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Dates
1 to 3 May 2026
Venue
Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach, Brighton-Le-Sands NSW
Endorsement
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

Program

Topics

A selection of sessions from the three-day program, including a pre-conference clinical skills workshop.

  1. Top ten breastfeeding research papers of 2025
  2. Clinical approach to low milk production
  3. The science and practice of pumping
  4. The WHO Code: an update for doctors
  5. Breastfeeding and mental health: a feeding audit in a mother-baby unit
  6. Lifeblood: the Australian milk bank
  7. Yalbilinya Miya (learn together): a community-led program supporting Aboriginal women
  8. MotherSafe: medications and breastfeeding
  9. Medical mums' lactation experiences
  10. Breastfeeding medicine: an international perspective

17 speakers

Local and international speakers

  • Prof Lisa Amir
  • Dr Ulrike Brandenburg
  • Dr Wendy Brodribb
  • Dr Nina Chad
  • Dr Anne EglashUSA
  • Dr Megan Elliott-Rudder
  • Dr Penelope Fotheringham
  • Dr Louise Goodall
  • Elizabeth Heiner
  • Dr Yvonne LeFort
  • Dr Mel Mapleson
  • Dr Linda Martin
  • Emma Meredith
  • Dr Monica PinaPortugal
  • Dr Marnie Rowan
  • Dr Simone Sherriff
  • Dr Alison Soerensen

Coming up

BMNANZ Online Education Workshops 2027

August 2027, dates to be announced. Online.

Find out more

The next BMNANZ conference will be in 2028. Conference 2028