This is the theme we have chosen for the 8th World Congress. We want this to reflect our view that people who stutter can create their own place in society and not just be given the place that society thinks is theirs. It is for individuals who stutter, self-help groups and national associations to give voice to their aspirations and to make sure that PWS are able to achieve these ambitions. Creating a place in society means children making a place for themselves in their family and in their school, adults making themselves a place in work as well as in the complex web of inter-relationships that makes up society.

We would really like to have some examples of successful people who stutter, with photographs if possible. If you know of any, please send us a photo plus a few sentences about the person concerned.

	Rowan Atkinson (more) English comedian, actor and writer
	Slaven Bilić (more) Former Croatian football player and current coach of the Croatian national team
	Winston Churchill (more) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the World War II
	Noel Gallagher (more) Lead songwriter, guitarist and sometime lead-singer of the band Oasis
	Tomislav Gotovac (more) Film director, a conceptual artist and a performer
	Špiro Guberina (more) Croatian actor
	Samuel L. Jackson (more) Actor
	Renata Knez (more) SLP
	Marilyn Monroe (more) Actress, singer and model
	Sir Isaac Newton (more) English physicist, mathematician, astronomer...
	Ivona Orečić (more) PWS
	Valentina Radić (more) PWS
	Dino Radja (more) Former NBA player
	Željko Rohatinski (more) Governor of the Croatian National Bank (CNB)
	Darko Rundek (more) Croatian musician
	Marc Shell (more) Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English at Harvard University
	Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni (more) Croatian singer and songwriter
	Tonči Tadić (more) Member of Croatian Parliament
	Bruce Willis (more) Actor
	Tiger Woods (more) Professional golfer