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      Conference Agenda  
		(click here for downloadable agenda in PDF format) 
      
      Thursday, April 23, 2009  
      Pre-Conference  
      
      
        
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          Noon – 3:00 pm 
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          Board meeting 
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          Noon - 4:00 pm 
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          Exhibit Area Set-up
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          4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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          Exhibit Area Walk 
          Through  | 
         
        
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          5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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          Chapter Leader 
          Training  | 
         
        
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          6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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          Exhibit Area Open 
          Hours  | 
         
       
      
      Friday, 
      April 24, 2009  
      
      
        
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          8:00 am – 11:30 am
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          Chapter Leader 
          Training  | 
         
        
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          9:00 am - Noon 
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          Exhibit Area 
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          9:30 am - Noon 
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          Registration 
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          12:45pm–1:00 pm 
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          Opening Ceremonies
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          1:00 pm–2:00pm 
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				Plenary Session 1:
				 Sarah Buckley  
				"Undisturbed Birth: Mother Nature's recipe for safety, ease 
				and ecstasy"  
				(Grand Ballroom)   | 
			 
			 
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          2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
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          A1 - Stacey Kerr, 
          MD 
           Homebirth in the Hospital   | 
          
          A2 - Pam Chubbuck  Empowering 
          Our Girls and Women Promotes Healthy Birth Practices   | 
          
          A3 - S. Storton and 
          C. Craigie-Carter 
           Listening to Mothers: Lessons learned from SOLACE   | 
         
        
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          4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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          Refreshments in 
          Exhibit Area  | 
         
        
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          4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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				Plenary Session 2:
				 Joni Nichols - "Respectful Cesarean"  
				(Grand Ballroom)   | 
			 
			 
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          7:00 pm – 10:00pm
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          "Pregnant in America"
          
           Film Showing   | 
         
       
      
      Saturday, 
      April 25, 2009  
      
      
        
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          7:00 am –
          8:00 am  | 
          
          Registration  | 
         
        
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          6:30 am- 7:00 am  | 
          
          Sunrise Yoga Session- Rose St. John  | 
         
        
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          7:00 am –
          8:00 am  | 
          
          Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area  | 
         
        
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          8:00 am –
          9:00 am  | 
          
          Plenary Session 3:
           Steve Buonaugurio - "Pregnant Fathers in America"
           
          (Grand Ballroom)   | 
         
        
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          9:00 am –
          9:30 am  | 
          
          Exhibit Area Break | 
         
        
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          11:00 am  | 
          
          B1 - Rose St. John
          
           Role of Father in Preventing Cesarean   | 
          
          B2 - Gretchen 
          Humphries 
           Interpreting Your Medical Records   | 
          
          B3 - P. Perez and 
          T. Howard 
           When Meconium Hits the Fan   | 
         
        
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          11:15 pm–12:30pm
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          Presidents Panel 
          Lunch Session (Grand Ballroom)  | 
         
        
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          2:15 pm  | 
          
          
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          C1 - Sandy Jones
          
           Healing the Wounds of Birth   | 
          
          C2 - Alyce Adams
          
           Kegel Queen: Pelvic Floor Muscle Training    | 
          
          C3 - Ruth Ancheta
          
           Getting the message out: Using the diffusion of innovation 
          technique   | 
         
        
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          3:00 pm –
          3:30 pm  | 
          
          Refreshments in Exhibit Area  | 
         
        
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          3:45pm – 
          5:00 pm  | 
          
          Plenary Session 4:
           Eugene Declercq - "Maternal Mortality and Morbidity 
          in the US"  
          (Grand Ballroom)   | 
         
        
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          6:30 pm –
          8:00 pm  | 
          
          Evening Social with 
          Hors D’oeuvres in Exhibit Area  
          Speaker Book Signings  | 
         
        
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          8:00pm – 
          10:00pm  | 
          
          President’s Meeting
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          8:00pm – 
          10:00pm  | 
          
          Evening Social Activities  | 
         
       
      
      Sunday, April 26, 2009  
      
      
        
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          6:30 am - 7:00 am  | 
          
          Sunrise Prayer Circle - All faiths and beliefs welcome.  | 
         
        
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          7:00 am –
          8:00 am  | 
          
          Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area  | 
         
        
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          7:15 am –
          7:45 am  | 
          
          ICAN Business Meeting  | 
         
        
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          8:00am - 9:00 am  | 
          
          Plenary Session 5:
			 Shafia M. Monroe - TBA  
			(Grand Ballroom)   | 
         
        
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          9:00 am - 9:30am  | 
          
          Last chance Exhibit 
          area
           (pick up silent auction and raffle items) 
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          11:00 am  | 
          
          D1 - Eileen 
          Sullivan 
           Emotional Freedom Technique   | 
          
          D2 - Jenny 
          Griebenow 
           Post Traumatic Stress Disorder   | 
          
          D3 - Debbie 
			Schneider
          
           Arvigo Mayan Massage   | 
          
          D4 - Susan Hodges
          
           VBAC and midwifery legislation panel   | 
         
        
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          11:00 am - Noon  | 
          
          Plenary Session 6:
           Susan Jenkins - "Patients Rights"  
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          Noon - 12:15 pm  | 
          
          Closing Ceremonies 
          with photo review  | 
         
       
        
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              International 
                Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization 
                founded by Esther Booth Zorn in 1982. ICAN's mission is to improve 
                maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through 
                education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting 
                Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC). 
             
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