Coalition for Breech Birth

PROGRAMME

**please note that the order and content of the programme are subject to change

DAY 1 - Thursday, October 15, 2009

Time	Topic	Speaker
7:30 - 8:15	Sunrise Yoga
7:30 – 8:30	Registration Table & Exhibits open
8:30	Welcome	Robin Guy (CBB, Ottawa) Elaine Kicknosway (Pelican Narrows, SK)
9:00	How did we get here?	Dr. Andre B. Lalonde (SOGC, Ottawa)
9:15	How to Save a Vanishing Obstetric Skill: Vaginal Breech Delivery	Dr. Marek Glezerman (Tel Aviv Women's Hospital)
10:45	The Term Breech Trial: Perspectives from participating units	Dr. Savas Menticoglou (Winnipeg Women's Hospital)
10:15	Q&A
10:30 – 10:50	Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:35	Choosing the Myths and Fears We Live By	Betty-Anne Daviss, RM (Ottawa)
11:35 - 12:15	Complementary Therapies and Breech Turning	Panel Discussion with Dr. Tanya Smith, Dr. Liz Anderson-Peacock, and Jay MacGillivray
12:15 – 1:45	Lunch Break
1:45 – 2:45	Breakout sessions:
	The Physiological Face of Breech Birth	Lisa Barrett, Midwife (Australia)
	Chiropractic and Optimal Fetal Positioning	Dr. Liz Anderson Peacock, DC (Toronto)
	Breech Vaginal Delivery: Tips, Tricks, and Technique	Dr. Michael Hall M.D. (Colorado)
	Putting RCTs and Other Study Designs into Perspective	Dr. Ken Johnson, PhD (Ottawa)
	Reaching Mothers Before Baby is Breech	Laureen Hudson (California)
2:45 - 3:15	Coffee Break
3:15– 4:15	Breeches and the UK midwifery experience	Jane Evans, Midwife (England)
4:15 - 5:00	New SOGC Guidelines	Dr. Robert Gagnon OBGYN (Montreal)

8:00	Birth, A Play by Karen Brody, followed by panel discussion - Special ticket price for conference attendees! Click here to order your tickets.	Three Sisters Theatre Company

DAY 2 - Friday, October 16, 2009

Time	Topic	Speaker
7:30 - 8:15	Sunrise Yoga
7:30 – 8:45	Registration Table & Exhibits open
8:45 - 9:00	Day 2 Welcome: What I learned yesterday	Dr. André B. Lalonde (SOGC, Ottawa)
	The Frankfurt Experience:
9:00	Breech Delivery in the Upright Position	Dr. Frank Louwen (Frankfurt)
9:25	Focus on breech delivery- Is a prenatal MRI of any use?	Dr. Anke Reitter (Frankfurt)
9:50	Q&A, Discussion
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Fear and Faith: The Breech Experience	Panel discussion with Christie Craigie-Carter (New York), Margaret Crothers (Ottawa), Robin Guy (Ottawa), Michelle Webb (Toronto), Rixa Freeze (New York)
11:15 – 12:00	Challenges and Solutions in Offering Vaginal Breech Birth in the Hospital	Panel discussion with Dr. Stuart Fischbein (California), Dr. Michael Hall (Colorado)
12:00 – 1:30	Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:30	Breakout sessions:
	Discussion Group - SOGC Guidelines	Dr. Robert Gagnon & Dr. André Lalonde
	Research on Effectiveness of Simulation Training (ALARM)	Dr. Peter J O’Neill
	Bearing and Birthing the Breech Baby	Dr. Rixa Freeze & Julie Searcy
	A Case for Moxibustion for Gentle and Effective Version of Breech Presentation	Dr. Tanya Smith
2:30 – 3:00	Coffee Break
3:00 - 3:45	Breeches at The Farm	Ina May Gaskin
3:45 - 4:00	Wrap Up	Robin Guy (CBB, Ottawa)

8:00	Story Telling with Ina May Gaskin. Free admission for conference attendees, with a friendly donation.	Ina May Gaskin