All new online conference format goes far beyond live streaming to bring you the clinical skills you need, connect you with the #ILCA17 community, and build your changemaker toolbox.
What’s New at #ILCA17 Virtual Conference:
LEARNING: More than DOUBLE the continuing education of previous live streaming events. 14 Continuing Education Units will be available for the Virtual Conference.
CONNECTION: BUILD RELATIONSHIPS with the entire #ILCA17 community and join our Online CONNECT Community, exclusively for conference attendees. Chat with both face-to-face and virtual participants, get your questions answered by participating speakers, and find and share resources on the topics discussed at the conference.
BUILD THE SESSIONS YOU NEED: In addition to the scheduled sessions, #ILCA17 virtual attendees get FREE additional continuing education. Choose the content YOU need most by adding one additional credit from our on-demand learning in the Knowledge Center.
LIVE OR ON YOUR TIME: Participate LIVE or watch on YOUR time – 90 full days of ACCESS to your content.
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Virtual Conference Highlights:
- SEVEN plenary speakers: Arun Gupta, Sharon Unger, Anita Moorhead, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Doris Fok, Fedro Peccatori, and Marcus Stahlhofer
- TWO concurrent sessions: Lactation and Medications: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Making Hard Decisions and When Evidence Changes Practice: Building a Skill Set for Interpreting and Applying Lactation Research
- ONE workshop session: Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula: A Review of over 2000 Client Records from 2013-2016
- ILCA Annual General Meeting
- The Global Partners Panel: Furthering the Global Breastfeeding Agenda through Local, National, Regional, and International Advocacy
- Lots of exclusive Virtual Conference content during break times
Equity Access Pricing:
ILCA is committed to ensuring the lactation community has access to #ILCA17, even in low-resource countries. Live streaming pricing is based on the same equity pricing model as our annual membership dues:
Category A: Standard/Clinical Members – $165, Students/Breastfeeding Supporters – $89, Retired – $66
Category B: Standard/Clinical Members – $32, Students/Breastfeeding Supporters – $19, Retired – $13
Category C: Standard/Clinical Members – $8, Students/Breastfeeding Supporters – $5, Retired – $4
Category D: Standard/Clinical Members – $4, Students/Breastfeeding Supporters – $2, Retired – $2
Non-Member Pricing: $241
To find which category your country is in, click here.
FREE registration for the #ILCA17 Virtual Conference winner announced!
Thank you to all those who left comments on Lactation Matters and in this ILCA Facebook post letting us know from whom you are most looking forward to learning during the #ILCA17 Virtual Conference!
Congratulations to our contest winner Barbara Murray! Barbara will have the opportunity to learn from her top picks, Anita Moorhead and Sharon Unger, as well as participate in the rest of our #ILCA17 Virtual Conference lineup.
Not a contest winner? Watch your inbox on 20 June for a special 10% discount code off registration for everyone who participated. See the complete #ILCA17 Virtual Conference agenda online by visiting our website!
Doris Fok
(Marcus Stahlhofer, BSc, MSc)
I’d love to see Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing (DAME): A Randomised Controlled Trial by Anita Moorhead.
Alice Farrow, IBCLC – Gender Diversity, Language, and Inclusion for Lactation Specialists
Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing by Anita Moorhead
I would like to hear Anita Moorhead and her lecture diabetes and antenatal milk expeession.
It is a hot practical topic ,worth hearing.
I would be honored to hear, MARCUS STAHLHOFER, BSc, MSc (Switzerland)
Protecting Families from Misleading Marketing Practices: Accountability through Human Rights, if I were chosen for the virtual conference.
I agree with you 100% Rachel!
I would love to hear Sonia Semenic, RN, PhD
Bridging the research-practice gap.
Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing by Anita Moorhead
I am hoping to see Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula by Dale Hansson.
That sounds like a great topic as I get a lot of clients here at WIC w/ that problem, and not enough info as to why it may be beneficial now and in the future.
