​CARDIFF 9.10.2025 CAERDYDD
AVIGuk CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE AND PRE-CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Come and join us in Cardiff on the 9.10.25, at the All Nations Centre, for our much anticipated, next International Conference!
Read more celebrated keynotes, workshops, and learn about our free pre-conference events on the 8.10.25 at the Holland House Hotel by Sunday. Please note that the pre-conference and conference events are at different venues!
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​We are also hosting SOCIALS on the 8th and 9th, scroll down to find out more! See VISIT WALES to get help finding accommodation in Cardiff. Do come to our most connecting conference yet!
8.10.25 PRE-CONFERENCE 3 FREE EVENTS
The day before the conference, 8.10.25, at the Holland House Hotel Cardiff by Sunday, we have 3 free events for you. The first is a Supervisor or Practitioner Afternoon (1.30-5pm), the second is a networking/connecting event (5-6pm) and the finale is a choir performance (6-6.30pm). Please come along and join us for all or some of these events. Tickets for the Practitioner/Supervisor event must be done ahead of time, using the link above. The timetable for the pre-conferences event can be found above. Please note the pre-conference events are at a different event space to the conference itself!
9.10.25 CONFERENCE
CYNHADLEDD
OPENING ADDRESS
CYFEIRIAD AGORIADOL
Opening our conference, we're delighted to have Dr Cerith Waters, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with a speciality in child and adolescent and perinatal mental health. Cerith completed training in VIG in 2020, going on to secure funding to train staff and embed VIG in perinatal and maternity mental health services in Cardiff and surrounding areas. Alongside clinical practice, Cerith is the director of research for Clinical Psychology Doctoral trainees on the South Wales Programme in Clinical Psychology. Cerith is passionate about early intervention and prevention, and he leads a programme of research developing and testing interventions for the treatment of mental health conditions in parents and children.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
SIARADWY ALLWEDDOL
Professor Liz Todd was recently awarded an OBE for services to children and young people. She is an AVIGuk supervisor and trainer, a core member of our Research and Publishing Advisory Group, and co-editor of two of the leading VIG books - Video Interaction Guidance: A Relationship-Based Intervention to Promote Attunement, Empathy and Wellbeing and Video Enhanced Reflective Practice: Professional Development through Attuned Interactions. Liz has spent her career endeavouring to make life fairer for children and young people.​
​​Dr Alain Gregoire is the former Chair, and now Honorary President of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. Alain is a member of the NICE Guideline Development Group for Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health, contributing to the development of policy, guidance, and clinical services in the UK and abroad. He is determined to ensure that all women have access to care for their mental health which is at least as good as the care available for their physical health during pregnancy and postnatally.​
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
GWEITHDAI CYNHADLEDD
Please click here, to see a full list of all the conference workshop titles, speakers, timings and overviews. Conference ticket holders will receive an email so that they can select their workshop preferences, please respond ASAP. Ticket sales close 29.9.25, don't miss out!
TRAVEL TIPS
AWGRYMIADAU TEITHIO
We've had some feedback, that not everyone has realised that the pre-conference events are at a different venue to the conference itself! The pre-conference events (8.10.25) are all at Holland House By Sunday whilst the actual conference day (9.10.25) is at All Nations Centre. Good news, the after-party is at the Academy Whitchurch Road - a venue <5 mins walk from the All Nations Centre! Reminder you will need to arange your own transport to and from the events. However, our Events Team, will send out some travel tips to ticket holders.
And now for just the fun bit....
​​8.10.25: Straight after the practitioner and supervisor events, we're hosting a FREE networking and social event. Come along to the Holland House Hotel Cardiff by Sunday and join us, meet your VIG Community! A Welsh choir will perform from 6 pm. The hotel has a restaurant and bar, if you'd like to book yourself a table, please contact or email them directly.
​​9.10.25: Come and join us straight after the conference, at Academy Whitchurch Road, for an informal evening, after the conference (approx 6-10pm). We're hoping to put on a live Welsh music event that evening... LIMITED TICKETS, so don't miss this chance to connect with others from our VIG community!