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13-14 August 2026

Rendezvous HotelMelbourne, VIC

Day TwoThursday, 14 August 2025

8:30am - 9:00am

Registration & Morning Coffee

9:00am - 9:05am

DAY ONE OPENING

9:05am - 9:10am

OPENING REMARKS | Opening remarks from the Chair

9:10am - 9:40am

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

9:40am - 10:20am

PANEL DISCUSSION | Dealing with Refusal: Navigating Patient Autonomy, Consent, and Treatment Guidelines

10:20am - 10:50am

SPOTLIGHT SESSION

10:50am - 11:20am

Networking and refreshment break

11:20am - 11:50am

Closing the Gap in Maternity Care: Addressing Disparities and Improving Outcomes for Indigenous Mothers and Babies

11:50am - 12:20pm

Divided at the bedside: multidisciplinary responsibility and the 'birth wars', in practice and in litigation

12:20pm - 1:00pm

PANEL DISCUSSION | Periviable Birth: Counseling Women with Fetal Abnormalities

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch and networking break

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Operative Vaginal Birth Safety Bundle

2:30pm - 3:15pm

CLOSING PANEL | Responsibility of the Expert Witness

3:15pm - 3:20pm

CLOSING REMARKS | Closing remarks from the Chair

3:20pm - 3:25pm

DAY 2 CONCLUDES