2025 Conference Agenda

Time	Session	Speaker/Leader
8:00–9:00 am	Breakfast, Conference Check-in	Pamela Golliet
8:00-–8:15 am	Optional Prayer Time	Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper
8:30–9:00 am	Opening Session: Welcome, Announcements, Devotions	MC: Connie Mullen Devotions: Debby Sapp
9:00–10:00 am	The Power of the “Train the Trainer” Model in Global Midwifery	Vicki Penwell
9:30 am	Spouses’ Gathering (meeting and plan activities)	Todd Schuchmann
10:15–11:15 pm	The Importance of the First Thousand Days, Part 1—Prenatal Nutrition and the Impact on Baby’s Health	Dr. Tom Flass
11:30 am–12:30 pm	Lunch
12:45–1:45 pm	The Importance of the First Thousand Days, Part 2—Breast and Formula Feeding and the Impact on Baby’s Health	Dr. Tom Flass
2:00–3:00 pm	Midwives’ Role in the First 1,000 Days	Vicki Penwell
3:00–5:00 pm	The Footsteps We Walk In: The Impact of Visionaries from the Modern Natural Childbirth Movement	Kathy Nesper
5:00–7:00 pm	Dinner
7:00–9:00 pm	Hang Out and Story Time

Time	Session	Speaker/Leader
8:00–9:00 am	Breakfast, Conference Check-In	Pamela Golliet
8:00–8:15 am	Optional Prayer Time	Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper
8:30–9:00 am	Announcements, Devotions	MC: Kristin Schuchmann Devotions: Debby Sapp
9:00–11:00 am	Principles of Ethical Training in Healthcare	Vicki Penwell
11:00 am–12:00 pm	Hormones and the Childbearing Woman and Her Baby	Connie Mullen
12:00–1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00–3:00 pm	Understanding the Cannabinoids and the Endocannabinoid system	Stephen Griffith
3:00–4:00 pm	Rebekah’s Tea
4:00–5:00 pm	Terpenes: Understanding Nature	Stephen Griffith
5:00–6:00 pm	Dinner
6:00–8:00 pm	ACBP Annual Member Meeting	Meeting MC: Kristin Schuchmann
8:00–9:00 pm	Round Table Discussions

Time	Session	Speaker/Leader
8:00–9:00 am	Breakfast, Conference Check-In	Pamela Golliet
8:00–8:15 am	Optional Prayer Time	Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper
8:30–9:00 am	Announcements, Devotions	MC: Kathy Nesper Devotions: Debby Sapp
9:00 am–10:00 am	Safe and Respectful Midwifery Care in Context: Field Research Results	Kristen Benoit
10:00 am–12:00 pm	Burnout and the Birth Worker	Connie Mullen
12:00–1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00–2:30 pm	Cultural Intelligence in Four Parts: Practical Implications for Midwives	Kristen Benoit
2:30–3:30 pm	Warrior Midwife: Become a Leader, a Mover, and a Shaker for Change in the Birth World	Ireena Keeslar
3:30–5:30 pm	Helping Vegans with Optimal Nutrition for the Childbearing Year	Kristin Schuchmann
5:30–7:00 pm	Gala Dinner
7:00–9:00 pm	Fundraiser and Official Conference Closing, Hang Out and Story Time

Time	Session	Speaker/Leader
8:00–9:00 am	Breakfast (conference and post-conference registrants), Post-Conference Check-In	Pamela Golliet
8:00 am–8:15 am	Optional Prayer Time	Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper
11:00 am	Room Checkout Time
8:30–11:00 am	Peer Review for ACBP Members
8:30–11:00 am	Basic Life Support	Connie Mullen

This Conference Agenda is subject to change. It will be updated as necessary.