Enjoy Elacta Conference 2024! Enjoy Liège!
EARLY BIRD price extended till 31 January, 2024
REGULAR Conference 1 February – 31 March, 2024
LATE BIRD price – 1 April – 1 May 2024
Registration for Members and Non-Members
Conference Registration
Complimentary registrations, i.e. Presidents of Member Associations, Auditor, ISEL, ILCA representatives, Speakers, Winners of the Poster presentations 2022, please register here: Complimentary registrations
Thursday, 16 May 2024 Workshop
At this conference ELACTA is offering workshops in several languages. Please, choose the workshop of your mother or the language you learned.
8:00 Conference Registration (until 17.00)
9.00 Workshops 1-6* part I
10.30 Break
11.00 Workshops 1-6* part II
12.00 Lunch
13.30 Workshops 7-12* part I
15.00 Break
15.30 Workshops 7-12* part II
16.30 End workshop sessions
18.00 Social program (information soon)
20.00 Reception
Workshops
WS1 ENGLISH Medication during breastfeeding Hands-on practice exercices 2,5 L
Eline Tommelein, BELGIUM
WS2 ENGLISH Restricted tongue, lip or buccal tie, do we have more options then lasering or
cutting? 2,5 L
Nathalie Baeyens and Katia Wilbroorts, BELGIUM
WS3 FRENCH Nécrose du sein et adénomatose érosive du mamelon durant l’allaitement 2,5 L
Anne Niset, BELGIUM
WS4 ENGLISH Maternal mental health 2,5 L
Marija Bagdoniené, LITHUANIA
WS5 GERMAN Mental health and breastfeeding, diagnoses and support of mothers 2,5 L
Natalie Groiss, GERMANY
WS6 ENGLISH How to apply the WHO code in practice 2,5 E
Elise Chapin – ITALY
WS7 FRENCH La diversification alimentaire – du sein à la forchette 2,5 L
Katelijne Moreau and …. – BELGIUM
WS8 ENGLISH Feminism and breastfeeding (topic name, will be revised) 2,5 L
Milli Hill, UNITED KINGDOM
WS9 GERMAN Intuitive breastfeeding 2,5 L
Simone Lehwald, GERMANY
WS10 ENGLISH Neurological reflexes and breastfeeding 2,5 L
Adina Popov, ROMANIA
WS11 Abstract presentations/Oral communications 2,5 L
Selected abstracts
WS12 Presidents’ meeting
On invitation for Presidents of the member associations of ELACTA
Friday, 17 May 2024
8:00 Registration
8.45 Introduction
ELACTA and BVL Presidents
THE POWER OF CONNECTING – WOMENS BODY
9.30 Sexual experiences during breastfeeding 0,75 L
Sam Geuens, BELGIUM
10.15 Feminism and breastfeeding (topic name, will be revised) 0,75 L
Milli Hill, UNITED KINGDOM
11.00 Break
THE POWER OF CONNECTING – ANATOMY AND NEONATAL SUCKING
11.30 The anatomy of the lingual frenulum 0,75 L
Marta Guoth-Gumberger, HUNGARY
12.15 Neonatal sucking reflexes and breastfeeding 0,75 L
Adina Popov, ROMANIA
13.00 Lunch
THE POWER OF CONNECTING –BM PRODUCTION
14.00 Breastfeeding frequency in the first 24 hours of life 0,75 L
Ina Aasen, NORWAY
14.45 Overproduction and under production, how to use medication and galactagogues 0,75 L
Eline Tommelein, BELGIUM
15.30 Break
THE POWER OF CONNECTING – BFHI AND CODE
16.00 Combining Baby Friendly and the WHO code, what’s new 0,75 E
Maryse ARENDT, LUXEMBURG
17.00 General Assembly ELACTA
19.30 Closing
20.00-22.00 Social: Science dinner
Saturday, 18 May 2024
8:00 Registration
THE POWER OF CONNECTING – IMMUNITY
9.00 Who knew? The Estrobolome and the Mammary Gland 0,75 L
Laurel Wilson, USA
9.45 Vaccination during breastfeeding, immunisation through milk 0,75 L
Kirsten Maertens, BELGIUM
10.30 Milk bank: how to handle donor milk in the NICU 0,75 L
An Eerdekens, BELGIUM
11.15 Break
THE POWER OF CONNECTING – EMOTIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH
11.45 Breastfeeding and postpartum depression 0,75 L
Andreea Ola, ROMANIA
THE POWER OF CONNECTING – RESEARCH and SCIENCE
12.30 General Poster Session 0,5L
13.00 Lunch
THE POWER OF CONNECTING – BREASTFEEDING AND DIABETES
14.00 The role of breastmilk exosomal microRNAs in pancreatic β-cell proliferation and diabetes prevention 0,75 L
Bodo Melnik, GERMANY
14.45 Breastfeeding and diabetes type 1 and 2 0,75 L
Ann Debie, BELGIUM
15.30 Break
THE POWER OF CONNECTING – BREASTFEEDING MANAGEMENT
16.00 Management of chronic breast pain 0,75 L
Kika Baeza, SPAIN
16.45 Candida infection during breastfeeding, diagnosis and treatment 0,75 L
Joke Muyldermans, BELGIUM
17.30 Poster and abstract winner announcement
Closing remarks
17:45 End of the conference
The conference organisers reserve the right to change the program for unforeseen reasons.