Anita Moorhead
This was a difficult decision to make because I’m excited to hear all of the presentations. Furthering the Global Breastfeeding Agenda through Local, National, Regional, and International Advocacy (Arun Gupta, MD, FIAP; Zoe Faulkner, BA (Hons), IBCLC®; Rosalie Sarasua, MA, IBCLC®). Looking forward to all of the amazing speakers!
I am really looking forward to what comes from the Global Partners Panel…what could be more important than all of us working together to the same ends! Happy breastfed babies around the world…
Anita Moorhead, diabetes ant antenatal milk expression
Dale Hanson: Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula
Dale Hansson. Tongue and lip ties are so controversial.
Exited for all the #ILCA17 speakers!! Looking forward to hearing Marcus Stahlhofer.
Looking forward to Arun Gupta’s talk 🙂
Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula by Dale Hansson
Dale Hasson and Arun Gupta
Looking forward to Dale Hansson for #ilca17
These all sound very good – but I am especially drawn to Genae Strong’s presentation, “When Evidence Changes Practice: Building a Skill Set for Interpreting and Applying Lactation Research”
Would love to hear what Dale Hanson has to say about ties. This is a hot topic here among moms I am seeing.
Alice Farrow, IBCLC – Gender Diversity, Language, and Inclusion for Lactation Specialists
Would love to see Hansson’s Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula
Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula by Dale Hansson
Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expression, Anita Moorhead
breast cancer and breastfeeding by Fedro Peccaton.
Genae Strong’s presentation, “When Evidence Changes Practice: Building a Skill Set for Interpreting and Applying Lactation Research” calls to me because keeping up with and integrating into practice the amount of new information is challenging.
All of the speakers have something great to offer, and we can learn and benefit from them all! With that said, Sonia Semenic, RN, PhD (Canada) and
“Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Contextual Influences on Evidence-Based Lactation Support.”
It would be really interesting to hear findings in regards to her research program: “enhancing the uptake of evidence-based care, with a special interest in breastfeeding support” and learning what were “the barriers and facilitators to implementing the Baby-Friendly Initiative in different health care contexts; women’s needs and experiences related to primary care BF support;” and how “their communities of practice enhance KT capacity in nursing.” I work as a Lactation RN with a diverse patient population, which include different socioeconomic backgrounds. I am passionate about implementing best practice for the sustainment and support of breastfeeding.
Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing by Anita Moorhead
The Evidence for Human Donor Milk by Sharon Unger
Would love to hear these talks!!
I would love to hear Sharon Unger speak about donor human milk. It is an important global health issue and I am finding that more and more parents are requesting the use of human donor milk for their infants.
I am excited to watch Anita Moorhead giving an update on the DAME Trial. I have myself spoken at a previous ILCA conference concerning my own positive findings regarding ante-natal expression of colostrum in my previous hospital and am very interested to see whether the DAME Trial achieves similar results.
Excited for Anita Moorhead’s talk about Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing.
Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing by Anita Moorhead. Delayed lactogenesis II is a real barrier to many women in my practice. I’d definitely like to hear more about DAME.
I’m looking forward to hearing When Evidence Changes Practice: Building a Skill Set for Interpreting and Applying Lactation Research. As a librarian in my first career, I believe research is so important to understanding how we practice.
I am looking forward to the session on Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula.
I have difficulty choosing. I’m excited to hear all. More importantly, Arun Gupta’s talk, Dale hansson and.sonia semenic
Excited for Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual. Counselling parents through this decision making is my daily practise and I would love the opportunity to add more!
I am very interested to hear Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula: A Review of over 2000 Client Records from 2013-2016 (Dale Hansson, RN, Dip Breastfeeding Management, Breastfeeding Counsellor [ABA], IBCLC)!
I am quite interested in all the speakers but in particular “Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula” as this is an area which is great contention in my community. I receive a lot of referrals from treating providers and parents seeking assistance so I am always open to hearing new perspectives and gathering more information.
Rafael Perez-Escaramilla- he is one of the best in the field.
