8:00am / Registration, Coffee & Networking

9:00am / Welcome: an overview of COST Action IS1405 BIRTH​

• Soo Downe - Chair of COST Action BIRTH

• Luule Mizera - Science Officer of COST Action BIRTH

9:15am / Plenary 1

Physiology. Compassion. Change. 4 years of COST Action BIRTH

• Biomedicine, epigenetics and the hygiene hypothesis in childbirth // Mechthild Gross 

• The mechanics and bioengineering of pregnancy and labour, through an interactive model of knowledge-based approach and innovation // Anastasia Topalidou

• Socio-cultural and ethical aspects of maternity care: research possibilities and challenges // Lucy Frith

• Exploring organizational characteristics, contexts, cultures and economic costs - the need to be organised! // Deirdre Daly

• The psychological experience of physiological childbirth 
  // Ibone Olza

• After research, what? From academia to the community  
  // Olga Gouni 

• Change through science and intuition: Think Tanks and Training Schools in COST Action BIRTH
  // Claudia Meier-Magistretti

11:15am / Break & Poster session

11:45am / Parallel sessions A

13:00pm / Break for lunch

2:30pm / Plenary 2

Making change happen in maternity care​

• Bringing Midwifery Led Units in the public health system  // Ramón Escuriet

• From evidence to implementation - a seven-year voyage with the Cochrane Review on home birth // Ole Olsen

• Health economics in maternity care – putting evidence into practice // Patrick Moran

3:35pm / Special session - Women's participation in policy-making

• David Elvira - Director of the Catalan Health Services & Secretary General for Citizenship and Participation

4:00pm / Break & Poster session

4:30pm / Plenary 3

Towards a sustainable approach to childbirth worldwide

• What women say is excellent: insights from the Babies Born Better Survey // Marie – Clare Balaam

• Too little too late, too much too soon: What are the issues in putting guidelines into implementation // Claudia Hanson

5:30pm / Parallell sessions B

7:00pm / End of day 1