AVIGuk International Conference - Cardiff 2025

We're delighted to invite you to our much anticipated, 2025 AVIGuk International Conference, at the fantastic location of Cardiff!

Conference Venue: All Nations Centre, Sachville Avenue, Neath, Cardiff, CF14 3NY.

This will be a great opportunity for us all to connect in person, whilst enjoying a rich day of key note speakers, inspiring workshops and posters.  We aim to share with you all, the myriad of ways that VIG has been shown to be effective and inclusive, in the UK and internationally.

Ahead of our conference this year, we will also be hosting FREE supervisor and practitioner events on the afternoon of Wednesday 8th October. Tickets for these events will be available separately and promise another opportunity to connect and share.  For more information, please use this LINK.

Conference Cost: Early bird tickets on sale until 31st July 2025 - AVIGuk Member - £140, Non Member - £160

We have 2 fantastic keynote speakers this year and here is a brief introduction:

Dr Alain Gregoire

Dr Alain Gregoire is the former Chair, and now Honorary President of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA). Alain is a member of the NICE Guideline Development Group for Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health and has contributed 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.

Professor Liz Todd

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. Professor Todd has spent her career endeavouring to make life fairer for children and young people.

And opening this year's conference for us, we welcome:

Dr Cerith Waters

Dr Cerith Waters is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with a speciality in child and adolescent and perinatal mental health.  Cerith completed training in Video Interaction Guidance in 2020 and went 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.  

Further Information about costs and booking your ticket:
* On the booking form, members should use the same email they use on the learning platform.
** Please note that the Early Bird ticket rates close on 31st July 2025 and tickets bought after this date will be at the following rates:

AVIGuk Member - £170 / Non-Member - £190

All TICKET SALES will CLOSE on Monday 29th September 2025.

This year we are offering a GROUP RATE when you purchase 10 tickets in 1 transaction, you will receive a 10% discount.  Please just email: events@videointeractionguidance.net after your purchase, to let us know your order number so that we can arrange a 10% discount on your invoice.

As a Charity, we would greatly appreciate all invoices being paid promptly to reduce administration costs in chasing outstanding monies.  

Further information about the conference will be available on the AVIGuk website in due course - www.videointeractionguidance.net