Your expertise needed! You are invited to apply to present a concurrent session, workshop, or research or project poster, or facilitate a Clinical Skills Rotation session at #ILCA18. The ILCA Annual Conference features educators with exceptional knowledge and experience sharing quality information to help participants improve their skills. ILCA’s Call for Abstracts provides an opportunity for lactation specialists and other experts in lactation-related fields to submit proposals to share their insights, expertise, skills, and research with colleagues.
The 2018 International Lactation Consultant Association Conference, TOGETHER: Changing YOUR Community and the World, will be held at the Oregon Convention Center/Double Tree by Hilton in Portland, Oregon, United States from 18–21 July 2018. This four-day conference combines research and practical application presentations with clinical and research skill development.
If you are interested in submitting an abstract, please review these helpful documents:
2018 ILCA Conference Call for Abstracts
2018 Speaker Guidelines
2018 Poster Guidelines
2018 Clinical Skills Rotation Session Guidelines
Visit the Speaker Submission Site to select the format that best fits your presentation and submit your abstract. The Speaker Submission site will be open until 31 October 2017, 11:59pm EDT USA (U.S. calendar and Eastern Daylight Time). The deadline for abstracts related to Posters and Clinical Skills Rotation Session has been extended until 15 November 2017, 11:59pm EST USA. When the site closes, the Conference Program Task Force and Research Task Force will begin their anonymized review of submitted abstracts.
If you have any questions about the submission process, or if you submit an abstract and do not receive email notification within 24 hours, please contact us at conference@ilca.org.