NAVIGATING FUTURES TOGETHER
March 16-19, 2025 | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Hello and welcome!
We are delighted to invite you to Brisbane (Meeanjin), Queensland, Australia, for the annual PSANZ Congress. This year’s theme is ‘Navigating Futures Together’.
The congress will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, nested within the beautiful south Brisbane region, close to the Southbank parklands and cultural precincts. Pre-congress meetings will be held on the 14-16 March, and the main event on the 16-19 March.
Our theme, ‘Navigating Futures, Together,’ represents the often-uncharted road we take as perinatal researchers, clinicians, and consumers toward new knowledge to drive improvements and reform in perinatal health. It also speaks to the journey of the woman, navigating her new future as a mother with a newborn and all that is represented for the families who remain at the heart of all we do.
Our congress logo was created by Bindi Lee Day, a proud Quandamooka Noonuccal woman. Entitled ‘Borning’, the artwork is a modern interpretation of the development, importance, and spiritual significance of the ‘Borning’ journey from pregnancy to birthing to motherhood (more information below). This resonates beautifully with the PSANZ mission to improve the health and long-term outcomes for mothers and babies.
Our program will honour this theme through a diverse range of speakers, workshops, panels, and Q&A sessions – all intended to energise our perinatal community toward further advancements.
Brisbane and the surrounding region offer a vibrant culture and landscape to explore. Our River City and perinatal community would like to warmly welcome you in 2025.
On behalf of the local organising committee,
PSANZ 2025 Chair
PSANZ 2025 Chair
Associate Professor Lauren Kearney & Dr Christoph Lehner
Chairs, PSANZ 2025 Brisbane, Australia
2024 PSANZ Annual Congress
- Jane Alsweiler, PhD, MBChB, (2024 PSANZ Board; Neonatology, Auckland, New Zealand)
- Professor David G. Tingay, PhD, MBChB, (Neonatology, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia)
- Beth J. Allison, PhD (2024 PSANZ Secretary; Ritchie Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
- Terrie E. Inder, MD (Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, California)
- Miranda Davies-Tuck, PhD (2024 PSANZ President; Ritchie Centre, Monash University)
- Jeff Reese, MD (2018 PRS President; Neonatology, Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital)
- Krithika Lingappan, MD (2024 PRS Council; Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)
- Nicola C. Austin, MBChB (Neonatology, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand)
- Elza Cloete, PhD, MBChB, (Neonatology, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand)
- Professor Frank H. Bloomfield, PhD, MBChB, BSc (Hons) (PSANZ, PRS; Neonatology, University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- Professor Katie M. Groom, PhD (OB/MFM, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand)
About PSANZ
PSANZ is a unique multidisciplinary society of Australia and New Zealand dedicated to improving health and longterm outcomes for mothers and babies. We aim to do this by bringing together all disciplines involved in perinatal care and to encourage and promote research that focuses on pregnancy, birth and the newborn period and the implications for future health. The society also has a key role in advocacy, policy and promoting high-quality, safe and innovative practice.