Annual Conference on Breastfeeding

Emory University is pleased to offer a dynamic and engaging conference on breastfeeding in collaboration with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, hospitals across the region, and partners from community organizations. The conference is known for bringing in national speakers and local experts for a robust learning experience. The conference generally offers a mix of content reaching across clinical settings, from prenatal visits to the mother-baby bedside, the neonatal intensive care unit, and outpatient care.  The conference welcomes members of the multidisciplinary perinatal and leadership teams, drawing a diverse audience of nurses, lactation consultants, physicians, advanced practice providers, dietitians, neonatal therapists, trainees, and more. 

The conference has been held each spring, with few exceptions since its launch in the late 1980s.  Please monitor this site for updates and information on current and future conferences.

The 35^th Annual Conference on Breastfeeding will take place April 15 - 16, 2025, at the Emory Conference Center Hotel. A pre-conference workshop will be offered on April 14^th – Breastfeeding Fundamentals for Healthcare Providers.

Tickets are available for purchase here.

Scholarships will be limited to two per participating hospital team, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Teams should discuss who would most benefit from the scholarships, with priority given to providers, nurse leaders, team members who did not attend last year, and those who have been actively participating in the initiative.

Scholarships are offered in the form of a 75% registration discount on the early-bird pricing. We are prioritizing in-person attendance so scholarships for both the pre-conference workshop and the main conference (in-person) are available, register for one or both. If funding allows, discount codes for the main conference on-demand access may be made available in April.

** No shows will be required to refund the GaPQC as this a limited resource.

Complete this short form to request the discount code: GaPQC Scholarships for Emory Conference on Breastfeeding 

35th Annual Emory Conference on Breastfeeding Trainee Scholarships

Support for medical trainees (medical students, residents, fellows, nursing students, NP/PA students and verified Pathway II-III IBCLC students). A very discounted rate will be offered for attendance to the pre-conference and/or in-person conference at a reduced rate or access the meeting recordings at no charge. If interested, complete the form Trainee Scholarships for a discount code. *Note: No continuing education is offered with the trainee discount.

Register at BFC2025_EventbriteRegistration.

• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Children's designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Please note that no CME will be granted for physicians for the enduring (on-demand) materials. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• The application for this nursing continuing professional development activity (both live and enduring) has been submitted for 13 hours by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, which is an approved provider with distinction of nursing continuing professional development by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
• The Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) is an approved provider for CPE Prior Approval Activity 180879. The credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic contact hours for 13 Continuing Professional Education Hours (CPEUs) for both the live and on-demand meeting are currently pending.
• The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners application for 13 Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) for this live and on-demand conference are currently pending.