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SOMANZ ASM 2026

Program at a Glance

16–18 October 2026 | voco Brisbane

Day 1

Friday 16 October 2026

  1. 8:00am

    Registration opens

  2. 8:45am – 9:00am

    Welcome to Country & Conference Opening

  3. 9:00am – 9:30am

    Keynote Address

    • Dr Lucy MacKillop Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Oxford
  4. 9:30am – 10:00am

    Epilepsy in Pregnancy

    • Dr Lata Vadlamudi The University of Queensland
  5. 10:00am – 10:30am

    International Grant Recipient

  6. 10:30am – 11:00am

    Morning Tea

  7. 11:00am – 12:30pm

    Seeing the Whole Patient: Neurodiversity, Trauma, and Domestic Violence in Pregnancy

    • Dr Alka Kothari The University of Queensland
    • Jelena Senic Jelena Senic Consultancy
    • Liz Eggins The University of Queensland
  8. 12:30pm – 1:30pm

    Lunch & SOMANZ AGM

  9. 1:30pm – 3:00pm

    Abstracts / Free Communications

  10. 3:00pm – 3:30pm

    Afternoon Tea

  11. 3:30pm – 5:00pm

    Brain, Gut and Nutrition

    • Dr Anastasia Braun Pine Rivers Private Hospital
    • Dr Sarah Buckley AMC The University of Queensland
    • Dr Georgia Kafer University of the Sunshine Coast
  12. 5:00pm – 5:15pm

    Tribute to A/Prof Marloes Nitert Dekker

  13. 5:15pm – 7:00pm

    Welcome Reception

Day 2

Saturday 17 October 2026

  1. 7:15am – 8:15am

    Pregnancy, prevention and the questions in between: maternal RSV immunisation today

    • Sponsored by Pfizer Free to attend & breakfast included
  2. 8:45am – 10:30am

    Infectious Diseases

    • Dr Jill Parkes-Smith Mater Hospital
    • Dr Renuka Sekar Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
    • Dr Sumi Britton Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
  3. 10:30am – 11:00am

    Morning Tea

  4. 11:00am – 12:30pm

    Psychiatry

    • Ariane Beeston Lived experience postpartum psychosis; author of “Because I’m Not Myself, You See”
    • Dr Kannan Kallapiran Mater Hospital
    • Prof Ed Heffernan Queensland Forensic Mental Health Service (QFMHS) & The University of Queensland
  5. 12:30pm – 1:30pm

    Lunch

  6. 1:30pm – 3:00pm

    Neurology

    • Dr Caroline Airey Brisbane Neurology
    • Dr Ali Buckland Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
    • Noor Aladhami Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
  7. 3:00pm – 3:20pm

    Afternoon Tea

  8. 3:20pm – 4:00pm

    Shark Tank

  9. 4:00pm – 5:00pm

    Haematology in Obstetrics and Women’s Health (HOW)

    • Cerebral Aneurysms and Arteriovenous Malformations Speaker TBC
    • Panel Discussion Strokes with patent foramen ovale in pregnancy: Dr Clare Muller, Dr Sam Hayman and Dr Gerard Connors
  10. 7:00pm – 11:00pm

    Gala Dinner

    • Izakaya Publico Located inside Hotel Indigo Brisbane
Day 3

Sunday 18 October 2026

  1. 8:45am – 9:30am

    Priscilla Kincaid-Smith Lecture

    • Dr Lucy MacKillop Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Oxford
  2. 9:30am – 10:00am

    Australia New Zealand Pre-eclampsia Research Network

    • Dr Lucy Bartho The University of Melbourne
  3. 10:00am – 10:30am

    Award Presentations

  4. 10:30am – 11:00am

    Morning Tea

  5. 11:00am – 12:30pm

    Larger Bodied Women

    • Prof Leonie Callaway The University of Queensland
    • Dr Fiona Britten Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
    • A/Prof Rachael Nugent University of the Sunshine Coast
  6. 12:30pm – 1:30pm

    Lunch and Departure

Program details are subject to change.

SOMANZ 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting has been approved for RANZCOG CPD Hours.

The activity approval is valid for 12 months, from 2/10/2026 to 2/10/2027.

Program level requirements: Health Inequities: >2 hours; Ethics: >2 hours.

Domain/s and hours:

  • Educational Activities: 16.50 (Conference / workshop / course attendance)

  • Performance Review: 0

  • Outcome Measurement: 0

  • TOTAL hours: 16.50 hours

Pre-conference workshop programs were not assessed in this activity approval