The 2020 Early Years Summit:
Speech, Language and Communication
Watch online at your convenience from your own home
Why You Should Sign Up
The summit will start at 9am (UK time) on 1st June when the first 4 videos will be available.
After that, each day's videos are added at 9am AND the previous day's videos are still available.
So, by Saturday morning you'll have the whole summit to choose from.
Suitable for professionals, parents and carers.
Featured Speakers
June O'Sullivan MBE
CEO of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF)
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Dr Tiffany P Hogan
Director of SAiL and Professor at MGH Institute
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Elizabeth Jarman
Author and consultant
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Sue Fisher
Specialist consultant in Makaton
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Libby Hill
Speech and Language Therapist & consultant on Channel 4 'Born Naughty?'
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Dr Jessica Pitt
Lecturer in Music Education at The Royal College of Music
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Emma Tunnicliffe
Speech and Language Therapist
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Di Chilvers
Author and advisory consultant
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Dr Carla Solvason
Senior Lecturer at the University of Worcester
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Prof Julian Pine
Professor at the University of Liverpool & Director of LuCiD
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Greg Bottrill
Author and Consultant
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Dr Tanya Richardson
Senior Lecturer at the University of Northampton
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Nancy Stewart
Author and Consultant
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Karen Nemeth
Author, consultant and creator of CASTLE Approach
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Julie Cigman
Author and Consultant
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Dr Lakeisha Johnson
Assistant Professor University of the District of Columbia
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Dr Kelly Burgoyne
Lecturer at the University of Manchester
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Pennie Brownlee
Author and Consultant
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Nicola Lathey
Speech and Language Therapist and author
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Maggie Johnson
Author and Speech and language Therapist
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Fran Paffard
Senior Lecturer at the University of East London & The University of Cumbria
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Jean Gross CBE
Speaker & former English Government communication champion for children
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Justine Woolley
Speech and Language Therapist
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David Wright
Owner, Paint Pots Nurseries
"In her Early Years Summits, Kathy Brodie captures the best of current thinking, practice and research from those who not only have something important to contribute to our professional development but also demonstrate a passion to see children's lives improved. I have gained in my knowledge and outlook from every single item I have watched."
Your Host
Your host for the Summit is well known Early Years author and expert, Kathy Brodie.
She’s the author of multiple books on Early Years childcare and is the founder and organiser of the Early Years Summit and Early Years TV – the leading free online CPD resources for Early Years Practitioners and Educators globally.
She’s also created a number of online training courses covering Observation Assessment and Planning, Sustained Shared Thinking and Schematic play, which you can find here.
How Does It Work?
Frequently Asked Questions
First, you need to register for the summit using any of the "Get Your FREE Ticket" buttons.
Then when the summit starts you'll be sent an email every day with a link to a web page where you can watch the summit expert interview videos online.
The summit interviews can be viewed on any modern computer, tablet or phone.
The main requirement is that you have a fast enough internet connection for the videos to play. If you can watch youtube videos from your device then you should be fine to watch the summit videos too (and they'll be much more useful for you!)
If you buy the recordings you'll get lifetime access to watch the videos and will also be able to download them. You'll need a computer with enough hard disk space if you want to download the videos.
We encourage you to share details of the summit with your friends and colleagues so they can register to get access themselves.
We do ask, however, that you don't share copies of the recordings you buy. Payment entitles you to a copy of the recordings for use by one person only. If you are found in violation of this in any way (including, but not restricted to, intranet) your access to the videos will be terminated immediately, without notice and without refund.
If your colleagues or friends would like a copy of the recordings they'll need to buy themselves. We've made the price of the pass low so that hopefully everyone can afford to get a copy.
Please remember, the Early Years Summit is almost entirely funded by purchases of the recordings. If people share the recordings instead of purchasing them then the summit won't be able to continue.