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  • Friday, Nov 7th
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Ready to Respond: Essential Skills for Lactation Support Providers in Disaster Relief
    Location: Palma Ceia 2
    Speaker: Love M. Anderson – Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities
    Speaker: Julia F. Bourg – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute
     CE: 1.5 CERPs
  • Friday, Nov 7th
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Simulations to Enhance Breastfeeding/chestfeeding competencies
    Location: Palma Ceia 3-4
    Speaker: Bonnie L. Higgins – PENN MEDICINE
     CE: 1.5 CERPs
  • Friday, Nov 7th
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Strategies for Supporting the Breastfed Infant Needing Supplementation and Refusing Bottle Teats
    Location: Esplanade 1
    Speaker: Susan Howard – Arlington Lactation & Feeding Therapy
     CE: 1.5 CERPs
  • Friday, Nov 7th
    1:45 PM - 3:15 PM ET
    Implementing the BFHI Competency Verification Toolkit: Workshop for Foundational Skills
    Location: Palma Ceia 3-4
    Speaker: Linda J. Smith – Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd.
     CE: 1.5 CERPs
  • Saturday, Nov 8th
    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Policy Change for Building More Resilient First Food Systems
    Location: Bayshore 4-7
    Speaker: Cecilia Tomori, PhD, MA – Johns Hopkins School of Nursing & Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Saturday, Nov 8th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM ET
    Strengthening Lactation Support Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Model for Breastfeeding Medicine Physicians and IBCLCs
    Location: Bayshore 4-7
    Speaker: Miena Hall
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Saturday, Nov 8th
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Rethinking How We Build Capacity for Skilled Lactation Support
    Location: Bayshore 4-7
    Speaker: Larry Grummer-Strawn, PhD, MPA, MA – World Health Organization
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Saturday, Nov 8th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Consensus-based Breastfeeding Practices: A Multidisciplinary Delphi Approach from Colombia with Global Relevance
    Location: Palma Ceia 2
    Speaker: Nancy M. Bernal, N/A – Hospital Infantil Universitario de San José
    Speaker: Maria M. Pulido – Hospital Infantil Universitario de San José y Clínica de la Mujer
    Speaker: Maria Emilia Contreras – Clínica de la Mujer
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Saturday, Nov 8th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    How to Teach Bio-nurturing Bottle Feeding to Protect Breastfeeding/chest Feeding and Support Infant Development, Comfort, and Bonding
    Location: Palma Ceia 3-4
    Speaker: Dawnita Wicks – Founder of Woman2Woman Nursing, A Nursing Corporation
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Sunday, Nov 9th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Ripple Effects Mapping: Visualizing Impacts from a Grassroots Effort to Support Safe Infant Feeding After Hurricane Helene
    Location: Palma Ceia 3-4
    Speaker: Stephanie L. Martin – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Speaker: Kathy Parry – Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute
    Speaker: Catherine S. Sullivan – Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Sunday, Nov 9th
    10:10 AM - 11:10 AM ET
    Empowering Lactation Professionals: Leveraging the 2025 WHA Resolution to Tackle Digital Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
    Location: Palma Ceia 3-4
    Speaker: Lisa R. Mandell, MBA, IBCLC – International Lactation Consultant Association
    Speaker: Catherine Pereira-Kotze – South African Medical Research Council
    Speaker: Zoe Faulkner – ILCA
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Sunday, Nov 9th
    10:10 AM - 11:10 AM ET
    Exclusive Pumping: New Research and Approaches
    Location: Bayshore 4-7
    Speaker: Nancy Mohrbacher – Nancy Mohrbacher Solutions, Inc.
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Sunday, Nov 9th
    10:10 AM - 11:10 AM ET
    Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Lactation and Breastfeeding Support
    Location: Esplanade 3
    Speaker: Jessica de Souza – Digital Health Technologies Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering - Medical Devices and Systems, University of California San Diego
    Speaker: Kristina Chamberlain – https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/courses-and-programs/lactation-and-perinatal-education
    Speaker: Bárbara Tideman Sartorio Camargo – Department of Women's Health Nursing / Escola Paulista de Enfermagem / Universidade Federal de São Paulo
    Speaker: Kelly Pereira Coca – Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Sunday, Nov 9th
    10:10 AM - 11:10 AM ET
    Share What You Know, Shape Where We Go: A Masterclass in Publishing Your Clinical Pearls with JHL
    Location: Palma Ceia 2
    Speaker: Jill R. Demirci, PhD, RN, IBCLC – University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing; JHL
    Speaker: Ellen M. Chetwynd, PhD MPH IBCLC – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Teaching Babies to Nurse
    Speaker: Kathryn Wouk, PhD, MS, IBCLC – PIRE
    Speaker: Nicola Singletary, PHD MAT IBCLC – NC State University
     CE: 1 CERPs
  • Sunday, Nov 9th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Closing Plenary Panel: The Code as an Integral Pillar of Breastfeeding Support
    Location: Bayshore 4-7
    Speaker: Lisa R. Mandell, MBA, IBCLC – International Lactation Consultant Association
    Speaker: Larry Grummer-Strawn, PhD, MPA, MA – World Health Organization
    Speaker: Cecilia Tomori, PhD, MA – Johns Hopkins School of Nursing & Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Speaker: Ellen M. Chetwynd, PhD MPH IBCLC – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Teaching Babies to Nurse
     CE: 1.0 CERPs