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The International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) is pleased to announce our 2023 Annual Conference Educational Program, inclusive of in-person and virtual content. Browse the sessions below so you might plan the best educational path for you during the ILCA 2023 Annual Conference.

Agenda and sessions are subject to change.

The International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) adheres to all accreditation requirements regarding conflicts of interests (COI) in education. All presenters have submitted their disclosures. For more information, browse our Presenter Disclosures page and/or learn how to earn continuing education credits.

Full Schedule

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  • Sunday, August 13, 2023
  • 8:30 AM PDT
    Offsite Tour Departure: The Birthplace at Henderson Hospital
    Room: Hotel Main Lobby
  • 11:00 AM – 6:30 PM PDT
    Registration Desk Open (sponsored by My Brest Friend)
    Room: Pre-Function 1
  • 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Research Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts of Lactation Research
    Room: Montelago 1
    Research
     CE: 2.5 CERP
  • 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Coffee Break
    Room: Pre-Function 2
  • 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Opening Remarks
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - Challenges and Opportunities in the Global Lactation Consultant Profession
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
    Lisa Mandell, MBA, IBCLC – ILCA
    Nadrah Arfizah Arfin, MBBS, MPH, Dr – Malaysian Breastfeeding Peer Counsellor Association (MBfPCA)
    Paulina Erices, MS, IBCLC – Cuenta Conmigo; Chair- Elect U.S. Breastfeeding Committee
    Daiva Sniukaite, IBCLC, MA (she/her/hers) – European Lactation Consultants Alliance (ELACTA)
    Egondu Onuoha, MS,RDN,CDN, IBCLC, RLC,CDCES, GPC, FAND, FILCA – The Brooklyn Hospital Center
    Clinical Skills (Education and Communication)Clinical Skills (Public Health and Advocacy)Livestream - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.25 CERP
  • 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall
    Room: Exhibit Hall
  • Monday, August 14, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Registration Desk Open (sponsored by My Brest Friend)
    Room: Pre-Function 1
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
    Room: Exhibit Hall
  • 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT
    Plenary Session - Investing in Transformative Care Policy Packages: Parental Leave that Supports a Healthy and More Equal World
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
    Laura Addati, MS – International Labour Organization (ILO)
    Psychology, Sociology, and AnthropologyClinical Skills (Ethical and Legal Issues)Clinical Skills (Public Health and Advocacy)Livestream - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.25 CERP
  • 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM PDT
    Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
    Room: Exhibit Hall
  • 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - The Human Milk Microbiome: Using Space Science Technology to Better Understand the Association of Milk Microbiota with Breastfeeding Practices and Infant Growth at Different Stages of Lactation
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
    Emmanuel Gonzalez, PhD (he/him/his) – McGill University
    Tamara Ajeeb – McGill University
    Development and NutritionClinical Skills (Equipment and Technology)Livestream - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.25 CERP
  • 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT
    Lunch in Exhibit Hall
    Room: Exhibit Hall
  • 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - Building Policy Coalitions: A Case Study of Reframing Breastfeeding Around ‘First Food Security’ in Australia
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
    Libby Salmon, BVSc, MVS, Cert IV in Breastfeeding Education (Counselling) (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    Naomi Hull, RN, IBCLC, MPH – World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative, Australia
    Clinical Skills (Ethical and Legal Issues)Clinical Skills (Public Health and Advocacy)Livestream - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.25 CERP
  • 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
    Room: Exhibit Hall
  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM PDT
    Breastfeeding Infants and Children with Cancer
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 3
    PathologyClinical Skills (Education and Communication)Pharmacology and Toxicology
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM PDT
    It’s Not All About the Ovaries: Supporting Lactation with PCOS
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
    Megan Dunn, IBCLC – Bloom Lactation
    Physiology and EndocrinologyPathologyLivestream - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM PDT
    Legal, Ethical, or Moral: What Matters Most for Lactation Clinicians?
    Does Patient-Centered Care Ever Put the Caregiver at Risk?
