2016 ILCA Conference and Annual Meeting
20 – 23 July 2016
Celebrating Baby Friendly in the Hospital and Beyond: Helping Families Thrive Worldwide
Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers
Chicago, Illinois, USA

The 2016 International Lactation Consultant Association Conference, Celebrating Baby Friendly in the Hospital and Beyond: Helping Families Thrive Worldwide, is being held at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers from 20-23 July 2016. This four-day conference combines research and practice presentations with clinical and research skill development.

We invite you to consider speaking at the 2016 conference. The ILCA annual conference showcases speakers with exceptional expertise and presentation skills in order to provide quality information to attendees. ILCA’s Call for Proposals provides an opportunity for ILCA members and others in the maternal/child health community to submit presentation proposals to share their insights, expertise and research with colleagues.

If you are interested in submitting an abstract, please visit the Speaker Submission Site to learn more about 2016 presentation formats, submission categories, and submission guidelines (you can also find the speaker guidelines here). The site will be open until 30 October 2015 (US calendar and Eastern Standard Time). When the site closes, the Conference Program Task Force and Professional Development Committee will begin their blind review of submitted abstracts. Submitters will receive notification via email by 30 November as to whether their work has been selected for presentation.

Submit your abstract HERE.

If you have any questions about the submission process or if you submit an abstract and do not receive email notification by 30 November, please contact us at info@ilca.org.