Centennial Activities

ASHA is celebrating its Centennial Anniversary this year and the 2025 Convention will mark the occasion with special features throughout. Attend a Centennial Session or two, add your thoughts to the timeline, or connect with colleagues at one of the receptions!

Legacy Connections: Celebrating by the Decades

Thursday, November 20
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 3, South Prefunction Foyer

Celebrate ASHA’s Centennial with connection, community, and a whole lot of nostalgia! Join fellow attendees for a fun, casual gathering where you’ll meet others who entered the profession in the same decade as you. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just getting started, this is your moment to connect across generations, share stories, and celebrate your impact.

Closing Cheers: Celebrating 100 Years

Saturday, November 22
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Marriott Marquis Washington, DC, Level 2 (Multiple Rooms)

Gather with colleagues and friends to close out the 2025 ASHA Convention and celebrate ASHA’s 100th Anniversary. Let’s envision the possibilities for the next century of CSD together!

Future Timeline

Explore a century of achievements and milestones from the past 100 years and help shape the future by contributing your vision for the next 100 years on an interactive timeline.

Global Impact Map

Showcase the reach of our community by placing a marker on a U.S. and global map to represent where you’ve come from and highlight the collective impact of attendees worldwide.

Mosaic Experience

Become part of something bigger! Snap your photo on site and watch as it transforms into a collective image, illustrating the unity and diversity of our community.

Trivia Lane

Take a walk down memory lane on your way to the Opening General Session and test your knowledge with fun trivia about ASHA’s history.

Centennial Session Series 

The Convention Program Committee has selected a series of sessions that reflect our future-focused theme this year. Centennial sessions may focus on:

  • A mindset that transcends traditional thinking and foresees opportunities and challenges to shape industries and lead transformative initiatives.
  • The potential to make an impact or improve outcomes based on strong evidence at the patient, system, or discipline level.
  • Transformative research or clinical work that has dramatically enhanced practice or future research by contributing to new best practices, introducing new evidence, or reframing the thought processes of the professions.

Find the Centennial sessions in the ASHA Convention mobile app and Program Planner by using search filters.

Planet Word

925 13th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

Be sure to stop by Planet Word, the nation’s only museum dedicated to the power of words and language. Just a short walk from the Convention Center, this interactive museum brings language to life through cutting-edge technology and immersive exhibits.

Don’t miss the Word Finding and Aphasia digital installation—created in collaboration between ASHA and Planet Word in 2022—which explores the challenges of word retrieval and helps raise awareness about aphasia.

Planet Word is located in the historic Franklin School at 13th & K Streets NW. ASHA Convention attendees can show their badge at the welcome desk to gain entry—no advance reservation necessary—and explore the museum during regular open hours and while passes remain available. Don’t miss this inspiring celebration of language!

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About ASHA

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology assistants; and students.

About the Convention

The ASHA Convention is one of the largest professional development events for audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; and speech-language pathology and audiology assistants. Bringing together approximately 15,000 attendees, the annual Convention offers more than 2,500 sessions eligible for ASHA continuing education credit covering the latest research, clinical skills, and techniques in communication sciences and disorders.

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