Access & Inclusion

Our overarching admissions policy is:

"The Occupational Therapy Show is a business event exclusively for healthcare, allied healthcare and public sector professionals working within the Occupational Therapy profession and final-year students. Our admission policy does not permit entrance to students in their preliminary years, and/or minors (under 18). There are no crèche facilities available at the show."

This has been our long-standing policy based on the following considerations:

• The Occupational Therapy Show is a business-to-business event for healthcare, allied healthcare and public sector professionals working within the Occupational Therapy profession and final-year students only.
• The exhibition floor is a crowded space with many potential hazards for young children.
• All delegates attending should be able to enjoy an undisrupted experience of the event, and in particular our educational programme.

If as an attendee you require assistance from a carer to support you at the show, please contact the team for us to best assist their registration to the show.

We are fully sympathetic to the demands on working parents who wish to attend the Occupational Therapy Show, and with that in mind, we are able to make the following exceptions to our admissions policy:

Parents/guardians of nursing babies/infants are allowed to attend the Occupational Therapy Show with their babies/infants under the following conditions:

• The nursing babies/infants should remain in their arms at all times.
• Nursing babies/infants should never be left unattended.
• Parents/guardians of nursing babies/infants should not ask or expect anyone else to supervise their children.
• Parents/guardians of nursing babies/infants may be politely asked to leave a conference session if the babies'/infants' presence is disrupting the session.
• Parent/guardians of nursing babies/infants bring their children to the event entirely at their own risk and responsibility.