The Second China International Conference on Speech Therapy will be held from June 27-29, 2009 in Beijing, P.R. China, as an international conference of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Rehabilitation Medical Doctor Branch, the Beijing Rehabilitation Medical Association, Hearing and Speech Branch, and the University of Minnesota Duluth. The major purpose of this conference is bring together speech-language pathologists, and related clinical rehabilitation professionals from China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, and the United States to discuss clinical applications dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of speech, hearing, language, and swallowing disorders.