I am excited for the presentation on lip and tongue tie based off 2000 case studies! Wow!
.Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula: A Review of over 2000 Client Records from 2013-2016 (Dale Hansson, RN, Dip Breastfeeding Management, Breastfeeding Counsellor [ABA], IBCLC)
I am excited to hear anita Moorhead’s talk on Diabetes and antenatal milk expressin
I’m looking forward to Dale Hansson’s talk on Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula. This is so important to me.
Looking forward to hearing Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD
Breastfeeding for All in the 21st Century: Achieving the Global Sustainable Development Goal
I’m looking forward to hearing
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD: United States
Breastfeeding for All in the 21st Century: Achieving the Global Sustainable Development Goal
I’m looking forward to hearing Dale Hanssen’s workshop, this is a super topic that needs a lot of conversation. See you there!!
Arun Gupta on Maternity Protection. #ILCA17 Virtual Conference.
Sharon Unger (The Evidence for Human Donor Milk)
I am looking forward to hearing all the speakers however I am very interested in hearing about lip and tongue tie. Based off 2000 case studies.
Professionally, I am very interested in hearing the presentations on how we in practice in the U.S can further the Global Breastfeeding Agenda. Personally, I am interested in hearing the lectures: “Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expression”,”When Evidence Changes Practice: Building a Skill Set for Interpreting and Applying Lactation Research”, and the workshop, “Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula: A Review of over 2000 Client Records from 2013-2016”
They all sound great, but I’m really interested in Angie Bond’s Milk Sharing talk. This is such a hot topic and the problem with poor access to donor milk needs to be addressed in our world!! 🙂
Genae Strong–When Evidence Changes Practice: Building a Skill Set for Interpreting and Applying Lactation Research
I am most interested in Doris Fok’s presentation on Overcoming Barriers, but they all sound excellent!
I would love to hear Sharon Unger talk about the evidence of human donor milk. Our hospitals all have an on site Milk bank and it would be great to learn more about it.
I a fascinated by Fedro Peccatori’s work and his belief that all women’s cancers should be treated in the same place, with all the doctors working as a multidisciplinary team. It’s a very holistic approach to medicine, compelling and comprehensive for the patient.
As a new IBCLC I love to educate new moms on barriers they may incur along their breastfeeding journey, so that they can try to avoid those road blocks. Therefore I’m super excited to hear the presentation being presented by Doris Fok: Overcoming Barriers in Breastfeeding: A Journey of More Than 30 Years.
I look forward to listen to Arun Gupta, he is very didactic in his lectures.
Marcus Stahlhofer – Protecting Families from Misleading Marketing Practices: Accountability through Human Rights
I hope I win!
I am looking forward to hearing this concurrent session – When Evidence Changes Practice: Building a Skill Set for Interpreting and Applying Lactation Research (Genae Strong, PhD, CNM, IBCLC) II
Angie Bond, PhD, MS on milk sharing.
Kitty Maujean from Australia .
Angie Bond on milk sharing. Especially as there are so many women with an oversupply. How can we make it easier for women to share this liquid gold.
Morehead’s topic of antenatal milk expression for diabetic mothers! I would love to see fewer of these babies supplemented with formula.
http://www.ilca.org/main/learning/conference/ilca17-general/conference-search/virtualconference I always listen to all the speakers I can, because I have found I learn something from everyone. The rule for this contest is to choose one, so I’ll choose: Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing (DAME): A Randomised Controlled Trial (Anita Moorhead, RN, RM, IBCLC). The reason I’m choosing this is that antenatal milk expression and storage is so big in my area. I’d like to pick up some information as to when it is actually helpful.
Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing by Anita Moorhead!!!!
