Time | Session | Speaker/Leader |
10:00 am (includes lunch) | Basic Life Support (BLS) Training The Waterbirth Course for Birth Professionals (Certification Course) originally planned for this day has been cancelled due to illness. Registrants have received information about taking the course later online. |
Connie Mullen, LM, CPM, CCE |
Pre-Conference
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Main Conference
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Time | Session | Speaker/Leader |
8:00 am–9:00 am | Check in | Pamela Golliet |
8:00 am-–8:15 am | Optional Prayer Time (near conference room) | Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper |
8:30 am–9:00 am | Welcome, Announcements, Devotions | MC: Connie Mullen Devotions: Debby Sapp |
9:00 am–10:00 am | Keeping the Faith: Remembering God’s Presence in the Birth Room | Barbara Harper, RN |
10:00 am–12:00 pm | Preventing Birth Injury—Hypoxic Ischemic Hypoxia | Rita Ledbetter, CNN |
12:00 pm–1:00 pm | Lunch (included for conference registrants and paid guests) | |
1:00 pm–2:30 pm | Working With Survivors of Abuse, Part 1 | Susan Wilson, RN, CPM |
2:30 pm–3:30 pm | Rebekah’s Tea Party (conference registrants) | |
3:30 pm–5:00 pm | Working With Survivors of Abuse, Part 2 | Susan Wilson, RN, CPM |
5:00 pm–7:00 pm | Dinner on Your Own | |
6:30 pm–7:30 pm | Call the Midwife Open House (open to the public) | |
7:30 pm–9:00 pm | The Gifts of Waterbirth (open to the public) | Roundtable discussion The original speaker for this session has changed due to illness. |
9:00 pm–?? | Hang Out and Story Time |
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Time | Session | Speaker/Leader |
8:00 am-–8:15 am | Optional Prayer Time (near conference room) | Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper |
8:30 am–9:00 am | Announcements, Devotions | MC: Kristin Schuchmann Devotions: Debby Sapp |
9:00 am–11:00 am | Understanding Chiropractic for Prenatal, Postpartum, and Infant Care | Abbe Keen, DC, CNC Cait Davis, DC, MSCP |
11:00 am–12:00 pm | Hypoactive Sexual Disorder | Rita Ledbetter, CNM |
12:00 pm–1:00 pm | Lunch (included for conference registrants and paid guests) | |
1:00 pm–3:30 pm | Loss, Grief, and the Midwife (and other birth professionals) | Connie Mullen, LM, CPM, CCE |
3:30 pm–4:30 pm | The Best Tips from 40 Years of Waterbirths | Barbara Harper, RN |
5:30 pm | Gala Dinner (included for conference registrants) | |
7:30 pm–?? | ACBP Annual Member Meeting, Fundraiser, Story Time, and FUN | Meeting MC: Pamela Golliet |
Friday, September 13, 2024
Time | Session | Speaker/Leader |
8:00 am-–8:15 am | Optional Prayer Time (near conference room) | Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper |
8:30 am–9:00 am | Announcements, Devotions | MC: Kathy Nesper Devotions: Debby Sapp |
9:00 am–10:30 am | When We Know Better, We Do Better—Staying Up to Date in our Recommendations for Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy | Kristin Schuchmann, CPM, LM |
10:30 am–12:00 pm | When to Transport and How to Do So Safely | Susan Wilson, RN, CPM |
12:00 pm–12:15 pm | Closing Session |
Post-Conference
Friday, September 13, 2024
Time | Session | Speaker/Leader |
12:00 pm–1:00 pm | Lunch for post-conference participants | |
1:00 pm–?? | Peer Review | Debby Sapp, Kristin Schuchmann |
1:00 pm–4:00 pm | Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) NRP online course must be successfully completed before taking this class; bring documentation |
Susan Wilson, RN, CPM |
This Conference Agenda is subject to change. It will be updated as necessary.