1:30pm-3:00pm

Registrations & Exhibition

Register and come and explore all that the exhibition hall will have to offer

3:00pm-3:15am

Rhea Dempsey - MC

Welcome

3:15pm-4:15pm

Keynote

Janinne Gliddon 

Aboriginal Doulas for Aboriginal women; isn’t it about time Aboriginal women got the support they deserve?

4:15pm-5:00pm

Tanya Cawthorne

At the Edge of Autonomy:

Freebirth, Doulas and the Changing Landscape of Birth

5:00pm-6:30pm

Practice in Focus

Connect with doula schools and what other trainers may have to share

6:30pm-9:00pm

Optional Fundraiser Dinner

Looking for some dinner plans? Join us downstairs for a fundraiser dinner for Birth for Humankind.

8:30am-9:00am

Registrations & Connect

For Saturday only registrations and a time for a cuppa and connect

9:00am-9:30am

Rhea Dempsey - MC

Welcome

9:30am-10:30am

Keynote

Liz Newnham

Embodying Change:

Reimagining birth through relationships of care

11:00am-11:45am

Jess Permezel

Beyond Inclusion:

Affirming Perinatal Care for LGBTQIA+ Families

11:45am-12:30pm

Ashleigh Dodd

Honouring Birth, Honouring Death:

Reimagining the role of the doula across the full spectrum of life

11:00am-12:30pm

Bernadette Lack

Becoming Regulated:

Working with your own nervous system to bring change into focus

11:00am-12:30pm

Vicki Hobbs

Stronger Together:

Creating Balance Between Midwifery and Doula Care

1:30pm-2:15pm

Janine Shifman & Dr Laura Whitburn

From Cocoon to Coping:

Reframing Labour Pain as Intrinsic and Extrinsic Transformation

2:15pm-3:00pm

Gabrielle Brennan

Re-discovering the Key to Optimal Fetal Positioning

1:30pm-3:00pm

Nicole Lloyd

Helping Her Find Her Voice:

SoundBirth Skills for Doulas

1:30pm-3:00pm

Georgia Adams

Touch Literacy for Birth Workers

3:30pm-4:15pm

Dr Rosemary Listing

After the System Moves On:

Postpartum Support Following Traumatic Birth

4:15pm-5:00pm

Sue Lee

Homeopathics for Birth

3:30pm-5:00pm

Sophie Jeffries & Rachel Penn

Beyond Survival: 

Trauma-Informed Support for Families After Birth

3:30pm-5:00pm

Katherine Eden

Sacred and Sustainable:

An Honest Conversation on Doula Business

5:00pm-5:30pm

Claire Tonti

9:00am-9:15am

Rhea Dempsey - MC

Welcome

9:15am-10:00am

Melissa Miceli

Shapeshifting in Motherhood: 

Bringing Maternal Transformation into Focus

10:00am-10:45am

Fertile Ground Panel

Panel Becoming through IVF

11:15am-12:15pm

Keynote

Nadine Richardson

The Red Thread:

Birth, memory and the beauty in becoming