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Day 1: A positive experience of pregnancy and childbirth matters to all involved
9.00 - 9.30am	Welcome to the Birthlight Conference Françoise Barbira Freedman Opening Address Dame Marilyn Strathern
Session 1	Chair: Françoise Barbira Freedman
9.30 - 11.30am	New reasons and new ways to talk about birth and love Michel Odent The dawn of senses in foetal life: its implications for the mother-baby relationship Marie Claire Busnel
11.30 - 12.00pm	Break & Refreshments
Session 2	Chair: Elizabeth De Michelis
12.00 - 1.00pm	Joseph Chilton Pearce
1.00 - 2.00pm	Lunch break, exhibitions, posters, art expo, birth art cafe
2.00 - 3.15pm	Workshops A1: The female perineum Blandine Calais Germain A2: The Gentle Birth Method (Jeyarani way) Gowri Motha A3: Haptonomie: Affective touch for birth preparation (Presentation with visual materials and experiential components, translated from French) Catherine Dolto A4: Panel workshop: Blueprint for birthing environments David Rodgers
3.15 - 3.45pm	Break & Refreshments
Session 3	Chair: Lesley Page
3.45 - 4.45pm	Ina May Gaskin
4.45 - 5.15pm	Panel discussion
6.00 - 8.00pm	Birthlight Trust Launch Reception, Homerton College Presentation of the Birthlight Trust Françoise Barbira Freedman With addresses by: Lesley Page Elizabeth De Michelis Robin Monro John Hare
8.00 - 10.00pm	Birthlight Launch Conference Dinner, Homerton College With Birthlight Trustees and Advisors