The lecture is a memorial to Elizabeth Casson (1881–1954) in honour of her contributions to the profession of occupational therapy. The first woman to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Bristol in 1929, Elizabeth Casson specialised in psychiatry and introduced occupational therapy to England, setting up the first school of occupational therapy, Dorset House, in Bristol.

We award the lectureship to an RCOT member whose peers consider them to have made and be making a significant contribution to the profession’s development.

It is open to members and non-members and encourage you to invite friends and those interested in occupational therapy.

See our previous Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture speakers.

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The recording will be available after the lecture.

We will send the recording to all those who had a ticket. If you can't attend, book your space anyway to have the recording straight to your inbox once available.

He was nominated by Thérèse Lebedis and chosen by our Council. On making their choice, they said:

‘Council were very impressed with the outstanding field of nominations – as only eminent members of the profession are put forward for our Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture. We really value the perspectives and expertise of all the nominees, however, only one person can be selected each year.’

This is a rough agenda and subject to change

Good news for RCOT members

If you’re an RCOT member attending live – and you signed up using the same email address as your RCOT membership – you’ll see a CPD diary entry in your CPD portfolio shortly after the lecture has finished.

You’ll be able to complete the diary entry by adding your personal learning and reflections from this lecture whenever suits you best.

If you didn't attend live – within your CPD portfolio you can add a reflection to capture the insights gained from Dr Chung’s lecture. Just choose your preferred reflective model within the reflection section, and the text fields will auto-populate ready for you to complete.

Already a member?

Log into your CPD portfolio (a member benefit) to view and complete your automated CPD diary entry, or to add a reflection after watching the lecture back.

Not yet a member of RCOT?

Join us today and enjoy access to your very own CPD portfolio and all our other benefits.

Any questions about the CPD portfolio?

Please email prof.dev@rcot.co.uk

The lecture is being streamed via rcotcassonlecture2025.streameventlive.com/Login and you'll need to register as a 'New user'.

When you use the link on the night of the lecture, you’ll need to go to the registration page and in the 'Existing user?' form, enter the email address and password you originally used to register. 

If you have any issues please contact support@modstreaming.com 

The lecture starts at 6.30pm – we recommend logging in early and doing a system test.  Click on the 'System test' menu at the top of the page and click on the <Play> icon.

If you can see and hear the video, you should have no problems viewing the stream. 

If you have any issues (including logging in) please contact support@modstreaming.com

You can register to join at any time.

Go to: rcotcassonlecture2025.streameventlive.com/

You will need to complete your details, including your email, and set a new password in the 'New user? Please register to view' section.

The event will start promptly at 6.30pm. If you miss any, a recording will be shared after the event.

As the confirmation emails don't come from us, it might be in your spam/junk folder.

If you haven't received it, it's not a problem. You can access the lecture by going to the registration page https://rcotcassonlecture2025.streameventlive.com/

In the 'Existing user?' form, enter the email address and password you originally used to register.

Select 'I’ve forgotten my password' on the 'Existing user' form and you will be sent a reset password email. Follow the instructions in the email to reset your password.

If you haven’t received any instructions, please email support@modstreaming.com letting them know you haven’t received your password reset email.

Chrome is the preferred browser for viewing the lecture, but the stream will work with other web browsers.

It may be worth switching to the Google Chrome browser but you can also click on the 'System test' menu at the top of the page to view a full list of supported browsers.

Email support@modstreaming.com if you can't resolve the problem. The recording will be available after the lecture if there's anything you miss.

If you have a broken link or cannot access the webpage please contact technical support via email – support@modstreaming.com

You can send a message to everyone on the chat function.

You can also submit questions to our Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecturer, Dr Charlie Chung, during the live event.

He’ll answer as many as he can after the lecture. The option to submit questions will be available once the event is officially live.

You can use your mobile phone, computer or laptop to view the lecture and can use multiple devices to watch the stream.

The event will take place from 6.30pm, Wednesday 30 April 2025.

The event will last approximately 90 minutes. This includes introductions and closing.

You can log in any time before the lecture starts.

We will be sharing a recording of the event on our website at some point after the event – look out on social media and in Highlight for the recording too.

We will also send a copy directly to all those who have tickets to the event.