This year’s Annual ALCI Conference takes place on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd of October in the Horse & Jockey Hotel, Co. Tipperary.

The Keynote Speaker will be Associate Professor Lisa Amir MBBS MMrd Phd IBCLC FABM FILCA,  based in Melbourne, Australia. Lisa has been an IBCLC since 1989 and works in breastfeeding medicine at the Royal Women’s Hospital (Melbourne), as a private practitioner, as a researcher and as Editor-in-Chief of the online journal, International Breastfeeding Journal. Lisa is the author of over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and is the primary author of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine’s clinical protocol on mastitis.

The conference will flow over two full days, and feature many other speakers and workshops. The timetable will be available here as soon as it is finalised, and booking will be available online. The conference will include a Poster Competition and the recipient of the 2015 ALCI Scholarship will also be announced. As usual, there will be an early book discount and a substantial members discount. Membership is open to all, so why not join or renew now? The conference is also open to members and non members, so why not plan to join us in Tipperary?