Conference Agenda

Sunday

Thursday

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Registration
(Pre-Function Area)
2:00 PM – 9:00 PM Chapter Leader Training
(Rio Grande)

Friday

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Chapter Leader Training
(Rio Grande)
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Registration
(Pre-Function Area)
11:00 AM Exhibit Hall Opens
(Pre-Function Area)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Welcome and Lunch Reception
(Rio Grande)
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Keynote – Hermine Hayes- Klein
Claiming the Right to Respectful Support in Childbirth
(Rio Grande)
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Break
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM General Session – Dr. Joshua Johannson
(Rio Grande)
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Break
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
Wendy Foster
Cesarean Survival
Essentials: Restorative
Movement and More for the First Six Weeks
(Murray)
Nicette Jukelevics
How Maternity Care Professionals and Birth Advocates Can Implement The VBAC Education Project to Empower Mothers and Support VBAC
(Rio Grande)
Susan Petrus
Every Birthing Woman Deserves a Dedicated, Objective, Understanding, Labor Assistant: Community Doulas in Action
(La Plata)
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner on your own
7:00 PM – 8:30PM General Session – Panel Discussion – Collaborative Care
Panelists: Henci Goer, Pam England, Nicette Jukelevics, Dr. Joshua Johannson & Shafia Monroe
Moderator: Pam Udy
(Rio Grande)
8:30 PM – 10:00 PM Social Hour
(Rio Grande)

Saturday

6:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast on your own
8:00 AM Exhibit Hall Opens
(Pre-Function Area)
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM General Session – Pam England
The Homecoming Map
(Rio Grande)
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Breakout Sessions
Maureen Campion
Healing Birth Stories
(Murray)
Pam Udy
Birth and Politics
(Rio Grande)
Kerry Jenni
Acupuncture in Pregnancy and Postpartum
(La Plata)
11:15 AM – 11:30AM Break
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Lunch Reception
(Rio Grande)
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Keynote – Henci Goer
The Case for Planning VBAC
(Rio Grande)
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Break
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
Pamela Vireday (Kmom)
CBAC and Beyond: Help and Healing for Birth Trauma
(Rio Grande)
Roanna Rosewood
Claim the Courage to Birth
(Murray)
Karen Troy
Understanding Clinical Research: Data, Statistics, and Study Quality
(La Plata)
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner on your own
7:00 PM – 11:30 PM Mom Prom (Separate Ticket Purchase Required)
(Amazon)

Sunday

6:00 AM – 10:00 AM Breakfast on your own
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Keynote – Holly Smith
California’s Project to Reduce Cesarean: Key Clinical Strategies for Success
(Rio Grande)

All weekend

Our Voices Room
(Nile 2)
The Our Voices room had its genesis in Syracuse for the 25th anniversary conference. Intended as a quiet, “sacred” space to process their birth experiences, women have added their words, art and items as part of an evolving creation that is part art installation, part ICAN history capsule. Materials are provided for all to come and add their own Voice to this unique ICAN experience. Krista Cornish Scott has facilitated this room since its “birth” and will have the room open from the beginning of the conference until late Sunday morning when it will be lovingly packed up and treasured until the next appearance at a conference.
 ICAN Store
(Nile 1)
Stop by the ICAN Store for brochures, conference t-shirts, collectible conference pins, and other ICAN Swag. The room will be open during breaks.
Silent Auction
(Nile 1)
Be sure to stop by during the breaks to check out our silent auction items and place your bid. The room will be open during breaks.

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