    Room: Montelago 1
    Elizabeth C. Brooks, JD IBCLC FILCA – Elizabeth C Brooks JD IBCLC (LLC)
    Clinical Skills (Ethical and Legal Issues)Recording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM PDT
    Canceled - On-Demand Offering: You Should Write that Up! Contributing Clinical and Advocacy Ideas to the Journal of Human Lactation
    Ellen M. Chetwynd, PhD MPH IBCLC – Journal of Human Lactation
    Jill Demirci, PhD, RN, IBCLC – University of Pittsburgh
    Clinical Skills (Public Health and Advocacy)Clinical Skills (Research)
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Poster Q&A Reception
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Comparison of Breastfeeding Practices Between Mothers with Term and Preterm Births
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Rebecca Mannel, MPH, IBCLC – Oklahoma Breastfeeding Resource Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    Poster - Research
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Differences in Analyzed Nutrient and Energy Content Compared to Labeled Information in Banked Human Milk
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Jimi Francis, IBCLC, RDN, LD – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Poster - Research
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Electronic Monitoring of Mom’s Schedule (eMOMS): a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Postpartum Weight and Lactation Among a Population with Elevated Body Mass Index in a Great Plains Rural State
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Lisette T. Jacobson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
    Jolynn Dowling – Wichita State University
    Poster - Research
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Expectant Fathers in Malaysia - Knowledge and Attitude Towards Breastfeeding
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Ezura Madiana Md Monoto, IBCLC (she/her/hers) – Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
    Poster - Research
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Factors Contributing to Diversity in a Pathway 2 IBCLC Training Program
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Elizabeth Hall, DO (she/her/hers) – Ascension St John Breastfeeding Clinic, Henry Ford College
    Poster - Project
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Improving Relactation Rates for Mothers with Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Poster - Project
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    In-home vs. Outpatient Lactation Care: A Comparison of Breastfeeding/ Chestfeeding Self-efficacy, Experiences, and Outcomes
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Margaret C. Saltysiak, MPH, CHES, IBCLC – North Central Breastfeeding Task Force
    Poster - Research
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Intervention to Increase Breastfeeding Rates of Mothers Diagnosed with COVID-19
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Lu Lu Zhao, MD, MPH – Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital
    Sau-Pin Won, MD, IBCLC (she/her/hers) – Kang Ning General Hospital
    Poster - Project
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Is Telelactation Benefitting Birthing People of Color? Experiences Using Virtual Breastfeeding Support
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Jill Demirci, PhD, RN, IBCLC – University of Pittsburgh
    Poster - Research
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Maternal Satisfaction with Breastfeeding Using a Wearable versus Traditional Breast Pump
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Melissa Heitzman, DNP, RN – Edgewood College
    Nisha Nair, DNP, WHNP, CNS, CNE, IBCLC – California State University, Fresno
    Poster - Research
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Spanish Translation and Validation of the Prenatal Rating of Efficacy in Preparation to Breastfeed (PREP to BF) Scale and Convergence with the English Version
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Poster - Research
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Sustaining the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative Requires All Hands on Deck: Findings from a Two-country Case Study in Malawi and the Kyrgyz Republic
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Altrena Mukuria-Ashe, DrPH (she/her/hers) – USAID Advancing Nutrition/Save the Children, USA
    Poster - Research
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    The Financial Feasibility of Providing Expanded Access to Donor Milk for Newborns in the Hospital: An Integrative Review
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Poster - Project
  • Tuesday, August 15, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Breakfast
    Room: Pre-Function 2
  • 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Registration Desk Open (sponsored by My Brest Friend)
    Room: Pre-Function 1
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Adoptive Breastfeeding: Journey from Personal Experience to Professional Expertise
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
    Psychology, Sociology, and AnthropologyTechniquesPhysiology and EndocrinologyLivestream - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Low Milk Production: Unseen and Understudied Mechanisms
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 3
    Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC – National Lactation Consultant Alliance
    Physiology and EndocrinologyPathology
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Poster Oral Presentations (See Description for Poster Titles)
    Room: Montelago 2
    Lisette T. Jacobson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
    Jolynn Dowling – Wichita State University
