TENT SCHEDULE

11:00 - Fibroids

• Dawn Heels - “What do women need to know about fibroids?”

• Hilary Critchley - “Fibroids: What are they? What are my options?”

Chair - Bassal Watter

12:00 - Gender Violence

• Sara Kirkpatrick - “Gender based violence against older women”

• Nicola Awni - NFWI - “Ending Violence Against Women Is Everyone’s Business”

• Sera Cracroft

• Derek Walker

Chair - Victoria Kinkaid

13:00 - Body Image and Overcoming Stigma

• Octavia Hamilton - “Hair Free - Care Free”

• Nicola Dames - “Invisible stigma”

• Emilia Thompson - “Overcoming body image issues & the impact they have on your health”

Chair - Sarah Graham

14:00 - Empowering Women’s Health: Research, Policy & Change

• Jacky Boivin - “Research in Women’s Health”

• Helen Munro - “Women’s Health Hubs - what are they?

• Dee Montague

Chair - Sarah Murphy

15:00 - Weight loss busting myths

• Dr Carly Hughes - “Managing your weight in 2025-a quick review of effective treatments”

• Andy Beamish - “Appetite for change: Myths and truths in obesity surgery”

Chair - Aled Rees

16:00 - Changing Landscape of Womens Health - past, present and the future

• Rosie Taylor - “ Changing the narrative: how women’s health is portrayed in the media”

• Theo Clarke - “Lessons from the UK Birth Trauma Inquiry”

• Baroness Finlay - “Clinician and House of Lords perspective”

Chair - Diane Danzebrink

10:40 - 11:00

• Hazel Hayden - “Beginners guide to menopause”

11:00 - 11:20

• Kate Pleace - “Beyond the clock - Understanding Premature Ovarian Insufficiency”

11:20 - 11:50

• Q&A

CHAIR: Diane Danzerbrink

12:10 - 12:30

• Bassel Watter - “ABC of HRT”

12:30 - 12:50

• Deyo Famuboni - “Alternatives to HRT”

13:10 - 13:40

• Q&A

CHAIR: Diane Danzerbrink

14:10 - 14:30

• Dr Philippa Kaye - “Sex after the menopause - lets keep having it”

14:30 - 14:50

• Dr Michelle Olver - “Is testosterone all its cracked up to be?”

14:50 - 15:20

• Dr Juliet Balfour - “Protecting your vaginal, vulval and urinary health in midlife and beyond”

15:30 - 15:50

• Q&A

CHAIR: Jinty and Lou

16:10 - 16:30

• Dr Mandy Leonhardt - “Skin changes during the peri/menopausal years and beyond”

16:30 - 16:50

• Dr Linia Patel - “Food For Menopause”

16:50 - 17:10

• Q&A

CHAIR: Jinty and Lou

10:30 - 10:40

• Introduction

10:40-11:10

• Sharon Moffatt - “Three Lessons in Finding Hope Through Life's Toughest Challenges"

Compere - Molly Fenton

11:25 - 11:55

• Sarah Newman - “My story through cervical cancer and how exercise became my lifeline”

Compere - Molly Fenton

12:10 - 12:40

• Ope Olubukola - “So my surgeon’s a robot”

Compere - Molly Fenton

12:55 - 13:25

• Clare Small - “Spotting the signs of skin cancer”

Compere - Molly Fenton

13:25 - 13:55

• An interactive session with Llais - “Living with cancer - whats the cost?”

14:00-15:15

• A panel discussion with Claire O’Shea and more speakers to be announced soon - “Barriers to access - gynaecological cancers”

• Claire O’Shea - “Challenging the System: Women’s Voices in Gynaecological Cancer Care”

Compere - Liz O’Riordan

15:30 - 16:00

• Lucy Thompson - “Making people feel whole again - the nipple innovation project charity”

Compere - Liz O’Riordan

16:15 - 16:45

• Anastasia - “Navigating Cancer, hair loss and a diverse Hairitage”

Compere - Liz O’Riordan

11:30

• Aziza Sesay - “Gynae anatomy 101 - Understanding your body - what Everybody needs to know”

12:15

• Fran Yarlett - “Period Power”

13:00

• Jessica Kydd Coutts - “What everyone needs to know about their pelvic floor”

14:30

• Aziza Sesay - “Gynae anatomy 101 - Understanding your body - what Everybody needs to know”

15:15

• Fran Yarlett - “Period Power”

16:00

• Suzanne Vernazza - “What everyone needs to know about their pelvic floor”

10:45

• Welcome talk from Helen Stanley

11:00 - 12:00

• Rebecca Moore - “Why does your birth experience matter? An overview of Perinatal Trauma”

• Shakira Akabusi - “Overcoming Maternal Mental Health - The connection between body and mind”

Compere - Helen Ledwick

12:30 - 13:30

• Theo Clarke - “Breaking the Taboo- why we need to talk about birth trauma”

• Belle Donati

14:00 - 15:00

• Kat the midwife - “The realities of the 4th Trimester”

• Angie Doshani - “Empowering Choices: Shaping Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond”

Compere - Helen Stanley

15:30 - 16:30

• Anna Clements - “Physical consequences of birth injury with MASIC”

• Michelle Norton (Flymama) - “Pregnancy and Postnatal Bodies: Demystifying Changes and Optimising Recovery”

17:00-17:30

• Siobhan O'Donovan - “Busting booby traps for Everywoman (& girl) that you care for! How breasts affect how your patients / clients feel, move, look, & what they do.” [a session for physios and health care professionals]

10:30

• Elaine Miller and Qufora Team

10:45

• Kim Gorissen - “Get to know your bowels”

11:30

• Tolu Ekong - “Understanding common bowel problems”

12:15

• Gillian McCabe, Melanie Mills, Laura Jones - “Let’s talk solutions and actions”

LUNCH BREAK

14:30

• - “Get to know your bowels”

15:15

• Emma Carrington - “Understanding common bowel problems”

16:00

• Gillian McCabe, Melanie Mills, Emma Short & Laura Jones - “Lets talk solutions and actions”

16:45

• MASIC Support Group