Conference Program

Schedule at-A-Glance

Date	Pre Conference Workshop
Sept 9-11	AABC How to Start a Birth Center Workshop (multiple days)
Sept 9-11	AABC Learning Collaborative for Birth Center Sustainability (multiple days)
Sept 10	AABC Midwifery-Led Resuscitation Training (1 day)
Sept 11	CABC Workshop: Maintaining Birth Center Accreditation (1/2 day)
Sept 11	CABC Workshop: Achieving Birth Center Accreditation (1/2 day)

Time	Session
2:00pm - 5:00pm	Birth Center Directors Network Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm	Welcome Celebration + Community Building
8:30pm - 10:00pm	Exhibit Hall Opening + Welcome Reception

Time	Session
9:00am - 10:00am	Friday Keynote "Navigating Obstacles Like a Pelvis - Birth Centers in Alabama" - Stephanie Mitchell, DNP, CNM, CPM
10:00am - 11:00am	Morning Break in the Exhibit Hall
11:00am - 12:00pm	Clinical Breakout: Trauma-Informed Birth Center Care: A Model for Holistic Healing and Empowered Change
11:00am - 12:00pm	Admin Breakout: Setting-Up for Reimbursement Success (or do I need to Re-Set-Up?)
11:00am - 12:00pm	Timely Topic Breakout: Collective Impact: Leveraging the Power, Policies and Politics of the Transforming Maternal Health Model
12:00pm - 1:15pm	Networking Lunch
1:15pm - 2:15pm	Exhibit Hall Break
1:15pm - 2:15pm	Affinity Circles
1:15pm - 2:15pm	AABC, CABC, AABC Foundation - Joint Executive Committees Meeting
2:15pm - 3:15pm	Federal Legislative Update
3:30pm - 4:30pm	Clinical Breakout: Standardizing Intermittent Auscultation in U.S. Community Birth: Presentation of Consensus Guidelines
3:30pm - 4:30pm	Admin Breakout: Understanding of Insurance Rates for Sustained Funding Streams
3:30pm - 4:30pm	Timely Topic Breakout: Grounding for Empowerment: Integrating Mindfulness and Grounding Techniques into Birth Center Practice
4:30pm - 5:15pm	Facilitated Networking - Debriefs on the Day's Topics
7:00pm - 8:30pm	Birth Center Open Houses

Time	Session
9:00am - 10:00am	Saturday Keynote "Beloved Birth 50 by 50 - Invitation to Courageous Collective Action" - Leseliey Welch, MPH, MBA
10:00am - 11:00am	Morning Break in the Exhibit Hall
11:00am - 12:00pm	Clinical Breakout: Reclaiming the Lost Wisdom of Matrescence to Support Perinatal Mental Health
11:00am - 12:00pm	Admin Breakout: Navigating the Storm: Overcoming Challenges in Birth Center Ownership as Your Business Grows
11:00am - 12:00pm	Timely Topic Breakout: The Importance of Communication as a Root Cause in Sentinel Events
12:00pm - 1:15pm	Networking Lunch
12:00pm - 2:00pm	AABC Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting
1:15pm - 2:15pm	Exhibit Hall Break
1:15pm - 2:15pm	Affinity Circles
2:15pm - 3:15pm	Open Forum
3:30pm - 4:30pm	Clinical Breakout: EMS and Midwives - Bridging the Gap
3:30pm - 4:30pm	Admin Breakout: Building a Work Plan - Strategic Grant Writing for Birth Centers
3:30pm - 4:30pm	Timely Topic Breakout: Birth Centers as Catalysts for Change: Strengthening the Midwifery Workforce, Expanding Access, and Building Power in Uncertain Times
4:30pm - 5:15pm	Facilitated Networking - Debriefs on the Day's Topics
7:00pm - 11:00pm	AABC Foundation Fundraising Gala "Prismatic in Portland"

Time	Session
9:00am - 10:00am	Research Panel: 1) Policy and Practice Recommendations for Birth Center Sustainability and Health System Integration, 2) Navigating the Future: Birth Center Opportunities for Improving Perinatal Mental Health
10:15am - 11:15am	Clinical Breakout: Preparedness for Clinic-Based Perinatal Emergencies
10:15am - 11:15am	Admin Breakout: Sizeism and Plus Sized Birth
10:15am - 11:15am	Timely Topic Breakout: Advocating for Change - Collaborations that Work!
11:15am - 12:30pm	Awards Brunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Clinical Breakout: Precepting Across Generations: Shaping Midwifery Students to Lead the Future of Birth Centers
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Admin Breakout: Municipal Opportunities for Birth Centers and Midwifery Services: A Landscape Review
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Timely Topic Breakout: Advocating for Change - Collaborations that Work!
1:45pm - 2:45pm	Closing Keynote "The Role of Birth Centers in Transforming Maternal Health" - Silke Akerson, MPH, CPM
2:45pm - 3:15pm	Conference Wrap Up
6:30pm - 8:30pm	AABC Board of Directors Dinner

Time	Session
9:00am - 3:00pm	AABC Board of Directors Meeting