    Grecia E. Ferreyra, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, IBCLC (she/her/hers) – Nicklaus Children's Hospital
    Maria Miranda, BSN RN RNC-NIC CLC (she/her/hers) – Nicklaus Children's Hospital
    Alessandra Angelini, DNP, APRN, CRNA (she/her/hers) – Jackson Memorial Hospital
    Erin M. McKinley, PHD, RD, LDN, CLC, CHES, FAND – emckinley@agcenter.lsu.edu
    Altrena Mukuria-Ashe, DrPH (she/her/hers) – USAID Advancing Nutrition/Save the Children, USA
    ResearchProject
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Canceled - On-Demand Offering: Supporting Breastfeeding Families During a Disaster
    Clinical Skills (Education and Communication)Clinical Skills (Public Health and Advocacy)
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT
    Coffee Break
    Room: Pre-Function 2
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
    Engaging Health Insurers to Build Equity-Driven Support for Breast/Chestfeeding in Hawai'i
    Room: Montelago 1
    Krista Olson, IBCLC, MCMCH – Breastfeeding Hawaiʻi/Early Childhood Action Strategy
    Diversity and EquityPsychology, Sociology, and AnthropologyClinical Skills (Education and Communication)Clinical Skills (Public Health and Advocacy)Recording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
    Instagram and the IBCLC: Ethics, Privacy, Misinformation and Maternal Mental Health
    Room: Montelago 2
    Caoimhe Whelan, B. Eng, IBCLC, MSc. (she/her/hers) – Private Practice IBCLC www.latch.ie
    Clinical Skills (Ethical and Legal Issues)Recording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
    Lactation Assessment Care Tool (LACT): Review of a New Instrument to Triage Lactation Care and Breastfeeding Support
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 3
    Clinical Skills (Research)Techniques
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
    Supporting the Neurodivergent Family: A Full Team Approach
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
    Sabrina Barber, BSN, RN, IBCLC, CD (she/her/hers) – Motherly Love Lactation Services/Co-Founder of Baby BLISS Feeding Collaborative of Central Florida, LLC
    Psychology, Sociology, and AnthropologyClinical Skills (Education and Communication)Livestream - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.5 CERP
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM PDT
    Lunch and Awards Ceremony
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
    Research
  • 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - Human Milk Feeding and Justice: First Do No Harm
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
    Jennifer Day, IBCLC, RLC (she/her/hers) – Southeast Michigan IBCLC's of Color
    Psychology, Sociology, and AnthropologyClinical Skills (Education and Communication)Clinical Skills (Public Health and Advocacy)Livestream - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1.25 CERP
  • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT
    Closing Remarks
    Room: Grand Ballroom Salon 1-2
  • Cancelled
  • Recorded Session
    13 August - 17 November
    Comparative Assessment of Pulse Light Treatment and Holder Pasteurization on Nutritional, Physicochemical, Antioxidant and Microbiological Profile of Human Milk
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Suman Kumari Maurya, Master of Science in Public Health Nutrition (she/her/hers) – Institute of Chemical Technology, Dept of Food Engineering and Technology
    Poster - ResearchRecording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 0.5 CERP
  • Recorded Session
    13 August - 17 November
    Maternal Weaning in Children Older than 1 year and Parenting Skills
    Psychology, Sociology, and AnthropologyDevelopment and NutritionRecording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1 CERP
  • Recorded Session
    13 August - 17 November
    Effect of "Teté Dance" on the Duration of the Lactation Session in Irritable Infants in Perú
    Room: Exhibit Hall: Poster Room
    Poster - ResearchRecording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 0.5 CERP
  • Recorded Session
    13 August - 17 November
    Examining the Implementation of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in Australia and Indonesia: Using Non Adoption, Abandonment, Scale Up, Spread and Sustainability (NASSS) Framework
    Andini Pramono, MPH, PhD, IBCLC. – Australian National University
    Diversity and EquityRecording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1 CERP
  • Recorded Session
    13 August - 17 November
    Mastitis Between Clinical and Pathological Diagnosis
    Fayrouz Mohammed Essawy, MSc,IBCLC – Ministry of health and population
    Rania Mahmoud Mighawry, PhD (she/her/hers) – Ministry of health and population
    Clinical SkillsPathologyTechniquesRecording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1 CERP
  • Recorded Session
    13 August - 17 November
    New and Innovative Pathways to Train a Diverse Future Lactation Workforce
    Jennifer Bolton, PhD, RDN, IBCLC (she/her/hers) – MSU Denver Lactation Program
    Amanda Ogden – Expert Lactation and Education, Metro State University
    Gina Penka-Corriveau, CPM IBCLC – MSU Denver, Community Lactation Access Project, Moonbabies Birth Services
    Diversity and EquityClinical Skills (Education and Communication)Recording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1 CERP
  • Recorded Session
    13 August - 17 November
    When Release Isn't Enough. Persistent Problems Post Tongue Tie Release: Perspectives from a Release Provider IBCLC
    BreAnne Marcucci, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, IBCLC, PMH-C – Pacific Wellness: Lactation | Mental Health | Fertility
    TechniquesPathologyRecording - Virtual Offering
     CE: 1 CERP
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