Barcelona, 2-3 October 2026: „Beyond divisions: Rethinking contraception and abortion in a rapidly changing world“

08:00-
09:00
Registration and Refreshments

09:00-
09:30
Opening Presidential Address
Chair:
- Nausikaä Martens, BE
Program Committee Welcome

09:30-
10:30
Keynote Lecture

10:30-
11:00
Refreshments, exhibition and networking

11:00-
12:30
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

12:30-
14:00
Lunch, exhibition, and networking Oral Abstract Session 1
Sponsored Symposium

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
- Introduction
- 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
- Introduction
- Trends in use of contraception
- What is driving reduction in use of hormonal contraception: role of social media
- Panel discussion. How to communicate evidence-based information and overcome contraception scepticism

17:30-
18:30
FIAPAC General Assembly

19:30-
00:00
Cocktail-get-together