We understand the importance of ensuring balance with the affordability of tickets, whilst continuing to deliver a conference that provides valuable insight, the latest research, and practical resources.
Despite a considerable increase in hosting costs, we have done our best to keep ticket prices as low as possible, with only a minor increase in ticket prices, after the previous 2025 conference.
Whilst we will not be offering any discounts to the stated ticket price, we hope that you will agree that the conference still offers excellent value, and a unique opportunity to listen to and connect with leading brain injury professionals and family members whose lives have been impacted by brain injury.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact our Ahead Together team at [email protected]
Virtual guests
This is a fully hybrid event and guests have the option to attend virtually or in-person. For virtual attendees, the conference will be available via an exclusive live stream only. Please note that there will be no recording available to watch post event. Virtual guests will also be invited to participate in the post event reflections session.
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
- Physiotherapists
The Ahead Together 2027 Conference sponsored by...
Founded in 2012, PLG Consultants are specialists in accessible housing solutions for individuals with disabilities. Our journey began with two passionate co-founders and has since expanded into a dynamic team of experts in property, architecture, and accessibility, dedicated to delivering exceptional results.
Our mission is to support individuals living with disabilities in finding and transforming properties into homes tailored to their needs.
Transforming houses into homes
PLG are specialists in the provision of quality, accessible housing solutions for individuals with disabilities resulting from personal injury and medical negligence.
Based in London, Devon, and Leicestershire, we work wherever we’re needed across the UK, offering comprehensive services that manage the entire property process—from finding temporary rental accommodations to creating fully accessible forever homes. We take pride in investing the time to understand each client’s clinical needs and lifestyle, ensuring every home we create enhances their quality of life and provides a foundation for their future.
Book your place
In-person attendance
Join the conference in person to network with like-minded professionals. Your ticket includes tea/coffee breaks, lunch, and post-conference drinks reception in the iconic Rhodes House.
In addition to this attendees will also receive an invitation to our Virtual Roundtable session, providing an opportunity to share how learning has been put into practice following the 2027 conference.
Virtual attendance
Watch the conference via an exclusive live stream. Includes post-conference debrief session with other virtual attendees, led by Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Rachel Tams.
As with in-person guests virtual attendees will also be invited to attend our Virtual Roundtable session.
Please note: Spaces at the Ahead together conference are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis. As with previous conferences, tickets are expected to sell out. Please register as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment.
Poster competition.
Have you completed any family-focused:
- Research?
- Service developments?
- Quality improvement projects?
- Developed family resources?
How to enter
Guidance
What happens after I have submitted my abstract?
Contact us.
If you have any questions or require additional information about the 2027 Ahead Together conference, please email our Ahead Together team at [email protected]
More about the Untold Stories of brain injury.
Brain injury remains little understood by wider society.
In our Untold Stories Hub we share some of the hidden issues that come with brain injury and demonstrate how they affect individuals and their families.
