Welcome to ELACTA Conference 2026! Enjoy Bucharest!
Conference language is ENGLISH
Preliminary program
Friday, 15 May 2026
Conference Day 1
8:00 Registration
9.00 Introduction (ELACTA and ACLR Presidents)
SECTION I. Shaping the Future: Communication, Code and Clarity
10.00 There’s Something Wrong Online: How To Tackle Health Misinformation Online – Jeanette McCulloch (UK)
10.45 Don’t Be Afraid of the Code – Maryse Arendt (Luxemburg)
11.30 Break
SECTION II. Shaping the Future: Ties that Matter – Frenulum Insights
12.00 Lip Tie – Maxillary Frenulum Dilemma: Current Classifications and Clinical Guidelines – Gina Weissman (Israel)
12.45 Update on Tongue Ties – Marta Guoth-Gumberger (Germany)
13.30 Lunch
SECTION III. Shaping the Future: From First Taste to Lifelong Support
14.30 Exploring Early Oral Experiences and the Role of Breastfeeding in Shaping Taste and Tolerance – Carole Herve (France)
15.15 Perimenopause and Lactation Hormonal Harmony – Lactation support through Life Stages – Laurel Wilson (USA)
16.00 Break
SECTION IV
16.30 Allergy in Infants – Robert Boyle (United Kingdom)
17.15 General Assembly ELACTA
18.30 Closing of the day
20.00 – 22.30 Social: Science dinner
Saturday, 16 May 2026
Conference Day 2
8:00 Registration
SECTION I. Shaping the Future: Navigating Clinical Challenges in Lactation
9.00 Candidiasis in the Breastfeeding Dyad – Treatment and Wound Management – Joke Muyldermans (Belgium)
9.45 Medication or lactation? Factors Influencing Heath Choices Among Breastfeeding Women in Need of Pharmacotherapy – Karolina Morze (Poland)
10.30 Beyond Suction: Exploring Pump Rhythms, Vacuum and Patterns to Navigate the Breast Pump Landscape – Micaela Notarangelo (Italy)
11.15 Break
SECTION II. Shaping the Future: Stories, Screens & Science
11.45 Breastfeeding in the Movies, the Directors Cut – Mara Ricoy Olariaga (Spain/UK)
12.30 General Poster Session
13.00 Lunch
SECTION III. Shaping the Future: Resilience and Infant Wellbeing through Breastfeeding
14.00 Infant and Young Child Feeding in Wartime Europe: Breastfeeding Trends, Resilience, and Gaps from Ukraine – Viktoria Nesterova (Ukraine)
14.45 Breastfeeding and IMH – Creating Patterns of Connection – Nike Mencke (The Netherlands)
15.30 Break
SECTION IV. Shaping the Future: Bonding Beyond Daylight
16.00 Skin-to-Skin Care: From Healthy Full-Term Infants to Neonatal Intensive Care – Ylva Thernström Blomqvist (Sweden)
16.45 Stress, Breastfeeding and Milk Cortisol: Do They Impact the Child? – Carolina de Weerth (The Netherlands)
17.30 Poster and abstract winner announcement + Closing Remarks
18.00 Closing remarks and the end of the Conference
The conference organizers reserve the right to change the program for unforeseen reasons.