Workshop Session: Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula: A Review of over 2000 Client Records from 2013-2016 (Dale Hansson, RN, Dip Breastfeeding Management, Breastfeeding Counsellor [ABA], IBCLC)
The Plenary Session that Rafael Perez-Escamilla will offer on Breastfeeding for All in the 21st Century: Achieving the Global Sustainable Development Goal is the most exciting one for me. Having worked internationally since before ILCA was founded, I’m particularly drawn to a session that looks at the challenges and opportunities of scaling up breastfeeding support world wide. I was particularly drawn into breastfeeding support in the hope that the rest of the world would not have to repeat the awful history of the US, where breastfeeding almost disappeared during the 50s and still hope that will be possible. I’m hoping that the new model that Rafael has been working on will offer us practical help on how to make that happen.
Very interested in “: Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula: A Review of over 2000 Client Records from 2013-2016” considering I’m surrounded by docs who don’t understand. Hoping to bring them some education
I’m most interested in hearing
Alice Farrow, IBCLC, speak about Gender Diversity, Language, and Inclusion for Lactation Specialists
Great, Amy! I known Alice Farrow for a while and can’t wait for her to explain such needed and often neglected topic
I am looking forward to all the speakers but two in particular Anita Moorhead diabetes and antenatal milk expression and Fedro Pellatori with his talk on Breast Cancer and breastfeeding. Having a personal experience with breast cancer am very interested in hearing his research.
I’m highly interested in Marcus Stahlhofer theme about misleading marketing
I’m looking forward to hearing Dr. Amir talk about lactation and medications!
This one really stands out to be, considering my Social Anthropology background – Alice Farrow, IBCLC – Gender Diversity, Language, and Inclusion for Lactation Specialists
I would love to see the presentation by Dale Hansson on “Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula.”
The frenulae lecture- looks very interesting and timely!
Arun Gupta
I would love to hear Protecting Families from Misleading Marketing Practices: Accountability through Human Rights by Marcus Stahlhofer, BSc, MSc (Switzerland).
I’m most interested in hearing Lisa Amir.
Lisa Amir, Dale Hanson and Marcus Stahlhofer ….. I honestly couldn’t choose just one!
There are many that I am interested in hearing and learning from. Lactation and medications crops up everyday so I will be especially interested to learn from that one.
So many relevant topic… hard to choose. I’m involved in revising our tongue tie policy and assessment process so I’m going to say Dale Hansson.
Feeling very perplexed about the conflicting information surrounding Tongue Tie at the moment. Would love to hear this presentation by Dale reviewing over 2000 client records and outcomes. Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula: A Review of over 2000 Client Records from 2013-2016 (Dale Hansson, RN, Dip Breastfeeding Management, Breastfeeding Counsellor [ABA], IBCLC)
I would be excited to hear Arun Gupta talk about advocacy for Breastfeeding and skilled Lactation care. Very important for all of us when working w Breastfeeding women!
I would like to hear Alice Darrow to learn how to best address the breastfeeding needs for the LGBTQ community. Also Fedro Peccatori for the latest research on breast cancer and breastfeeding. Thank you, Susan Yoskowitz
Anita Moorhead antenatal expressing.
Rafael Perez Escamilla!
The decision to treat restrictive lingual and maxillary frenula rests, mostly, with the new mom’s breastfeeding goals and the baby’s health care provider. The role of the hospital lactation consultant and the assessment of adequate milk transfer with feedings during this critical period should be not be taken lightly. The infant and maternal contributing factors to treat or not to treat, I believe, would prepare me to contribute, using a non threatening approach to the ongoing controversy with both, helping the new mom reach her breastfeeding goal and avoid alienating the baby’s health care provider
Sharon Unger
I am looking forward to hearing Sonia Semenic!
Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula
Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing (DAME): A Randomised Controlled Trial (Anita Moorhead, RN, RM, IBCLC)
As a new IBCLC I think “Overcoming Barriers in Breastfeeding: A Journey of More Than 30 Years” would be a fantastic information to learn from. Although, it was really hard to pick as they all appear to be fantastic topics!
I am most excited in listening to Alice Farrow IBCLC Gender Diversity, Language, and Inclusion for Lactation Specialists and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD: Breastfeeding for All in the 21st Century: Achieving the Global Sustainable Development Goal
Looking forward to Alice Farrow discussing inclusive language and gender!
