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2026 conference program

Day 1 - Thursday 3 September

8.30 AM

Registrations

8.50 AM

Welcome to Country

9.00 AM

Conference Opening

Anjulee Singh CEO, Children by Choice and Sen. Larissa Waters, MP

9.15 AM

Plenary Session & Panel Discussion

What does effective advocacy look like when money can buy popular opinion? (45 min)

10.00 AM

Keynote

Yumi Stynes (40 min)

10.40 AM

Morning Tea

11.10 AM

Breakout Room A

How can we expand the conversation around reproductive coercion and abuse?

Breakout Room B

What sustains abortion rights beyond the law?

Breakout Room C

What happens when we shift MToP beyond traditional models?

12.20 PM

Lunch

11.10 AM

Breakout Room A

How can we expand the conversation around reproductive coercion and abuse?
(Cont.)

When intentional obstruction exists, what is the solution?

Breakout Room B

What sustains abortion rights beyond the law?
(Cont.)

Panel: What does reproductive justice look like beyond abortion?

Breakout Room C

How can we build a sustainable future for 2nd and 3rd trimester abortion services?

Are we designing rural abortion services for rural realities?

2.20 PM

Afternoon Tea

2.50 PM

Poster Session 1 (40min)

3.30 PM

Plenary Session & Panel Discussion

What harm are we trained not to see? (45min)

4.30 PM

Day One Formally Closes

4.30 PM

Optional Workshops 2 & 3* (1hr)

*Registration required for workshops, details to come.

Please note: This is a draft and is subject to change

Day 2 - FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

7.30 AM

Optional workshops 4 & 5* (1hr)

*Registration required for workshops, details to come.

8.30 AM

End of workshops

8.30 AM

Registrations

8.50 AM

Acknowledgement of Country

Waveney Yasso

8.50 AM

Conference Address

Anjulee Singh CEO, Children by Choice

9.10 AM

Keynote

Carly Findlay (40min)

9.50 AM

Plenary Session & Panel Discussion

Second Trimester Surgical: Abortion Care at the SA Health Pregnancy Advisory Centre (45min)

10.40 AM

Morning tea

11.10 AM

Breakout Room A

How are nurses pioneering increased access to abortion care?

Breakout Room B

Are we centring lived experience in abortion narratives?

Breakout Room C

When the system wasn't built for you, what then?

12.20 PM

Lunch | Optional Workshop 1 & 2

*Registration required for workshops, details to come.

1.10 PM

Breakout Room A

What role does primary healthcare play in expanding access to reproductive healthcare?

Breakout Room B

What does local access actually look like in the future?

Breakout Room C

When the system wasn’t built for you, what then? (Cont.)

How is misinformation shaping abortion narratives in Australia?

2.20 PM

Afternoon Tea

2.50 PM

Poster Session 2 (40min)

3.30 PM

Plenary Session & Panel Discussion

Can we design systems where conscientious objection doesn’t delay care? (45 min)

4.30 PM

Conference Closes Proceed to Networking Evening

Please note: This is a draft and is subject to change.

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3 - 5 September 2026, Brisbane QLD

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