16th FIAPAC Conference, Barcelona, 1-3 Oktober 2026: „Beyond divisions: Rethinking contraception and abortion in a rapidly changing world“

08:00-
09:00
Registration and Refreshments

09:00-
09:15
Opening Welcoming address
- Welcome by the FIAPAC President - Raina Brethouwer, NL
- Welcome by the FIAPAC Program Committee Chairs

09:15-
10:45
Plenary Session 1 An introduction to contragestion
Chair:
- Danielle Choucroun, LU
- Cristina Puig, ES
- The history, the narrative and the language of contragestion - Elena Caruso, GB
- Drugs and Indications - Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, SE
- Advocacy and Service Provision - Fatoumata Bah, US

10:45-
11:15
Refreshments, exhibition and networking

11:15-
12:30
Free Communication Session 1 Trials and advancements in abortion and contraception drugs
Chair:
- Nathalie Kapp, FR
- Contraceptive efficacy of 50 mg Mifepristone once-a-week: an open-label, single-arm multicentre clinical trial in Moldova - Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, SE
- Results of an early-terminated Phase III trial of once-weekly mifepristone 50 mg as a contraceptive - Nanke Cui, NL
- 30mg compared with 60mg of ulipristal acetate prior to misoprostol for early medication abortion - Manuel Bousiéguez, MX
- Digital contraceptive counseling at the time of emergency contraception purchase in pharmacies and uptake of effective contraception: a pragmatic cluster-randomized crossover trial - Maral Shafei, SE

12:30-
14:00
Lunch, exhibition, and networking

12:45-
13:45
Sponsored Symposium Very Early Medical Abortion — Why Wait?
Chair:
- Christian Fiala, AT
- Very early medical abortion (VEMA) - Teresa Bombas, PT
- Implementing VEMA in Daily Practice - Sharon Cameron, GB

14:00-
15:30
Plenary Session 2 New (and Not-So-New) Geographies of Abortion Access: Telemedicine, Travel, and the Global Shortage of Later Abortion Care
Chair:
- Amna Dermish, US
- Samuel Yosef, GB
- The changing landscape of inequitable access: abortion in the era of telemedicine - Rebecca Blaylock, GB
- Who Still Has to Travel? Rural–Urban Divides, Cross-Border Journeys, and International Routes to Care - Silvia De Zordo, ES
- Why So Few Providers? Skills Gaps, Training Barriers, and the Global Shortage of 2nd– and 3rd-Trimester Surgical Abortion Care - Patricia Lohr, GB

15:30-
16:00
Refreshments, exhibition and networking

16:00-
17:30
Plenary Session 3 Contraception Scepticism
Chair:
- Janina Kaislasuo, FI
- Hildegard Mausbach, ES
- Trends in contraceptive use in the Nordic countries - Frida Gyllenberg, FI
- The role of social media in contraceptive decision-making - Montse Vallet Buisan, GB
- What's behind changing attitudes towards hormonal contraception? Evidence from Austria - Christian Fiala, AT
- What's behind changing attitudes towards hormonal contraception? Insights from a scoping review of global qualitative research - Nicola Boydell, GB
- Q&A and Panel discussion

17:30-
18:30
FIAPAC General Assembly

20:00-
00:00
Cocktail-get-together Restaurant Xiroi, PG. Marítim de la Nova Icària 38, Barcelona