I love hearing Dale Hanson talk and am super keen hear the results but I am also very interested in Breast Cancer and Its Relationship to Breastfeeding by Fedro Peccatori as it is a topic dear to my heart and would like as much information as possible on this topic.
Dale Hanson: Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula
What a great lineup, though! I would enjoy any of them!
Yes Dale Hanson, very interested in more information regarding this subject.
1. Concurrent Session: Lactation and Medications: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Making Hard Decisions (Lisa Amir, MBBS, PhD, IBCLC)
2. Workshop Session: Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula: A Review of over 2000 Client Records from 2013-2016 (Dale Hansson, RN, Dip Breastfeeding Management, Breastfeeding Counsellor [ABA], IBCLC)
3. Concurrent Session: Utility and Ethics of Milk Sharing: Supporting Informed Decision Making in a Complex World (Angie Bond, PhD, MS)
I’m interested in Dale Hansson’s talk regarding Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula…..
I would really like to see Fedro Peccatori and relationship between “breast cancer and breastfeeding”
It truly was hard to choose one to mention!!! I will have to say Ms Dale Hansson’s TT workshop would be my first, followed by Dr Fedro Peccatori’s breast cancer presentation, then Ms Anita Moorhead’s DAME study.
I’m finding it hard to choose – there is such an interesting line up of speakers! But if only allowed to choose one … Fedro Peccatori and breast cancer and breastfeeding
Anita Moorhead
I am interested I hearing Alice Farrow, IBCLC – Gender Diversity, Language, and Inclusion for Lactation Specialists.
Sharon Unger
Arun Gupta and advocacy for skilled lactation care!
Wow! I would love to hear all of them. However, I am very interested in learning about diabetes and antenatal milk expression by Anita Morehead. We have a 90% breastfeeding initiation rate but only 55% of these mom leave the hospital doing exclusive breastfeeding. I would like to learn how to bridge this gap and I think antenatal milk expression could be one of the ways.
I would especially like to hear the session: When Evidence Changes Practice: Building a Skill Set for Interpreting and Applying Lactation Research.
Such a great line up of speaker! I would like to attend the session on Infant and Maternal Factors Contributing to the Decision to Treat Restrictive Lingual and Maxillary Frenula.
I would love to hear “Furthering the Global Breastfeeding Agenda through Local, National, Regional, and International Advocacy (Arun Gupta, MD, FIAP; Zoe Faulkner, BA (Hons), IBCLC®; Rosalie Sarasua, MA, IBCLC®)”. Working together to further exclusive breastfeeding worldwide, is near to my heart:).
I would most like to see/hear Sharon Unger (The Evidence for Human Donor Milk) because I think the many uses for donor milk will eventually become accepted as a fundamental contribution to the survival of the human race.
All of the topics are great! It is hard to pick one but I am interested in what ‘new’ data has been now collected on Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing (DAME): A Randomized Controlled Trial (Anita Moorhead, RN, RM, IBCLC). 🙂
I would love to hear Lisa Amir speak on Lactation and Medications: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Making Hard Decisions
I’d really appreciate hearing Genae Strong discuss “When Evidence Changes Practice: Building a Skill Set for Interpreting and Applying Lactation Research”.
What a wonderful offering of a virtual option!! Thanks so much!!
would love to hear Alice Farrow!!!
All the sessions look so good which makes it hard to pick! Really excited hearing about Furthering the Global Breastfeeding Agenda through Local, National, Regional, and International Advocacy from Arun Gupta, MD, FIAP; Zoe Faulkner, BA (Hons), IBCLC; Rosalie Sarasua, MA, IBCLC!
MARCUS STAHLHOFER, BSc, MSc (Switzerland) Protecting Families from Misleading Marketing Practices: Accountability through Human Rights
Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Contextual Influences on Evidence-Based Lactation Support (Sonia Semenic, RN, PhD, IBCLC)