Agenda at a Glance
Thursday, October 9, 2025
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM| DOME Meeting
Friday, October 10, 2025
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM| DOME Meeting
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Full Day Workshops
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Half Day Workshops
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Half Day Workshops
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | President's Reception (invite only)
6:30 PM - 7:20 PM | Region Meetings (I - VII)
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | The Fight for Black Lives Movie with a panel discussion following the movie
Saturday, October 11, 2025
6:30 AM - 6:00 PM | Registration
7:00 AM - 7:50 AM | Affiliate Leader Breakfast- Sponsored by Momcozy (Invite Only)
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM | Concurrent Education Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM | Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address | From Practice to Community Activism: My Journey to my True Self | Dr. Lucinda Canty
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM | Concurrent Education Sessions
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM | Product Theater Sponsor Session
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM | Concurrent Education Sessions
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Product Theater Sponsor Session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Working Lunch (grab and go lunches for purchase)
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM | Concurrent Education Sessions
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Awards & Fellows Induction Ceremony
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Happy Hour, including Poster Presentations
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Starry Night Celebration - Poolside Party in Palm Springs
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Sister Circle
Sunday, October 12, 2025
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM | Concurrent Education Sessions
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | Concurrent Education Sessions
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | Plenary Session | Understanding U.S. Maternal Mortality in the Context of the Ongoing Crisis in Women’s Health | Eugene Declercq
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | Product Theater Sponsor Session
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM | Break
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM | Concurrent Education Sessions
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM | Product Theater Sponsor Session
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Heart of Midwifery
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM | Concurrent Education Sessions
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch provided by ACNM in Exhibit Hall
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | The 37th Annual Therese Dondero Memorial Lecture - “Braiding Together Evidence, Equity and Advocacy for Cervical Cancer Prevention”|Linda O'Neal Eckert, MD, Presented by The A.C.N.M. Foundation, Inc.
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Midwifery Market
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM | Concurrent Education Sessions
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent Education Sessions
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | PAC Rally
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Midwives of Color Annual Fundraising and Social Events
Monday, October 13, 2025
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Dorothea Lang Reception (honoring midwives practicing 30 years or more)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Concurrent Education Sessions
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary Address | Indigenous Courage, Midwifery and Maternal Healthcare in a Time of Uncertainty | Janelle Palacios
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Midwifery Market
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Council of Fellows Meeting and New Fellows Orientation
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Concurrent Education Sessions
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Exhibit Hall
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch (grab and go lunches for purchase)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Closing Ceremony | Plenary | ACNM Reaching Back and Moving Forward | Dr. Jessica Brumley
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | Concurrent Education Sessions
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM | ACNM Board Of Directors Meeting
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Concurrent Education Sessions